How to Be Dead

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"How to Be Dead"
"How to Be Dead" cover
Single by Snow Patrol
from the album Final Straw
Released 25th of October, 2004 (UK)
Format E-CD; 7"
Recorded February, 2003 at Britannia Row/The Diving Bell
Genre Indie Rock
Length 3:23
Label Fiction/Polydor
Producer(s) Jacknife Lee
Chart positions
  • #39 (UK)
Snow Patrol singles chronology
"Spitting Games (re-release)"
(2004)
"How To Be Dead"
(2004)
"You're All I Have"
(2006)

"How to Be Dead" is a single by Snow Patrol from their album Final Straw. It was released in 2004, slightly remixed from the album version.

The song is slow-tempoed, with lyrics detailing a conversation between a man and a woman (the first and third verses by the man, the second by the woman).

The song was featured on the soundtrack to American Pie: Band Camp and Wicker Park

[edit] Track listings

  • CD
  1. "How to Be Dead (CLA Mix)"
  2. "You Are My Joy (Live at Somerset House)"
  3. "Chocolate (Grand National Mix)"
  • 7"
  1. "How to Be Dead (CLA Mix)"
  2. "Breathing Fire (Demo Version)"
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"