“Chasing Cars” by Snow Patrol, Wednesday, February 9, 2022 + Romantic Mix 2022 Spotify Edition

The second single from the 2006 album Eyes Open after the album opener and rocker, "You're All I Have," "Chasing Cars" is the most recognized song by Snow Patrol. The band's frontman and songwriter Gary Lightbody said that he wrote the song after sobering up after a white wine binge in the garden of producer Jacknife Lee's cottage. Lightbody told Rolling Stone that "Chasing Cars" is "the purest love song I've ever written. There's no knife-in-the-back twist." He stated that "all the other songs I've written have a dark edge." While the song and video for "Chasing Cars" don't have a dark side, the connotation the song has with dramas like Grey's Anatomy and One Tree Hill certainly wields the knife so carefully left out by the songwriter. 

LET'S WASTE TIME CHASING CARS. As tempting as it is to make a Bad Romance playlist or Sad Romance playlist, I've decided to make my Spotify alternate take on yesterday's Romantic Mix 2022. I'll select 28 tracks for the Spotify version, opting for alternate tracks that I use yesterday. So here is the playlist:
 



Tracklist:

1. "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol, the song of the day
2. "Spotlight*" by Leagues, the alternate song of the day yesterday.
3. "Crashing" by ILLENIUM ft. Bahari is a catchy love song about being too in love to drive home at night, so you have to spend the night with your loved one.
5. "Sugar" by Paper Route is the finest love song the band wrote on an album full of love songs, despite the hard times the band faced.



6. "Yosemite*" by Lana Del Rey is one of her less toxic love songs.
7. "Music Box" by Ian Mahan. Now down to 70 monthly listeners. Come on people, support!
8. "Coffee*" by Copeland is a beautiful song about young love.
9. "Silk Chiffon" by MUNA ft. Phoebe Bridgers reminds me of the '90s Lilith Fair-era ballads.
10. "Touch" by Troye Sivan
11. "My Universe" by Coldplay ft. BTS may not be the best love song by Coldplay, but it's pretty catchy.
12. "Clear" by NEEDTOBREATHE
13. "Style" by Taylor Swift
14. "This Is Heaven" by Nick Jonas
15. "Forever Yours" by Key ft. Soyou. This love song is a mix 2010s and 1990s creating a vibey mix.


16. "Without You" by Tyler Ward ft. Alyson Stoner is a beautiful acoustic ballad. Stoner's harmonies are quite nice.
17. "Photograph" by Ed Sheeran is a sad or a happy song commemorating the past. 
18. "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" by Shawn Mendes is maybe not the most healthy relationship song, but there's a kind of recklessness that happens even in the most vanilla of romances. 
19. "All of Me" by Watashi Wa is either sweet or pathetic. 


20. "The Best" by Tina Turner, no Tina, you're simply the best!
21. "Run Away with Me" by Carly Rae Jepsen is one of many love songs from Emotion.
22. "Play" by Jax Jones ft. Years & Years is a fun, kind of childish song that makes love seem like playtime. 
23. "Death of Me" by Pvris is a dark pop song about someone who you love, but that person isn't good for you.
24. "Take My Breath" by The Weeknd. Is it a love song? Is it more dubious? I'm still waiting for the right time to delve into Dawn FM. 

25. "I'm on Fire" by Bruce Springsteen. If you can get past the stranger-danger opening line, it's pretty romantic.
26. "Closer" by Tegan and Sara after the three problematic songs on the list, Tegan and Sara rock with their synth-pop retro tune.
27. "Bike" by Adoy is a song about summertime romance.
28. "Diamonds" by Josef Salvat

*notes a differing song from the YouTube edition. 


Today's song:

Grey's Anatomy Season 2 finale featuring "Chasing Cars":





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