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Final Straw is the third studio album and major-label debut by Northern Irish–Scottish alternative rock band Snow Patrol, released on 4 August 2003 in the United Kingdom and in 2004 in the United States. The album is notable for bringing the band their first mainstream success outside of their native countries of Northern Ireland and Scotland.
[7] [8] 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 . [ 9 ]
"Chocolate" is a song by Northern Irish–Scottish alternative rock band Snow Patrol, released on 12 April 2004 as the third single of their third album, Final Straw (2003). The music for the track was written by all four members of the band while the lyrics were written by lead vocalist Gary Lightbody.
"Run" is a song by Northern Irish–Scottish alternative rock band Snow Patrol, released in the United Kingdom on 26 February 2004 as the second single of their third album, Final Straw (2003). The song was conceived in 2000 by frontman Gary Lightbody after an accident he had during a bender. "Run" has been described as a Britpop power ballad.
The song made the A lists of BBC Radio 1, [9] BBC Radio 2 and 95.8 Capital FM radio station of London. [10] Due to heavy airplay by the radio stations, the single peaked at number six on the UK Airplay Chart. It helped the album Final Straw ' s sales, which reached number five, its highest chart placing after 23 weeks. [11]
When the song was performed live, Michael Stipe carried out the rap, as he did on a later B-side release of the song. "Final Straw" is a politically charged song. The version on the album is a remix of the original version, which had been made available as a free download on March 25, 2003, from the band's website.
"How to Be Dead" is a song by Northern Irish–Scottish alternative rock band Snow Patrol, released on 25 October 2004 as the fourth and final single of their third album, Final Straw (2003). The single's release was slightly remixed by Chris Lord-Alge from the album version and reached number 39 in the United Kingdom and number 42 in Ireland.
Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album and second compilation album by Northern Irish–Scottish alternative rock band Snow Patrol, released on 14 May 2013 through Polydor Records.