Hands Open

"Hands Open"
Single by Snow Patrol
from the album Eyes Open
Released 16 October 2006
Format Digital download
Recorded 2005
Genre Alternative rock
Length 3:17
Label Interscope
Songwriter(s) Gary Lightbody, Nathan Connolly, Jonny Quinn, Tom Simpson & Paul Wilson
Producer(s) Jacknife Lee
Snow Patrol singles chronology
"Chasing Cars"
(2006)		 "Hands Open"
(2006)		 "Set the Fire to the Third Bar"
(2006)

"Chasing Cars"
(2006)		 "Hands Open"
(2006)		 "Set the Fire to the Third Bar"
(2006)
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"Hands Open" is the second American single from Snow Patrol's fourth album, Eyes Open. It was released June 2006.

It received substantial radio play on modern rock radio, peaking at number 21 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. However, it did not cross over to any other radio formats, unlike the previous single, "Chasing Cars".

The third verse references American indie-folk singer/songwriter Sufjan Stevens and the song "Chicago" with the lyrics "Put Sufjan Stevens on/And we'll play your favorite song/'Chicago' bursts to life/And your sweet smile remembers you."

The song was featured in the PC game LMA Manager 2007.

Two videos were shot for this song. The first one, released with the single, shows Gary Lightbody walking through a city and tearing holes on the landscape at certain points. Upon entering them, he joins the rest of the band as they play and sings one part of the song, before going out and walking a bit more until tearing another hole and rejoining the band, in a cycle which repeats a few times throughout the video. The second one, accompanying the Australian single release, consists of a live performance during a tour of the band on the United States, with the studio track dubbed over it.

In Australasia, the cover art is identical to that of "Set the Fire to the Third Bar", due to the latter not being released as a single there.

Track listings

  1. "Hands Open" – 3:17
  1. "Hands Open" (Freelance Hellraiser Remix) – 6:30
  1. "Hands Open" – 3:15
  2. "Chasing Cars" (Live in Berlin) - 4:28

Official versions

Charts

Chart Year Peak
position
US Modern Rock Tracks[3] 2006 21
New Zealand Top 40[4] 2007 34

References

  1. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Hands Open (Freelance Hellraiser Remix) - Single by Snow Patrol". Itunes.apple.com. 2006-10-16. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
  2. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Hands Open / Chasing Cars - Single by Snow Patrol". Itunes.apple.com. 2007-04-23. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
  3. ↑ "Snow Patrol - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
  4. ↑ "Snow Patrol - Hands Open - Music Charts". Acharts.us. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
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