Gavin DeGraw
Jan 13, 2013
Sweeter is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw. The album was released in the United States on September 20, 2011 and features tracks co-written with other artists for the very first time, including Ryan Tedder, Butch Walker and Andrew Frampton. The lead single "Not Over You", co-written and produced by Ryan Tedder, was released to mainstream radio and to iTunes in May and was a chart success. The album received generally favorable reviews from music critics and received a moderate impact on the charts
"Soldier" is DeGraw's latest song, taken from his fourth studio album Sweeter. It was released into the iTunes Store on September 6, 2011 as a promotional single. It was released as the third single of the album in the United States, on September 24th, 2012. The song was written by DeGraw and produced by Butch Walker.
The song finds DeGraw promising his girl everlasting love, and when she needs someone he'll always be there fighting for her. The song has charted inside the top-forty on the Dutch chart 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.