PPL chief executive Peter Leather added: “Chasing Cars is a song that has become a popular anthem, securing huge success across radio, in public and especially TV, where its huge appeal has led to its use in many programmes and especially Grey’s Anatomy.”
It’s a beautiful moment every time you play it.” “The way it unifies an audience is the thing I most cherish about it. “It’s unbelievable,” Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody told the BBC. In honour of our 85th birthday, we delved into our data to identify the Most Played Song of the 21st century & we are delighted to reveal it is Chasing Cars by Tonight our CEO presented with an award to recognise this amazing achievement /lrnbCXxtx0įrontman Gary Lightbody visited PPL HQ to collect an award in recognition of the achievement. The song peaked at #53 in January 2008, but it went on to achieve 3x Platinum accreditation and has since spent 70 weeks on the Top 100.īlack Eyed Peas’ ‘I Gotta Feeling’ came in second and Pharrell’s equally upbeat ‘Happy’ was third. On the ARIA Singles Chart ‘Chasing Cars’ debuted at #80 on November 5, 2007. A popular wedding song and radio hit, ‘Chasing Cars’ initially failed to top the charts but went on to spend seven consecutive weeks at #1 on the TMN Hot 100.
