Soldier (Gavin DeGraw song)

"Soldier"
Single by Gavin DeGraw
from the album Sweeter
ReleasedSeptember 6, 2011 (promotional single)[1]
September 20, 2012 (official single)[2]
Recorded2011
Genre
Length3:31
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Gavin DeGraw
Producer(s)Butch Walker[3]
Gavin DeGraw singles chronology
"Sweeter"
(2012) 		"Soldier"
(2011) 		"Best I Ever Had"
(2013)

"Soldier" is a song by American recording artist Gavin DeGraw, taken from his fourth studio album, Sweeter. It was released into the iTunes Store on September 6, 2011, as a promotional single.[1] It was released as the third and final single from the album in the United States, on September 24, 2012. The song was written by DeGraw and produced by Butch Walker.[4][5]

The song finds DeGraw promising his girl everlasting love, and when she needs someone he'll always be there fighting for her.[3] The song has charted inside the top-forty on the Dutch chart[4] and has also charted on the UK Singles Chart and the Adult Pop Songs chart. DeGraw appeared on the last episode of One Tree Hill and performed the track.

  1. ^ a b "iTunes - Music - Soldier - Single by Gavin DeGraw". iTunes. Apple Inc. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
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  3. ^ a b "Soldier by Gavin DeGraw - Songfacts". Songfacts. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  4. ^ a b "charts.nz - Gavin DeGraw - Soldier". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  5. ^ Thomas Erlewine, Stephen (September 20, 2011). "Sweeter - Gavin DeGraw - Allmusic". Allmusic - Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 22 September 2011.