Twenty years of Chasing Cars: 'It's the song that took us to the whole world'

Getty ImagesMark SavageMusic correspondent11 July 2026, 01:12 BSTEver wanted to write a song so huge it becomes your pension plan? Here's the secret: pretend you're making it for someone else.That's what Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody was doing back in 2005, in a garden shed owned by his friend and producer, Jacknife Lee."We wrote 10 songs in a couple of hours, over quite a few bottles of wine," he