Starfighter Pilot (single)

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“Starfighter Pilot”
Single by Snow Patrol from the album Songs for Polarbears
Released	28th of June, 1998 (UK)
Format	E-CD; 7"
Recorded	1997 at Chamber Studios, Edinburgh
Genre	Alternative Rock
Length	10:31
Label	Jeepster Records (UK)
Snow Patrol singles chronology
""Velocity Girl/Absolute Gravity"" (1998) "Starfighter Pilot" (1998) "Ask Me How I Am" (2000)

"Starfighter Pilot" was the fourth single released by Snow Patrol, from their debut album Songs for Polarbears. The song peaked poorly at #161 in the UK Singles Chart. The song was written by Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody and the music was composed by Lightbody and the other two members of "Snow Patrol", Mark McClelland and Jonny Quinn.

Starfighter Pilot was originally released under Snow Patrol's former name Polarbear in 1997.^[1]

It is the second track on the Songs for Polarbears album.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Trivia 3 References 4 External Links

[edit] Track listing

1. "Starfighter Pilot" - 3:19
2. "Raze The City" - 2:52
3. "Riot, Please" - 4:20

[edit] Trivia

• The two B-Side tracks on the "Starfighter Pilot" single were later included on the 2006 re-release of "Songs for Polarbears"
• A second CD 'Stafighter Pilot Remixes', was released comprising of three remixes of the song by artists including Richard Colburn and Steve Hitchcock.

[edit] References

[edit] External Links

• Single information at www.snowpatrol.com

v • d • e Snow Patrol Gary Lightbody | Paul Wilson | Jonny Quinn | Nathan Connolly | Tom Simpson Former members Mark McClelland 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" | "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"