Eyes Open is the fourth album of Snow Patrol, an alt-rock band from Dundee Scotland; it contained the hit "Chasing Cars" which propelled the band to fame as it was the most widely played song of the 21st century on UK radio.
Eyes Open is the fourth studio album by Northern Irish-Scottish alternative rock band Snow Patrol. Snow Patrol are a Northern Irish-Scottish rock band, formed in 1994 in Dundee, Scotland, consisting of Gary Lightbody (vocals, guitar), Nathan Connolly (guitar, backing vocals), Paul Wilson (bass guitar, backing vocals), Jonny Quinn (drums), and Johnny McDaid (piano, guitar, backing vocals). Six singles were released from the album, including top 10 hits "You're All I Have" and "Chasing Cars", the latter of which came to worldwide attention when it was featured during the season 2 finale of the American medical drama Grey's Anatomy. In 2009, UK music licensing body PPL announced that "Chasing Cars" was the most widely played song of the decade in the UK. Ten years later, it was revealed as the most-played song of the 21st century on UK radio. 
