Released in the post-Britpop period, the song peaked at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart, and number 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It was the last song performed live on the BBC's Top of the Pops that year. The song is Snow Patrol's biggest-selling single to date, ending 2006 as that year's 14th best-selling single in the UK.
'Chasing Cars' was one of the songs that revealed the impact of legal downloads on single sales in the UK, selling consistently for years after its release. The song gained significant popularity in the US after being featured in the second season finale of the medical drama Grey's Anatomy, which aired on.
It was released on 6 June 2006, in the United States and 24 July 2006, in the United Kingdom. It was released as the second single from their fourth studio album, Eyes Open (2006). ' Chasing Cars' is a song by Northern Irish-Scottish alternative rock band Snow Patrol.
