1 reception
1.1 critical reception
1.2 commercial performance
1.3 accolades
reception
critical reception
billboard magazine s sven phillip found chasing cars song on eyes open not missed . called catchy, colossal ballad succeeds without fireworks . about.com called true gem of love song . yahoo! music s adam webb, however, had mixed feelings single, when awarded 5 stars out of 10, saying misguided attempt recreate breast-beating slo-motion scarf-waving formula. further, made comparisons of song hollywood soundtracks, in words subtle rhino , overt affecting.
the song nominated 2007 grammy award best rock song, 2007 brit award best british single. in 2007, chasing cars voted number 1 in top 500 songs: words behind music, on bristol s gwr fm (and other stations in 1 network).
uk music licensing body ppl announced in december 2009 chasing cars played song of decade.
commercial performance
chasing cars released overlapping single in june , video re-edited include clips grey s anatomy. video failed catch on, regardless, third version filmed edited single version of song. on 13 september 2006, song soared in digital music charts become most-downloaded song in u.s. itunes store, 1 day after dvd release of second season of grey s anatomy. song used in verbotene liebe, german soap opera.
the song released download-only single on 17 july 2006 , entered uk singles chart in week ending 29 july @ number 25 on strength of download sales alone. physical release on 24 july pushed song number 15, peaking 6 weeks later @ number 6. however, 7 weeks after that, in november cd single deleted and, under chart rules prevailing @ time, song removed chart 2 weeks after that, having clocked 17 weeks in total. absent chart 7 weeks, in january 2007, change chart rules meant downloads, or without physical equivalent, eligible chart. chasing cars duly surged in @ top 10 position (number 9, 3 places below peak), , remained on chart 48 consecutive weeks, entirely on downloads, falling out again in december. after three-week absence, in january 2008 again, 13 weeks time, peaking @ no. 50. bowed out third time, re-entered top 75 in june, august, october , november 2008, november 2009, january , december 2010, , march, july , december 2011, , re-entered again on 24 august 2013, charting @ no. 66 before climbing no. 60 following week, , no. 47 week after taking song s tally incredible 111 weeks on uk top 75, making 2nd longest runner of time, bettered frank sinatra s way (124 weeks). 14 weeks out of 111 physical copy of chasing cars officially available. has spent 166 weeks on top 100. sold millionth copy in uk in october 2013.
a physical release of song did not occur @ in australia, song spent 10 weeks on summer 2006/2007 @ number 1 on digital track chart. under aria chart rules @ time, songs had digital-only release ineligible chart. when rules changed in october 2007 include digital-only singles (partly due declining physical sales), chasing cars had dwindled in popularity , managed peak @ number 53. sales prior week began charting on official singles chart not counted; regardless, spent further 63 weeks in lower half of chart , later certified triple platinum (for on 210,000 downloads).
chasing cars voted number 1 in 2006 virgin radio top 500 songs of time poll. after popularity of association grey s anatomy television show, song peaked @ no. 5 on billboard hot 100 in us, band s first top 10 hit in us. song peaked @ no. 8 on modern rock tracks chart. fourth best selling digital single of 2006 in uk, totaling 190,000 legal downloads , uk s 26th downloaded song of time. chasing cars went number 1 on adult contemporary chart 2 non-consecutive weeks. of february 2015, song has sold 3,900,000 copies in us.
accolades
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