Chariot (song)

{{Short description|2005 single by Gavin DeGraw}}

{{About||the Cat Empire song|The Chariot (song)|other songs of the same name|Chariot (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Chariot

| cover = Chariot single.jpg

| alt = cover art

| type = single

| artist = Gavin DeGraw

| album = Chariot

| B-side = W.B.T.

| released = {{start date|2005|2|22}}{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2005/RR-2005-02-18.pdf|title=Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1594|page=23|date=February 18, 2005|access-date=May 30, 2021}}

| recorded =

| studio =

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| genre = Pop rock{{cite magazine|last= Rolling Stone Staff|title= The 50 Greatest Minivan Rock Songs|magazine= Rolling Stone|date= April 28, 2020|url=https://www.billboard.com/media/lists/minivan-rock-50-greatest-songs-9364720/|access-date= January 11, 2025|quote=Chariot,' DeGraw's follow-up to 'I Don't Want To Be,' follows the same winning pop-rock formula...}}

| length = 3:59

| label = J

| writer = Gavin DeGraw

| producer = Gavin DeGraw

| prev_title = I Don't Want to Be

| prev_year = 2004

| next_title = Follow Through

| next_year = 2005

}}

"Chariot" is a song by American singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw. It appears on his 2003 debut studio album, Chariot, and was released as the album's second single in February 2005. The song addresses the overwhelming feeling Gavin felt when he moved to New York from his rural hometown; in the songs, he pleads for a (metaphorical) chariot to come and take him home.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

Upon its release, "Chariot" peaked at number 30 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in July 2005 and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Worldwide, the song reached the top 20 in the Netherlands and Norway and peaked at number 30 on Radio & Records{{'}} Canadian CHR/Pop Top 30 chart.