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( July 2015 ) `` Jesus, Take the Wheel '' Single by Carrie Underwood from the album Some Hearts Released October 3, 2005 ( U.S. ) Format Digital download Genre Country Christian Length 3 : 46 Label Arista Songwriter ( s ) Hillary Lindsey Gordie Sampson Brett James Producer ( s ) Mark Bright Carrie Underwood singles chronology `` Inside Your Heaven '' ( 2005 ) `` Jesus, Take the Wheel '' ( 2005 ) `` Some Hearts '' ( 2005 ) `` Inside Your Heaven '' ( 2005 ) `` Jesus, Take the Wheel '' ( 2005 ) `` Some Hearts '' ( 2005 ) Some Hearts track listing `` Some Hearts '' ( 3 ) `` Jesus, Take The Wheel '' ( 4 ) `` The Night Before ( Life Goes On ) '' ( 5 ) 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. Contents 1 Content 2 Performances 3 Music video 4 Reception 4.1 Charts and certifications 4.2 Awards and nominations 5 Notable performances 6 References 7 External links Content This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( October 2017 ) 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 then crashes 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 This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( October 2017 ) Underwood gave her debut performance of the song at the 2005 Country Music Association Awards. 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 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. 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. 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. 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. In February 2011, `` Jesus, Take the Wheel '' was certified 3 × Platinum by the RIAA. Chart performance As of February 2016, it has sold 2,473,000 copies in the U.S. Chart ( 2005 -- 2006 ) Peak position US Billboard Hot 100 20 US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) 23 US Christian Songs ( Billboard ) US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) Year - end chart ( 2006 ) Position US Billboard Hot 100 78 US Country Songs 5 Certifications Country Certification Sales United States Digital : 3 × Platinum Mastertone : Platinum 2,473,000 Canada Gold 40,000 Awards and nominations Year Association Category Result 2006 Academy of Country Music Single of the Year Won 2006 Song of the Year Nominated 2006 Country Music Association Music Video of the Year Nominated 2006 Single of the Year Nominated 2006 Canadian Country Music Awards SOCAN Song of the Year Won 2006 CMT Music Awards Female Video of the Year Won 2006 Breakthrough Video of the Year Won 2006 Gospel Music Association Country Song of the Year Won 2007 Grammy Awards Best Female Country Vocal Performance Won 2007 Song of the Year Nominated 2007 Best Country Song Won Notable performances 2007 : American Idol season six contestant LaKisha Jones during the Country theme week 2009 : American Idol season eight contestant Danny Gokey during the Grand Ole Opry week 2011 : Vince Gill, during ACM Girls Night Out 2012 : American Idol season 11 contestant Hollie Cavanagh during the Personal Idols week 2012 : Kristin Chenoweth, featured in the GCB episode `` Hell Hath No Fury '', released on its official soundtrack 2013 : Danielle Bradbery in season four of The Voice References Jump up ^ `` Carrie Underwood ''. 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External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics 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 Carrie Underwood songs Discography Awards and nominations Songs Some Hearts `` Jesus, Take the Wheel '' `` Some Hearts '' `` Do n't Forget to Remember Me '' `` Before He Cheats '' `` Wasted '' Carnival Ride `` So Small '' `` All - American Girl '' `` Last Name '' `` Just a Dream '' `` I Told You So '' Play On `` Cowboy Casanova '' `` Temporary Home '' `` Undo It '' `` Mama 's Song '' Blown Away `` Good Girl '' `` Blown Away '' `` Two Black Cadillacs '' `` See You Again '' Greatest Hits : Decade # 1 `` Something in the Water '' `` Little Toy Guns '' Storyteller `` Smoke Break '' `` Heartbeat '' `` Church Bells '' `` Dirty Laundry '' Featured singles `` Just Stand Up ! '' ( with Artists Stand Up To Cancer ) `` Remind Me '' ( with Brad Paisley ) `` Ca n't Stop Lovin ' You '' ( with Aerosmith ) `` Somethin ' Bad '' ( with Miranda Lambert ) `` The Fighter '' ( with Keith Urban ) Other singles `` Inside Your Heaven '' Promotional singles `` I 'll Stand by You '' `` Praying for Time '' `` Home Sweet Home '' `` There 's a Place for Us '' `` Chaser '' Other songs `` Eighteen Inches '' `` Ever Ever After '' Book Category Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jesus,_Take_the_Wheel&oldid=806380473 '' Categories : 2005 singles 2005 songs Canadian Country Music Association Song of the Year songs Arista Nashville singles Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles Carrie Underwood songs Country ballads Music videos directed by Roman White Song recordings produced by Mark Bright ( record producer ) Songs about Jesus Songs written by Brett James Songs written by Gordie Sampson Songs written by Hillary Lindsey Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from July 2015 All articles needing additional references Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Articles with hAudio microformats Articles needing additional references from October 2017 Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardadultcontemporary Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Français Italiano Română Українська Edit links This page was last edited on 21 October 2017, at 17 : 17. 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Question: who wrote the song jesus take the wheel
Answer: Brett James, Hillary Lindsey, and Gordie Sampson