Jesus, Take the Wheel

"Jesus, Take the Wheel"
Single by Carrie Underwood
from the album Some Hearts
Released October 3, 2005 (U.S.)
Format Digital download
Genre
Length 3:46
Label Arista
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Mark Bright
Carrie Underwood singles chronology
"Inside Your Heaven"
(2005)		 "Jesus, Take the Wheel"
(2005)		 "Some Hearts"
(2005)
Music video
"Jesus, Take The Wheel" at CMT.com

"Jesus, Take the Wheel" is a song written by Brett James, Hillary Lindsey, and Gordie Sampson, and recorded by American country music artist Carrie Underwood. It was released in October 2005 as the first single from Underwood's debut album Some Hearts. The ballad tells of a woman seeking help from Jesus in an emergency, ultimately letting Jesus take control of her life.

The country-Christian song became a crossover hit, spending six consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs, peaking at number four on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart and charting high on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. It also became a top twenty hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

"Jesus, Take the Wheel" won Grammys for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Song, and it won Single of the Year at the 2005 Academy of Country Music Awards. The song ranked number four on CMT's 40 Greatest Songs of the Decade.

Content

The song tells the story of a young mother who lives a hectic life. On a late night Christmas Eve drive on a snow-covered road on her way to Cincinnati, Ohio, the woman begins sorting out her emotions and bemoans not having enough time to do the things that really matter. Then, her car hits a patch of black ice, causing the woman to lose control of her car. She panics, the car crashes after she slides across the ice. It ends up with her seeing her child safely asleep in the back "sleeping like a rock" and she prays to Jesus asking for forgiveness.

Performances

Underwood gave her debut performance of the song at the 2005 Country Music Association Awards.[1]

On May 23, 2006, she again sang it at the 41st annual Academy of Country Music Awards, where she won the Single of the Year Award for the song.

In April 2006, she sang it on the CMT Awards, where "Jesus, Take The Wheel" won two major awards, Breakthrough Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year.

During her Carrie Underwood: Live in Concert tour, she performed this song with other tracks on her debut album.

Music video

The music video was Carrie's first and was directed by Roman White. It features Underwood singing in various backgrounds such as a living room, through shelves, standing by a wall, and sitting in a chair. A woman, a young couple, and an older couple are all shown through the video trying to ease a baby, fighting over bills and making up, and trying to feed his wife respectively.

The music video for it was originally slated for release on November 4, 2005 but was delayed and made available at a later date on Yahoo! Launch.

"Jesus, Take The Wheel" was nominated for Music Video of the Year at the 2006 Country Music Association Awards and was ranked No. 64 on CMT's 100 Greatest Videos.[2]

Reception

Charts and certifications

The song debuted at number 39 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, and eventually hit number one in January 2006, spending six consecutive weeks at the top.[3] It proved to be a crossover hit, eventually making it to number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and selling around 2,473,000 digital downloads.[4]

In August 2008, "Jesus, Take the Wheel" was certified Platinum, making Underwood the first country artist ever to have two songs hit Platinum Mastertone status.[5] In February 2011, "Jesus, Take the Wheel" was certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA.[6]

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Result
2006Academy of Country MusicSingle of the YearWon
2006Song of the YearNominated
2006Country Music AssociationMusic Video of the YearNominated
2006Single of the YearNominated
2006Canadian Country Music AwardsSOCAN Song of the YearWon
2006CMT Music AwardsFemale Video of the YearWon
2006Breakthrough Video of the YearWon
2006Gospel Music AssociationCountry Song of the YearWon
2007Grammy AwardsBest Female Country Vocal PerformanceWon
2007Song of the YearNominated
2007Best Country SongWon

Notable performances

References

  1. ↑ "Carrie Underwood".
  2. ↑ "100 Greatest Videos". Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
  3. ↑ "Carrie Underwood's 'Jesus, Take the Wheel' Hits No. 1". The Boot. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
  4. 1 2 Bjorke, Matt (November 23, 2015). "Top 30 Digital Country Singles: November 23, 2015". Roughstock.
  5. ↑ "Watch American Idol TV Show - ABC.com". ABC.
  6. ↑ "RIAA – Gold & Platinum: Carrie Underwood singles". RIAA.com. Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on February 25, 2013. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
  7. ↑ "The Top 30 Digital Singles: February 22, 2016 - RoughStock".
  8. ↑ "Carrie Underwood Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Carrie Underwood Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Carrie Underwood Album & Song Chart History - Christian Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
  11. ↑ "Carrie Underwood Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
  12. ↑ "Top Hip-Hop and R&B Songs & Singles Charts". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
  13. ↑ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2010. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
  14. ↑ Wilkening, Matthew (April 25, 2011). "Vince Gill Wins Carrie Underwood Over With 'Jesus, Take the Wheel' Cover During 'ACM Girls Night Out' Show". Taste of Country. Retrieved February 24, 2013.


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