Starfighter Pilot (song)

"Starfighter Pilot"
CD I
Single by Snow Patrol
from the album Songs for Polarbears
B-side	"Raze the City" "Riot, Please"
Released	28 June 1999
Recorded	1997
Studio	Chamber, Edinburgh
Genre	Indie rock, alternative rock
Length	3:40
Label	Jeepster
Songwriter(s)	Gary Lightbody and Mark McClelland
Producer(s)	Jamie Watson
Snow Patrol singles chronology
"Velocity Girl / Absolute Gravity" (1998) "Starfighter Pilot" (1999) "Ask Me How I Am" (2000)
Alternative cover
CD II, Promo

"Starfighter Pilot" is the fourth single by Northern Irish–Scottish alternative rock band Snow Patrol, released on 28 June 1999 as the final single of their debut album, Songs for Polarbears (1998). The lyrics were written by lead singer Gary Lightbody and the music was composed by him and the other two members of Snow Patrol at the time, Mark McClelland and Jonny Quinn.^[1] The song reached number 161 on the UK Singles Chart.