Spitting Games
"Spitting Games" is the lead single from Snow Patrol's third album, Final Straw, released on 15 September 2003. Original release Snow Patrol released the song during their first UK Tour during the Final Straw Tour. To mark the release, the band made a previously unheard song for a free download on their official site, titled "Half the Fun of It". Snow Patrol were one of the acts chosen in AOL Music's "Breakers" in December 2003, a program to promote bands for months leading up to the release of their respective albums in the United States. During the time of the band's promotion, lead UK single "Spitting Games" was downloaded a million times, and was released as a stand-alone single in March 2004 in the week of the band's appearance at South by Southwest Festival. Track listings CD "Spitting Games" – 3:48 "Steal" – 2:44 "Brave" – 4:12 "Spitting Games" (Video) 7" vinyl "Spitting Games" – 3:48 "Steal" – 2:44 Reception Music Week reviewed the single positively, calling it a classic indie song. It praised the "British chugging guitar" and "bittersweet melodies". IrishCentral called the song an alternative rock "masterpiece" and said it had made the band "cool". Yahoo! Music's Simon