I Drive Your Truck - wikipedia I Drive Your Truck `` I Drive Your Truck '' Single by Lee Brice from the album Hard 2 Love Released December 3, 2012 ( 2012 - 12 - 03 ) Format Digital download Genre Country Length 3 : 54 Label Curb Songwriter ( s ) Jessi Alexander Connie Harrington Jimmy Yeary Producer ( s ) Kyle Jacobs Matt McClure Lee Brice Lee Brice singles chronology `` Hard to Love '' ( 2012 ) `` I Drive Your Truck '' ( 2012 ) `` Parking Lot Party '' ( 2013 ) `` Hard to Love '' ( 2012 ) `` I Drive Your Truck '' ( 2012 ) `` Parking Lot Party '' ( 2013 ) `` I Drive Your Truck '' is a song written by Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington, and Jimmy Yeary and recorded by American country music artist Lee Brice. It was released in December 2012 as the third single from his album Hard 2 Love. Contents 1 Content 2 Critical reception 3 Music video 4 Commercial performance 5 Charts and certifications 5.1 Weekly charts 5.2 Year - end charts 5.3 Certifications 6 References 7 External links Content The song is about the narrator driving a truck owned by his brother, who died in action in the United States Army. Co-writer Connie Harrington was inspired to write it after hearing an interview on Here and Now with a father, Paul Monti, whose son, Medal of Honor recipient Jared, was killed in Afghanistan while trying to save a fellow soldier. In the interview, he states that he drives the truck to feel close to his son. Critical reception Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave it 4.5 stars out of 5, saying that `` Brice 's strong lyrical performance (... ) should broaden the story 's scope, making it a big hit commercially and artistically. '' Tammy Ragusa of Country Weekly gave the single an A grade. She said that Brice `` sings it like his life depends on it '' and praised the detail of the lyrics. The song was awarded Song of the Year honors at the 47th annual Country Music Association Awards, as well as Song of the Year at the 49th annual Academy of Country Music Awards. Music video The video features Brice 's brother, Lewis. Commercial performance The song gained sufficient airplay to debut on the Country Airplay for chart dated February 23, 2013, and eventually reaching No. 1 on this chart on April 20, 2013, making it his third consecutive No. 1. It also debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 91 in February 2013 and peaked at No. 47 on April 13, 2013. It reached No. 6 on the Hot Country Songs and No. 11 on the Country Digital Songs. The song has sold 870,000 copies in the US as of April 2014. Charts and certifications Weekly charts Chart ( 2012 -- 13 ) Peak position Canada ( Canadian Hot 100 ) 53 Canada Country ( Billboard ) US Billboard Hot 100 47 US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) 6 Year - end charts Chart ( 2013 ) Position US Country Airplay ( Billboard ) 34 US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) 38 Certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales Canada ( Music Canada ) Gold 40,000 United States ( RIAA ) Platinum 870,000 sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone Preceded by `` Somebody 's Heartbreak '' by Hunter Hayes Billboard Country Airplay number - one single April 20, 2013 Succeeded by `` Downtown '' by Lady Antebellum References Jump up ^ ( 1 ) ^ Jump up to : Dukes, Billy ( November 12, 2012 ). `` Lee Brice, ' I Drive Your Truck ' -- Song Review ''. Taste of Country. Retrieved January 6, 2013. Jump up ^ ( 2 ) Jump up ^ Ragusa, Tammy ( January 7, 2013 ). `` Single review : Lee Brice -- ' I Drive Your Truck ' ''. Country Weekly. 20 ( 1 ) : 51. ISSN 1074 - 3235. Jump up ^ Dauphin, Chuck ( November 13, 2012 ). `` Lee Brice Casts Brother in ' I Drive Your Truck ' Video ''. Billboard.com. Retrieved January 6, 2013. Jump up ^ Alanna Conaway ( April 9, 2013 ). `` Country Radio Chart Report : Tuesday April 9, 2013 - Lee Brice 's `` I Drive Youri Truck '' Is Number One ``. Roughstock. ^ Jump up to : Matt Bjorke ( April 16, 2014 ). `` Country Chart News - The Top 30 Digital Singles - April 16, 2014 : Post ACM Awards Sales Bumps : Gold Singles For Thomas Rhett, Dan + Shay and Keith Urban ; Platinum for FGL & Luke Bryan ! ''. Roughstock. Jump up ^ `` Lee Brice -- Chart history '' Canadian Hot 100 for Lee Brice. Jump up ^ `` Lee Brice -- Chart history '' Billboard Canada Country for Lee Brice. Jump up ^ `` Lee Brice -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot 100 for Lee Brice. Jump up ^ `` Lee Brice -- Chart history '' Billboard Country Airplay for Lee Brice. Jump up ^ `` Lee Brice -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot Country Songs for Lee Brice. Jump up ^ `` Best of 2013 : Country Airplay ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Best of 2013 : Hot Country Songs ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2013. Retrieved December 13, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Canadian single certifications -- Lee Brice -- I Drive Your Truck ''. Music Canada. Retrieved March 17, 2014. Jump up ^ `` American single certifications -- Lee Brice -- I Drive Your Truck ''. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 31, 2016. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Lee Brice Studio albums Love Like Crazy ( 2010 ) Hard 2 Love ( 2012 ) I Do n't Dance ( 2014 ) Notable singles `` Upper Middle Class White Trash '' `` Love Like Crazy '' `` Beautiful Every Time '' `` A Woman Like You '' `` Hard to Love '' `` I Drive Your Truck '' `` Parking Lot Party '' `` I Do n't Dance '' `` Drinking Class '' `` That Do n't Sound Like You '' Guest singles `` A Little More Love '' ( with Jerrod Niemann ) Related topics Discography Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I_Drive_Your_Truck&oldid=787827847 '' Categories : 2012 singles Lee Brice songs Songs written by Jimmy Yeary Songs written by Jessi Alexander Curb Records singles Songs written by Connie Harrington Billboard Country Airplay number - one singles Country ballads 2012 songs Songs about automobiles Songs in memory of deceased persons Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from May 2017 Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Canada Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardcanadacountry Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart usages for Billboardcountryairplay Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs Certification Table Entry usages for Canada Certification Table Entry usages for United States Talk Contents About Wikipedia Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 27 June 2017, at 20 : 02. 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Question: who wrote the song i drive your truck
Answer: Jessi Alexander