The discography of Snow Patrol, an alternative rock band from Northern Ireland and based in Dundee, Scotland, consists of seven studio albums, thirty-one singles, eight extended plays, three compilation albums and one live DVD. Snow Patrol was formed in 1994 by Gary Lightbody, Michael Morrison and Mark McClelland under the name Shrug. They released an extended play (EP) titled The Yogurt vs. Yogurt Debate. Morrison left in 1995, and the band changed their name to Polarbear. Under this name they released their other EP, Starfighter Pilot, on the Electric Honey label. Drummer Jonny Quinn joined in 1997 and the band signed to Jeepster Records the same year. They then underwent their final name change to Snow Patrol. The band's first two studio albums: Songs for Polarbears and When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up were released in 1998 and 2001 respectively, but failed to do well commercially. Subsequently, the band was dropped by the label.
| Snow Patrol discography | |
|---|---|
 Snow Patrol performing live at Rock am Ring in 2018 | |
| Studio albums | 7 |
| Compilation albums | 3 |
| Video albums | 1 |
| Music videos | 39 |
| EPs | 8 |
| Singles | 35 |
| Other appearances | 7 |
Guitarist Nathan Connolly joined in 2002 and Snow Patrol was signed to Fiction and Interscope record labels in 2003. Their third studio album, Final Straw, was released the same year, and was a commercial success. "Run" became their breakthrough single in the United Kingdom, charting in the top 5 on the singles chart. The album eventually sold 1.6 million copies in the UK and won the Ivor Novello Album Award. During the end of the Final Straw Tour of 2003–2005, founding bassist Mark McClelland was fired. The band recruited Paul Wilson as his replacement, and touring keyboardist Tom Simpson was made a permanent member of the band. The next album, Eyes Open, released in 2006, was more successful. Sales of the album were boosted by the success of the Grammy-nominated "Chasing Cars", which reached the top 10 in the UK and sold 2.5 million downloads in the US. The album itself won a Meteor Award and was nominated for several more. It sold 2.1 million copies in the UK and achieved platinum status in the United States.
The band's fifth album A Hundred Million Suns was released in 2008. A compilation, titled Up to Now, featuring songs from the group's 15-year career, was released in November 2009. The band has sold more than ten million albums worldwide.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | AUT | BEL | GER | IRL | NLD | NZ | SWI | US | ||||
| Songs for Polarbears | 143 | — | — | — | — | 90 | — | — | — | — |
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| When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up |
| 129 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Final Straw |
| 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 49 | — | — | 91 | ||
| Eyes Open |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 27 | ||
| A Hundred Million Suns |
| 2 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
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| Fallen Empires |
| 3 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 5 |
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| Wildness | 2 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 5 | — | 3 | 49 |
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| "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | AUT | BEL | DEN | GER | IRL | NLD | SWI | US | ||||
| Up to Now | 3 | 54 | 62 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 182 |
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| Greatest Hits |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 113 | ||
| Reworked |
| 3 | — | — | 95 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
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| "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||
Extended plays
Notes
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | AUT | BEL | GER | IRL | NLD | NZ | SWI | US | ||||
| "Little Hide" | 1998 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Songs for Polarbears | |
| "One Hundred Things You Should Have Done in Bed" | 157 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Velocity Girl / Absolute Gravity" | 177 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Starfighter Pilot" | 1999 | 161 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Ask Me How I Am" | 2000 | 96 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up | |
| "One Night Is Not Enough" | 2001 | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Spitting Games" | 2003 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Final Straw | |
| "Run" | 2004 | 5 | 76 | — | — | 92 | 25 | 22 | — | — | — |
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| "Chocolate" | 24 | — | — | — | — | 40 | 34 | — | — | — |
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| "Spitting Games" (re-release) | 23 | — | — | — | — | 41 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "How to Be Dead" | 39 | — | — | — | — | 42 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "You're All I Have" | 2006 | 7 | — | — | — | 100 | 12 | 88 | 25 | — | — |
| Eyes Open |
| "Chasing Cars" | 6 | 53 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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| "Hands Open" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | — | — | |||
| "Set the Fire to the Third Bar" (featuring Martha Wainwright) | 18 | — | — | 41 | — | 22 | — | — | — | 54 |
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| "Open Your Eyes" | 2007 | 26 | 53 | — | — | 73 | 21 | — | — | — | — |
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| "Shut Your Eyes" | — | — | 12 | 1 | 15 | — | 17 | — | 26 | — |
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| "Signal Fire" | 4 | 22 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 48 | 65 | Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man 3 | ||
| "Take Back the City" | 2008 | 6 | 31 | 35 | 32 | 42 | 4 | 36 | 33 | 46 | — | A Hundred Million Suns | |
| "Crack the Shutters" | 43 | 57 | 32 | 42 | 28 | 32 | 36 | — | 72 | — |
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| "If There's a Rocket Tie Me to It" | 2009 | 133 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Planets Bend Between Us" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Just Say Yes" | 15 | 87 | 38 | 6 | 47 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Up to Now | |
| "An Olive Grove Facing the Sea" (2009 version) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Called Out in the Dark" | 2011 | 11 | 79 | 23 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 11 | 78 |
| Fallen Empires |
| "This Isn't Everything You Are" | 40 | — | — | 44 | 52 | 18 | 52 | — | — | — | |||
| "New York" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "In the End" | 2012 | 100 | — | — | 43 | — | — | 35 | — | — | — | ||
| "Lifening" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "The Lightning Strike (What If This Storm Ends?)" | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | A Hundred Million Suns and Greatest Hits | |
| "Don't Give In" | 2018 | — | — | — | 5 | — | 84 | — | — | — | — | Wildness | |
| "Life on Earth" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "What If This Is All the Love You Ever Get?" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Empress" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Heal Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Time Won't Go Slowly" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Reworked | |
| "Reaching Out to You" (with The Saturday Songwriters) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Fireside Sessions | |
| "—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released. | |||||||||||||
Other charted songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | BEL Tip | IRL | NLD Tip | ||||||
| "You Could Be Happy" | 2008 | 184 | — | — | — | Eyes Open | |||
| "I'll Never Let Go" | 2011 | — | 82 | — | — | Fallen Empires | |||
| "I Won't Let You Go" | 2014 | — | 32 | — | 7 | Divergent: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |||
| "On the Edge of All This" (with The Saturday Songwriters) | 2020 | — | — | — | — | The Fireside Sessions | |||
| "—" denotes songs that did not chart or were not released. | |||||||||
Video albums
| Title | Album details |
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| Live at Somerset House |
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Music videos
| Year | Song | Director(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | "Little Hide" | Gavin Gordon-Rogers | |
| "One Hundred Things You Should Have Done in Bed" | |||
| "Velocity Girl" | |||
| 1999 | "Starfighter Pilot"[A] | James Hyman and Eddy Temple-Morris | |
| 2000 | "Ask Me How I Am" | Huse Monfaradi | |
| 2003 | "Spitting Games" | Crooked (UK version) | |
| 2004 | "Run"[B] | Paul Gore | |
| "Chocolate" | Marc Webb (Credited as 'Marck Webb') | ||
| "Spitting Games" (re-release)[C] | Paul Gore (US version) | ||
| "How to Be Dead" | Dick Carruthers and Mark Thomas | ||
| 2006 | "You're All I Have" | Barnaby Roper | |
| David Goyer | |||
| "Chasing Cars" | Nick Brandt (US version)[D] | ||
| Arni & Kinski (UK version)[E] | |||
| Arni & Kinski (Grey's Anatomy version)[F] | |||
| "Hands Open" | Patrick Daughters | ||
| "Set the Fire to the Third Bar" (featuring Martha Wainwright) | Paul McGuigan | ||
| 2007 | "Open Your Eyes" | Robert Hales | |
| "Shut Your Eyes" | Mark Thomas | ||
| "Signal Fire" | Paul McGuigan | ||
| 2008 | "Take Back the City"[B] | Alex Courtès | |
| "Crack the Shutters" | Kevin Godley | ||
| 2009 | "If There's a Rocket Tie Me to It"[B] | Daniel Brereton | |
| "The Lightning Strike" | Blue Leach | ||
| "The Planets Bend Between Us"[G] | Daniel Brereton | ||
| "Just Say Yes"[D] | Blue Leach | ||
| 2011 | "Called Out in the Dark" | Brett Simon | |
| "This Isn't Everything You Are" | |||
| 2012 | "In the End" | ||
| "New York" | |||
| 2018 | "Don't Give In" | ||
| "Life On Earth" | |||
| "What If This Is All The Love You Ever Get?" | |||
| "Empress" | |||
| "Life And Death" | Richard Davis | ||
| "A Dark Switch" | Brett Simon | ||
| "A Youth Written In Fire" | |||
| "Wild Horses" | |||
| "Soon" |
Notes
- A^ Video uses the "Phil Vinall Mix" of the song
- B^ Video uses the "Radio Edit" of the song
- C^ Video uses the "AAA Mix" of the song
- D^ Video uses an edit of the song
- E^ Video uses a remix of the song
- F^ Video uses the 'Arni & Kinski' version with scenes added from Grey's Anatomy
- G^ Video uses the "Single Version" of the song
Other appearances
| Year | Song | Album/Single | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | "Post Punk Progression" | La Roc Rocs | Revamped version appeared as a B-side to "Run" Also appears on Up To Now compilation. |
| "When I Get Home for Christmas" | It's a Cool Cool Christmas | Original song written in the Jeepster era | |
| 2004 | "Do They Know It's Christmas?" | Do They Know It's Christmas? | Charity single by Band Aid 20 |
| "How to be Dead" | One in Four | Compilation album in aid of The Scottish Association for Mental Health | |
| 2005 | "Crazy in Love" | Cosmosonica – Tom Middleton Presents Crazy Covers Vol. 1 Up to Now | Beyoncé Knowles cover, also appeared as B-side to "Spitting Games" (re-release) |
| 2006 | "I Am an Astronaut" | Colours Are Brighter | Ricky Wilde cover, also appeared as B-side to "Open Your Eyes" |
| 2007 | "Signal Fire" | Spider-Man 3: The Official Soundtrack | Original song, appears during the end of the film |
| "Isolation" | Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur | John Lennon cover | |
| "Comeback Girl" (Snow Patrol Remix) | Comeback Girl | Song by Republic of Loose. Snow Patrol has remixed the song, and does not perform on it | |
| 2010 | "Unknown Caller" (Snow Patrol Remix) | Artificial Horizon | Song by U2. Snow Patrol has remixed the song, and does not perform on it |
| 2011 | "May You Never" | Johnny Boy Would Love This (A Tribute to John Martyn) | |
| 2013 | "When Love Breaks Down" | I Give It a Year: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
| 2014 | "I Won't Let You Go" | Divergent: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
Notes
References
General
- "Snow Patrol - Releases". Interscope. Retrieved 19 September 2009. Note: Need to view Page 2 as well.
Specific
External links
- Snow Patrol official website
- Snow Patrol at AllMusic
- Snow Patrol discography at Discogs
- Snow Patrol at MusicBrainz
- Snow Patrol at Rolling Stone