Chocolate (Snow Patrol song)

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"Chocolate"
Single by Snow Patrol
from the album Final Straw
Released	12th of April, 2004 (UK)
Format	E-CD; 7"
Recorded	February, 2003 at Britannia Row
Genre	Alternative Rock
Length	3:11
Label	Fiction/Polydor
Producer(s)	Jacknife Lee
Chart positions
#24 (UK)
Snow Patrol singles chronology
"Run" (2003)	"Chocolate" (2004)	"Spitting Games (re-release)" (2004)

"Chocolate" is the third single from Snow Patrol's third album, Final Straw.

The single version is slightly different from the album version. The most noticeable difference is the chime solo between the 1st chorus and 2nd verse on the single, instead of the continued guitar riff.

Despite the song's comparatively upbeat tone and guitar riff, its lyrics are of desperation and solemn self-reflection.

An edited version of "Chocolate" is featured on the trailer for The Last Kiss, starring Zach Braff. It also features in the Torchwood episode, Cyberwoman.

[edit] Music Video

The video shows scenes of panic at what is apparently 'the end of the world'. At the center of the scene is an hourglass that is quickly running out. With the two linked, the song's last line 'I promise I'll do anything you ask...this time' can be seen to be ironic, in that even though the speaker is seeking forgiveness from a mate by offering a flexible future, it is indeed the end of the world, and there will be no 'this time'. People across the world can often identify with the concept on the basis that in relationships you often only ever get one chance to get many things right. Everyone braces themselves as the last grains run out, but they are suprised as the world does not indeed end.

However, after the song ends lead singer Gary Lightbody enters the shot, inverting the hourglass, effectively throwing everyone into a second panic. The video fades out to the song's signature guitar riff.

[edit] Track listings

• CD

1. "Chocolate" (video)
2. "Run (Jackknife Lee Remix)"
3. "One Night Is Not Enough (Live)"

• 7"

1. "Chocolate"
2. "Run (Jackknife Lee Remix)"

Snow Patrol
Gary Lightbody | Paul Wilson | Jonny Quinn | Nathan Connolly | Tom Simpson
Mark McClelland
Discography
Studio albums: Songs for Polarbears | When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up | Final Straw | Eyes Open
Extended plays: | Starfighter Pilot | Live and Acoustic at Park Ave.
Singles: "Little Hide" | "One Hundred Things You Should Have Done in Bed" | "Velocity Girl/Absolute Gravity" | "Starfighter Pilot/Remixes" | "Ask Me How I Am" | "One Night Is Not Enough" | "Spitting Games" | "Run" | "Chocolate" | "How to Be Dead" | "You're All I Have" | "Hands Open" | "Chasing Cars" | "Set the Fire to the Third Bar" | "Open Your Eyes" | "Signal Fire"