The discography of Snow Patrol, an alternative rock band, consists of eight studio albums, thirty-two 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. Note: Need to click "View Snow Patrol bio". 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.
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.Snow Patrol peaks in the UK: All except noted: For peaks below 100: Note: Need to manually search for "Snow Patrol". 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. Note: After application loads, click '2006'. 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 + List of albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications UK* For Top 100 albums and singles in UK: For other charted albums and singles in UK: AUS "Run": "Open Your Eyes": "Chasing Cars": Up to Now: "Crack the Shutters": "Just Say Yes": "Called Out in the Dark": AUT BEL GER IRL NLD NZ SWI US Songs for Polarbears Released: 31 August 1998 Label: Jeepster Format: CD, LP 143 — — — — 90 — — — — BPI: Gold When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up Released: 5 March 2001 Label: Jeepster Format: CD, LP 129 — — — — — — — — — BPI: Gold Final Straw Released: 4 August 2003 Label: Fiction / Interscope Format: CD, LP, SACD, CD+DVD 3 — — — — 1 49 — — 91 UK: 1,894,296 US: 618,000 BPI: 6× Platinum ARIA: Platinum IRMA: 6× Platinum RIAA: Gold Eyes Open Released: 28 April 2006 Label: Fiction / Interscope Format: CD, LP, CD+DVD, digital download 1 1 3 9 17 1 6 1 15 27 UK: 2,600,000 US: 1,200,000 BPI: 8× Platinum ARIA: 4× Platinum BRMA: Platinum BVMI: 3× Gold IFPI AUT: Platinum IFPI SWI: Gold IRMA: 7× Platinum NVPI: Platinum RIAA: Platinum RMNZ: 4× Platinum A Hundred Million Suns Released: 24 October 2008 Label: Fiction / Interscope Format: CD, LP, CD+DVD, digital download 2 6 17 16 14 1 8 6 7 9 US: 210,000 BPI: Platinum ARIA: Gold BVMI: Gold IRMA: 3× Platinum NVPI: Gold Fallen Empires Released: 11 November 2011 Label: Fiction / Interscope Format: CD, LP, CD+DVD, digital download 3 24 10 4 3 1 1 27 6 5 BPI: Platinum BRMA: Gold BVMI: Gold IRMA: Platinum Wildness Released: 25 May 2018 Label: Polydor / Republic Format: CD, LP, digital download 2 12 11 2 9 1 5 — 3 49 BPI: Gold The Forest Is the Path Released: 13 September 2024 Label: Polydor Format: CD, LP, digital download 1 — 17 12 13 2 3 — 10 — BPI: Silver "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released.
Compilation albums + List of albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications UK AUS AUT BEL DEN GER IRL NLD SWI US Up to Now Released: 6 November 2009 Label: Fiction/Interscope Format: 2×CD, digipak, box set, digital download 3 54 62 8 2 38 5 5 36 182 BPI: 4× Platinum BRMA: Platinum BVMI: Gold IFPI AUT: Gold IRMA: 2× Platinum Snow Patrol – Best Of The Jeepster Years: 1997-2001 Released: 23 July 2012 Label: Jeepster Format: digital download, streaming — — — — — — — — — — Greatest Hits Released: 14 May 2013 Label: Polydor Format: CD, digital download — — — — — — — — — 113 Reworked Released: 8 November 2019 Label: Polydor Format: CD, digital download, streaming 3 — — 95 — — 3 — — — BPI: Silver "—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released.
Extended plays
Title EP details The Yogurt vs. Yogurt Debate Released: January 1995 Label: Self-released Format: Cassette Starfighter Pilot Released: 13 June 1997 Label: Electric Honey (EHRCD007) Format: CD Sessions@AOL Released: 15 June 2004 Label: Fiction/Interscope Format: Digital download Live and Acoustic at Park Ave. Released: 27 December 2005 Label: Fiction/A&M (B0005120-22) Format: CD Sessions@AOL Released: 31 October 2006 Label: Fiction/Interscope Format: Digital download iTunes Live from London Released: 19 February 2009 Label: Fiction/Interscope Format: Digital download iTunes Live: London Festival '09 Released: 9 July 2009 Label: Fiction/Interscope Format: Digital download Reworked (EP1) Released: 9 August 2019 Label: Polydor Format: Digital download Reworked (EP2) Released: 5 September 2019 Label: Polydor Format: Digital download The Fireside Sessions Released: 21 August 2020 Label: Polydor Format: CD, digital download
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A Released under the name Shrug B Released under the name Polarbear C Released exclusively to iTunes D Released exclusively to independent stores in United States
Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released as single and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album UK AUS AUT BEL GER IRL NLD Note: Need to click on "Positieverloop" to view charting details. 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 23 — — — — 41 — — — — BPI: Silver Final Straw "Run" 2004 5 76 — — 92 25 22 — — — BPI: 2× Platinum ARIA: Gold RMNZ: Gold "Chocolate" 24 — — — — 40 34 — — — BPI: Silver "How to Be Dead" 39 — — — — 42 — — — — "You're All I Have" 2006 7 — — — 100 12 88 25 — — BPI: Gold ARIA: Gold Eyes Open "Chasing Cars" 6 53 2 3 8 6 21 3 4 5 BPI: 7× Platinum ARIA: 14× Platinum BRMA: Gold BVMI: 2× Platinum IFPI AUT: 2× Platinum RIAA: 5× Platinum RMNZ: 7× Platinum "Hands Open" — — — — — — — 34 — —ARIA: Gold "Set the Fire to the Third Bar" 18 — — 41 — 22 — — — 54 BPI: Gold "Open Your Eyes" 2007 26 53 — — 73 21 — — — — BPI: Gold ARIA: 2× Platinum RMNZ: Gold "Shut Your Eyes" — — 12 1 15 — 17 — 26 — BVMI: Gold "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 —BPI: Silver ARIA: Gold A Hundred Million Suns "Crack the Shutters" 43 57 32 42 28 32 36 — 72 —BPI: Silver ARIA: Gold "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 — — —BPI: Gold 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 78BPI: Silver BVMI: Gold 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 Sunsand 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" 2020 — — — — — — — — — — The Fireside Sessions "The Beginning" 2024 — — — — — — — — — — The Forest Is the Path "This Is the Sound of Your Voice" — — — — — — — — — — "All" — — — — — — — — — — "But I'll Keep Trying" 2025 — — — — — — — — — — The Forest Is the Path (Deluxe) "This Is the Silence" — — — — — — — — — — "These Alarms" 2026 — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released.
Other charted and certified songs + List of other charted songs, with selected chart positions, showing year charted and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album UK BELTip GERDL IRL NLDTip "You Could Be Happy" 2008 184 — — — — BPI: Gold 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" 2020 — — — — — The Fireside Sessions "Everything’s Here and Nothing’s Lost" 2024 — — 99 — — The Forest Is the Path "—" denotes songs that did not chart or were not released.
Video albums Title Album details Live at Somerset House Released: 23 November 2004 Label: Fiction/Interscope (986 900-6) Format: DVD
Music videos Year Song Director(s) Ref. 1998 "Little Hide" Gavin Gordon-Rogers Note: Director's official channel. Have also confirmed with Jeepster. "One Hundred Things You Should Have Done in Bed" Note: Director's official channel. Have also confirmed with Jeepster. "Velocity Girl" Note: Director's official channel. Have also confirmed with Jeepster. 1999 "Starfighter Pilot" James Hyman and Eddy Temple-Morris Note: Official channel for Universal. 2000 "Ask Me How I Am" Huse Monfaradi Note: Official channel for Universal. 2003 "Spitting Games" Crooked (UK version) 2004 "Run" Paul Gore "Chocolate" Marc Webb (Credited as 'Marck Webb') "Spitting Games" (re-release) Paul Gore (US version) Note: Need to scroll down to Page 2. "How to Be Dead" Dick Carruthers and Mark Thomas Note: The video is made from shots of the DVD Live at Somerset House and accompanied "Japanese Tour Diary". Dick Carruthers and Mark Thomas directed these respectively. 2006 "You're All I Have" Barnaby Roper David Goyer "Chasing Cars" Nick Brandt (US version) Arni & Kinski (UK version) Arni & Kinski (Grey's Anatomy version) "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" Alex Courtès "Crack the Shutters" Kevin Godley 2009 "If There's a Rocket Tie Me to It" Daniel Brereton "The Lightning Strike" Blue Leach "The Planets Bend Between Us" Daniel Brereton "Just Say Yes" 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" 2024 "All" Edie Amos
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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