Chariot (song)

For the song by Petula Clark, see I Will Follow Him.

"Chariot"
Single by Gavin DeGraw
from the album Chariot
Released	March 1, 2005
Format	CD, Digital download
Genre	soul-pop
Length	3:59
Label	J Records
Writer(s)	Gavin DeGraw
Producer	Gavin DeGraw
Certification	Platinum (RIAA)
Gavin DeGraw singles chronology
"I Don't Want to Be" (2004) "Chariot" (2005) "Follow Through" (2005)

"Chariot" is a single by Gavin DeGraw released in 2005, taken from his 2003 album Chariot. It's believed the song addresses the overwhelming feeling Gavin felt when he moved to New York from his rural hometown. In the song, he is supposedly pleading for a chariot to come and take him home (i.e. "You'll be my vacation away from this place/ You know what I want").

"Chariot" peaked at number thirty in July, 2005 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S.^[1] It was certified Platinum.

It was featured prominently in an episode of Dead Like Me.

Gavin DeGraw on "Chariot":

“

Chariot" is a metaphorical vehicle for getting to a place in your mind that is a more broken down and laid back. It's somewhere to be just for a moment--instead of being wrapped up and living wherever you're living and consumed with what you're doing. It's a place to release and chill out.

”

Music video

The music video for "Chariot" was directed by Zach Braff, who also directed music videos for Joshua Radin. It stars model and actress Jaime King and also features a brief cameo from Donald Faison, who plays the role of Christopher Turk in the TV show Scrubs, in which Braff is also a cast member.

Chart positions

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Italian Singles Chart	27
Netherlands Singles Chart	12
Norwegian Singles Chart	19
UK Singles Chart	114
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	30
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	17
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	27

References

1. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=uRQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA9&dq=billboard+july+2005&hl=en&ei=26krTs6sLY7egQeY5NGXCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CD0Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=billboard%20july%202005&f=false