| Lyrics: Jesus, Take the Wheel |
Performed by: Carrie Underwood
Written by: Brett James; Hillary Lindsey; Gordie Sampson
Credits: James, Brett (Songwriter); Lindsey, Hillary (Songwriter); Sampson, Gordie (Songwriter); DIMENSIONAL MUSIC OF 1091 (Publisher); MUSIC OF STAGE THREE (Publisher); MUSIC OF WINDSWEPT (Publisher); NO SUCH MUSIC (Publisher); PASSING STRANGER MUSIC (Publisher); SONGS OF COMBUSTION MUSIC (Publisher); SONY/ATV TUNES D/B/A CROSS KEYS PUB (Publisher)
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| Single by Carrie Underwood | ||||||||||||||||
| from the album Some Hearts | ||||||||||||||||
| Released | October 2005 (U.S.) | |||||||||||||||
| Format | Digital download | |||||||||||||||
| Genre | Country pop, CCM | |||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:46 | |||||||||||||||
| Label | Arista | |||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Hillary Lindsey, Gordie Sampson, Brett James | |||||||||||||||
| Producer | Mark Bright | |||||||||||||||
| Certification | Platinum (RIAA) | |||||||||||||||
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"Jesus, Take the Wheel" is an award winning song written by Brett James, Hillary Lindsey and Gordie Sampson. It is the first single from Carrie 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 time at No. 1 on the Country chart and doing well on other charts.
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The song tells the story of a 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, takes her hands off the steering wheel and cries out to Jesus; shortly thereafter, the car stops spinning and safely stops on the shoulder. After taking stock of the situation (and seeing that her baby has remained fast asleep in the rear seat), the woman decides to let "Jesus take the Wheel" of her life.
She first performed this at the 2005 Country Music Association Awards.
During the fifth season of American Idol, Carrie Underwood went back to the show to perform the song.
She again sang this song at the 41st annual Academy of Country Music Awards where this song won the Single of the Year Award.
On April 2006, she sang this on the CMT Awards where Jesus, Take The Wheel won 2 major awards, Breakthrough Video of the Year and Female Video of the Year.
During her Carrie Underwood Live: 2006 Tour, she performed this song with the other tracks on her debut album.
On December 11, 2006, Oprah Winfrey held an "iTunes" concert featuring Carrie Underwood, Josh Groban, Michael Buble, and Tony Bennett. Carrie performed "Jesus, Take the Wheel" there.
The music video 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.
The video for "Jesus, Take The Wheel" spent 3 weeks at #1 on CMT's Top Twenty Countdown, and in December 2006, it was revealed that it was the #5 video of 2006 according to CMT's Top 20 of 2006 Countdown. "Jesus, Take The Wheel" was also ranked #64 on CMT's 100 Greatest Videos.[1]
Underwood has stated that her favorite part of the video is when the old woman puts her hand on her husband's.
The song debuted at No. 39 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, and eventually spent six weeks as No. 1. That ties Underwood with several other female artists — including Kitty Wells, Faith Hill and Taylor Swift — as runners-up for the longest-running No. 1 song by a solo female artist; the record is held by Connie Smith (1964's "Once a Day").
It proved to be a crossover hit, eventually making it to number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and selling around 1.171 million digital downloads.
"Jesus, Take the Wheel" finished 4th on the 2006 Year-End Hot Country Songs Chart.
"Jesus, Take the Wheel" was certified Platinum by the RIAA in April 2006.
On August, 2008, "Jesus, Take the Wheel" was reported to have been sold more than 1 million ringtones and was certified Platinum, making Underwood the first country artist ever to have two songs hit Platinum Mastertone status.[2]
| Chart (2005-2006) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 20 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop 100 | 36 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 23 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Christian Adult Contemporary | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Christian Songs | 4 |
| Canadian Radio & Records Country Singles | 1 |
On April 17, 2007, American Idol season 6 contestant LaKisha Jones performed this song during the "Country" theme week, but received poor reviews from the judges. This marked the second time an American Idol winner's song was covered on the show with the first being Lisa Tucker on season 5 covering Kelly Clarkson's "Because of You".
On March 17, 2009, American Idol season 8 contestant Danny Gokey covered the song during the Grand Ole Opry week and received mostly positive reviews from the judges.
| Preceded by "Bless the Broken Road" by Rascal Flatts |
Grammy Award for Best Country Song 2006 |
Succeeded by "Before He Cheats" by Carrie Underwood |
| Preceded by "Big Blue Note" by Toby Keith |
Canadian Country Singles Chart number-one single January 13-February 24, 2006 |
Succeeded by "Living in Fast Forward" by Kenny Chesney |
| Preceded by "She Let Herself Go" by George Strait |
Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one single January 21-February 25, 2006 |
Succeeded by "When I Get Where I'm Going" by Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton |
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