Question: In which year did Snow Patrol release their first single?

Context articles: Sessions@AOL (Snow Patrol EP)
The Planets Bend Between Us
Little Hide
Take Back the City
Starfighter Pilot (song)
Snow Patrol
Crack the Shutters
Just Say Yes (song)
Snow Patrol discography
Up to Now

Sessions@AOL is the title of two separate EPs by alternative rock band Snow Patrol.
 Both EPs feature the band's performance at AOL music.
 Snow Patrol was 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.
 Snow Patrol's appearance on the sessions was a part of the program.
"The Planets Bend Between Us" (or "The Planets Bend Between Us (For You)") is a song from alternative rock band Snow Patrol's fifth album "A Hundred Million Suns".
 It was released as the follow-up single to "If There's a Rocket Tie Me to It" on 24 May 2009.
 It was the fourth single taken from the album.
 The lyrics were written by Gary Lightbody and the music was composed by Snow Patrol.
 The song is about Lightbody's beach house in Belfast.
 The single featured a re-working of the album version and was released as a digital download only.
 It was later included on the band's 2009 compilation album "Up to Now".
"Little Hide" was the first single released by Scotland-based alternative rock band Snow Patrol.
 It was released on 16 February 1998 under the Jeepster Records label.
 It is notable for being the first release by Snow Patrol for the label.
"Take Back the City" is a song from alternative rock band Snow Patrol's fifth album "A Hundred Million Suns".
 It was released as the lead single from the album on different dates in October 2008, depending on the region.
 The lyrics were written by Gary Lightbody and the music was composed by Snow Patrol.
 The song has positive lyrics, and is about Lightbody's love for Belfast.
 The song has been officially remixed once, by Lillica Libertine, and it appeared as a b-side to the single.
"Starfighter Pilot" was the fourth single released by Snow Patrol, and the second track on their debut album "Songs for Polarbears".
 The lyrics were written by Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody and the music was composed by Lightbody and the other two members of Snow Patrol at the time, Mark McClelland and Jonny Quinn.
Snow Patrol are a Northern Irish-Scottish rock band formed in 1993, consisting of Gary Lightbody (vocals, guitar), Nathan Connolly (guitar, backing vocals), Paul Wilson (bass guitar, backing vocals), Jonny Quinn (drums), and Johnny McDaid (piano, guitar, backing vocals).
 Initially an indie rock band, the band rose to prominence in the early-mid 2000s as part of the post-Britpop movement.
"Crack the Shutters" is a song from alternative rock band Snow Patrol's fifth album "A Hundred Million Suns".
 It was released as the follow-up single to "Take Back the City" on different dates in December 2008 depending on the region, and was the second single taken from the album.
 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.
"Just Say Yes" is a song by British alternative rock band Snow Patrol, released as the single to follow "The Planets Bend Between Us" in October–November 2009, depending on the region.
 The song, produced by Jacknife Lee, is one of the three new songs, and the lead single from the compilation "Up to Now".
 The lyrics were written by Gary Lightbody and the music was composed by Snow Patrol.
 "Just Say Yes" has its origins as a song written for pop singer Gwen Stefani, who rejected it.
 Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls was then given permission by Lightbody to record it for her solo debut album, which was later shelved.
The discography of Snow Patrol, an alternative rock band from Northern Ireland and based in Dundee, Scotland, consists of six studio albums, twenty-eight singles, eight extended plays, two compilation albums and one live DVD.
 Snow Patrol was formed in 1994 by Gary Lightbody, Michael Morrison and Mark McClelland under the name Shrug.
 They released an extended play (EP) titled "The Yogurt vs. Yogurt Debate".
 Morrison left in 1995, and the band changed their name to Polarbear.
 Under this name they released their other EP, "Starfighter Pilot", on the Electric Honey label.
 Drummer Jonny Quinn joined in 1997 and the band signed to Jeepster Records the same year.
 They then underwent their final name change to Snow Patrol.
 The band's first two studio albums: "Songs for Polarbears" and "When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up" were released in 1998 and 2001 respectively, but failed to do well commercially.
 Subsequently, the band was dropped by the label.
Up to Now is the first compilation album by alternative rock band Snow Patrol.
 The album features tracks spanning Snow Patrol's fifteen-year music career, including tracks from The Reindeer Section, a side-project/supergroup involving musicians from all over Scotland.
 The album was released in early November 2009, primarily as a two-disc set and a three-disc digipak format containing one DVD of bonus material.
 A limited edition heavyweight box was also sold.
 Three new songs were released on the album.
 One of these was "Just Say Yes", the lead single taken from the compilation.
 The solo re-recording of "An Olive Grove Facing the Sea" was released as the album's second single.
 In Netherlands, Belgium and Finland "Run" was re-released in a version called "Run (2010 Version)" in January 2010.