Ask Me How I Am

{{Infobox song

| name = Ask Me How I Am

| cover = Ask Me How I Am.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Snow Patrol

| album = When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up

| released = 20 November 2000

| recorded =

| studio = Substation, CaVa, The Stables, Rage

| genre =

| length = 2:36

| label = Jeepster

| writer = {{hlist|Gary Lightbody|Mark McClelland|Jonny Quinn}}

| producer = {{hlist|Michael Brennan Jr.|Snow Patrol}}

| prev_title = Starfighter Pilot

| prev_year = 1998

| next_title = One Night Is Not Enough

| next_year = 2001

}}

"Ask Me How I Am" is a song by Northern Irish–Scottish alternative rock band Snow Patrol,{{cite web |url=http://www.channel4.com/music/interviews/snow-patrol-video-interview-quiz-biography-pictures.html |title=Snow Patrol |publisher=Channel 4 |accessdate=2008-10-14 }} released through Jeepster Records{{cite web|url=http://www.interscope.com/artist/releases/detail.aspx/&aid/410/in/30 |title=Snow Patrol releases: Ask Me How I Am |publisher=Interscope Records |accessdate=2008-10-14 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} on 20 November 2000 as the lead single of their second album, When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up (2001). The song reached number 96 on the UK Singles Chart and the News Letter described the song's beat as funky.{{cite web|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-12859078_ITM|title=Play List - Snow Patrol|date=9 July 2004|work=AccessMyLibrary|publisher=The News Letter|accessdate=2009-11-05}} Appears as: "Practically every music fan in Northern Ireland has lived the highs and lows of the Bangor fourpiece's career with them, mystified by the lack of success in the early days despite the pop-rock of tunes such as Starfighter Pilot and funky beats of Ask Me How I Am."

Music video

The music video for the song was warmly received by Hot Press, who called it "top-class". Reviewer Rory Cobbe wrote that the video was "clever" and the twist at the end "lovely". It further wrote that it was proof that a good idea can beat a "million pounds' worth of effects".{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hotpress.com/archive/2613226.html |title=Snow Patrol - Ask Me How I Am (Jeepster) |last=Cobbe |first=Rory |magazine=Hot Press |accessdate=2009-10-15 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100222000205/http://hotpress.com/archive/2613226.html |archivedate=February 22, 2010 }}

Track listing

Maxi CD{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Snow-Patrol-Ask-Me-How-I-Am/release/610813 |title=Snow Patrol - Ask Me How I Am (CD) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date=2000-11-06 |accessdate=2012-01-14}}

"Ask Me How I Am" – 2:36
"In Command of Cars" – 4:01
"Talk to the Trees" – 1:57