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Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom (1994 – present)

Snow Patrol are an alternative rock band that formed in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1994 and currently based in Bangor, Northern Ireland, where most of the band members are from. They consist of Gary Lightbody (vocals, guitar), Nathan Connolly (guitar, vocals), Paul Wilson (bass), Tom Simpson (keyboards) and Jonny Quinn (drums). Lightbody and Quinn are the only original members who remain in the band.

The band became wildly successful on both sides of the Atlantic on the back of their fourth record, 2006’s Eyes Open and the ballad “Chasing Cars” - a song that has spent a near-record breaking 90 weeks on the UK Top 75. Some of their other well known songs are Run, Spitting Games, You’re All I Have, Hands Open and Take Back The City.

The main thing to get about Snow Patrol is that, 14 years after they started out as a student band at Dundee University, they’re still flying, gloriously and unpredictably, by the seat of their pants. “The great and terrifying thing about our band,” declares their leader and main songwriter Gary Lightbody, “Is that everything has always happened as it’s going along. There’s been very little masterplan. We allow things to happen as much by accident as by deliberate intention.” One notable early accident was their name.

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1		Chasing Cars			10,934
2		Run			5,743
3		Open Your Eyes			4,841
4		Set The Fire To The Third Bar			4,514
5		Called Out in the Dark			3,936
6		Shut Your Eyes			3,314
7		You Could Be Happy			3,220
8		You're All I Have			3,209
9		Chocolate			3,119
10		Just Say Yes			2,994
11		Hands Open			2,903
12		Crack The Shutters			2,854
13		Take Back The City			2,344
14		Make This Go On Forever			1,978
15		Spitting Games			1,775

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