Question 1

Who writes Snow Patrol's songs?

Accepted Answer

Gary Lightbody writes all the lyrics, on all 98 tracks across eight albums with no exceptions. The music is credited to whichever lineup made the record, which puts Jonny Quinn on 84 tracks, Nathan Connolly on 70 and Johnny McDaid on 22.

Question 2

Who wrote "Chasing Cars"?

Accepted Answer

Gary Lightbody wrote the lyrics and the five-piece lineup of the time the music: Lightbody, Nathan Connolly, Tom Simpson, Paul Wilson and Jonny Quinn.

Question 3

How many albums have Snow Patrol released?

Accepted Answer

Eight studio albums, from Songs for Polarbears in 1998 to The Forest Is the Path in 2024. The EPs, the Up to Now compilation and the Tired Pony side project are counted separately.

Question 4

Has anyone else written lyrics for the band?

Accepted Answer

Only once. The Forest Is the Path in 2024 credits the lyrics to Gary Lightbody, Johnny McDaid and Nathan Connolly, the first time the lyric line names more than one person.

Question 5

Which album sold the most?

Accepted Answer

Eyes Open. It was the best-selling album of 2006 in the UK, selling 1.5 million copies, and was the 15th best-selling album of the 2000s.

Question 6

Who is Jacknife Lee?

Accepted Answer

The producer who co-wrote all fourteen tracks on Fallen Empires and all ten on Wildness, the only outside name in the music credits.

Question 7

Where are Snow Patrol from?

Accepted Answer

They formed in Dundee, Scotland in 1994, though Gary Lightbody and Johnny McDaid are both from Northern Ireland.

Question 8

Who is in the band now?

Accepted Answer

Gary Lightbody, Nathan Connolly and Johnny McDaid. Jonny Quinn and Paul Wilson left in 2023 and Tom Simpson in 2013.

Question 9

Who wrote "Run"?

Accepted Answer

Gary Lightbody wrote the lyrics and the Final Straw lineup the music: Lightbody, Nathan Connolly, Mark McClelland and Jonny Quinn. It reached number 5 in the UK.

Question 10

Why does the music credit keep changing?

Accepted Answer

From A Hundred Million Suns in 2008 the sleeve credits the music to Snow Patrol rather than naming the members, so the credit tracks whichever lineup made the album.