snow patrol set the fire to the third bar female singer, martha wainwright.
snow patrol set the fire to the third bar female singer, martha wainwright.
snow patrol set the fire to the third bar female singer?
martha wainwright
set the fire to the third bar









































"set the fire to the third bar" is a song from snow patrol's fourth album, "eyes open", featuring martha wainwright on vocals. the song was released as a single on 13 november 2006.









































section::::background.









































the song was the last track to be recorded for the album "eyes open" and was the third single released from the album. 









































it was written especially with martha in mind. 









































lightbody wrote the song in only twenty minutes and described it as the quickest he had ever written a song.
set the fire to the third bar
the song has been remixed by anu pillai of the band freeform five, a friend of gary lightbody and tom simpson.









































on 12 november 2009, snow patrol performed a version of "set the fire to the third bar" with former girls aloud singer cheryl for children in need rocks the royal albert hall.









































section::::other versions.:guest vocalists.









































snow patrol have featured many guest vocalists for live performances of the song. singers such as lisa hannigan, miriam kaufmann and actress maria doyle kennedy have joined them during performances in the republic of ireland.
set the fire to the third bar