Song · Snow Patrol
“Crack the Shutters” by Snow Patrol
From the album A Hundred Million Suns (2008)
“Crack the Shutters” by Snow Patrol appears on 7 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2008 and 2009. It was first released in 2008 on the album A Hundred Million Suns. Its best result is #2 on the Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2009. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #601 alternative song of 2009.
Snow Patrol put "Crack the Shutters" out in December 2008 as the second single from A Hundred Million Suns, the Northern Irish band's fifth album, and Gary Lightbody has called it the purest love song he ever wrote. He wrote the words, and the music is credited to the whole band: Lightbody with Nathan Connolly, Jonny Quinn, Tom Simpson and Paul Wilson.
Jacknife Lee produced it and added keyboards, Tom McFall recorded it and Cenzo Townshend mixed it, with Neil Comber assisting. Critics mostly warmed to it, singling out the lyrics and Lightbody's singing, and it went to the top of Billboard's Triple A chart while cracking the top 20 in the Netherlands. A Bradley Quinn exhibition of photos from Snow Patrol concerts shares its name.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 65 | 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT | 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2008 | 103 |
| 2009 | 94 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2009 | 101 |
| 2009 | 5 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2009 | 50 |
| 2009 | 7 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2009 | 107 |
| 2009 | 2 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2009 | 100 |
| 2009 | 17 | 106.1 The Corner Charlottesville, VA | 106.1 The Corner Top 106 Songs of 2009 | 106 |
| 2009 | 93 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2009 | 103 |
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