Snow Patrol Song Most Played of Decade in UK


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Even though Snow Patrol’s Chasing Cars only peaked at number six in the UK , the 2006 release has managed to accumulate a massive amount of airplay on radio , TV , online and music play lists in stores. The single has now beaten out Take That‘s Shine as the most played song of the past 10 years.

It was also a featured soundtrack on programmes such as Grey’s Anatomy and Gavin & Stacey and was named this week as the nation’s favourite song of the noughties for a Channel 4 programme.

The band’s singer and songwriter Gary Lightbody explains the tracks appeal: ”I think that the song has worked because it has an emotion that people can relate to.”

The song seems to have 9 lives in the charts having spent 94 weeks in the top 75 through download sales.

The Telegraph reports that while the majority of songs were released in the noughties, some tracks have proved to be timeless with 11 released from previous decades in the Top 50 chart. The highest entry comes from Thin Lizzy’s The Boys Are Back In Town which was released in 1976 (at number 11), while the oldest was Aretha Franklin‘s I Say A Little Prayer from 1968 (which figures at number 50).

:: Top 10 Most Played Songs ::

1. Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol (2006)

2. Shine – Take That (2006)

3. I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ – Scissor Sisters (2006)

4. Love It When You Call – The Feeling (2005

5. About You Now – Sugababes (2007)

6. Rule The World – Take That (2007)

7. You’re Beautiful – James Blunt (2004)

8. I Predict A Riot – Kaiser Chiefs (2004)

9. Can’t Get You Out of My Head – Kylie Minogue (2001)

10. Crazy – Gnarls Barkley (2006)

(figures were compiled by music licensing body PPL)


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