| "Crack the Shutters" | ||||
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 7" vinyl | ||||
| Single by Snow Patrol | ||||
| from the album A Hundred Million Suns | ||||
| B-side | "Cubicles" | |||
| Released | 12 December 2008 | |||
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| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 3:20 | |||
| Label | Fiction, Interscope | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Gary Lightbody, Nathan Connolly, Paul Wilson, Jonny Quinn, Tom Simpson | |||
| Producer(s) | Jacknife Lee | |||
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"Crack the Shutters" is a song by Northern Irish–Scottish alternative rock band Snow Patrol, released in different regions on different dates in December 2008 as the second single of their fifth album, A Hundred Million Suns (2008). The lyrics were written by Gary Lightbody and the music was composed by Snow Patrol. The song was described by lyricist Lightbody as the purest love song he'd ever written. The single was received generally positively by music critics, the lyrics and vocals being praised in particular.
The single was quite successful in the charts, charting in the Top 20 in the Netherlands. Though it also entered the Top 30 in Sweden and Germany, it topped the Billboard Triple A chart. "Crack the Shutters" is also the name of a photography exhibition held by Bradley Quinn which primarily featured his photos taken at Snow Patrol concerts.