If you’re old enough to remember the late-’00s, you couldn’t have avoided Snow Patrol’s breakout hit “Chasing Cars,” a perfect fit for nearly any emotional scene in film or TV. It’s been a personal favorite for both members of SOFI TUKKER for quite some time, so naturally the electro-pop duo opted to cover it for a recent visit to Australian radio station Triple J—but only after working up the courage to take on such an important piece of music. “We still can’t believe we even dared to touch it...it’s such a masterpiece already,” they share. “Tuck doesn’t usually volunteer to sing, but there’s probably no other song he’s sung more in his life. So he was comfy enough to give it a go.”
The cover matches the delicacy of the original, only maintaining that intimacy throughout rather than leaning into the lush, slow-build orchestrations of Snow Patrol’s original. “‘Chasing Cars’ is a song we both bonded over,” they add. “It depicts that state...of being intimate with someone, of forgetting the whole world exists, when you're together. The lyrics couldn’t be more perfect. The two opening notes are iconic… We hope it pulls at the heartstrings of people who once listened to this song the way we did, and maybe it'll introduce some people to the song altogether, in which case...you're welcome.”
Check out the cover below. SOFI TUKKER have also been announced as brand ambassadors for Novo Fogo, a “rainforest preservation steward and producer of award-winning Brazilian sugarcane spirits and ready-to-drink cocktails.” Learn more about that project here.
