How to Be Dead

"How to Be Dead"
Single by Snow Patrol
from the album Final Straw
Released	25 October 2004 (2004-10-25)[1]
Studio	Britannia Row, The Diving Bell
Genre	Indie rock, alternative rock
Length	3:23
Label	Fiction, Polydor
Songwriter(s)	Gary Lightbody, Mark McClelland, Nathan Connolly, Jonny Quinn
Producer(s)	Jacknife Lee
Snow Patrol singles chronology
"Spitting Games (re-release)" (2004) "How to Be Dead" (2004) "You're All I Have" (2006)

"How to Be Dead" is the fourth single by Northern Irish–Scottish alternative rock band Snow Patrol from their third album, Final Straw (2003). It was released in 2004, slightly remixed by Chris Lord-Alge from the album version, and reached number 39 in the United Kingdom and number 42 in Ireland.

The song is a downtempo rock ballad, with lyrics detailing a conversation between a couple.