Parachute (Chris Stapleton song)

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"Parachute"
Single by Chris Stapleton
from the album Traveller
ReleasedMay 2, 2016 (2016-05-02) [1]
Genre
Length4:13
Label Mercury Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Chris Stapleton singles chronology
"Nobody to Blame"
(2015)
"Parachute"
(2016)
"Either Way"
(2017)

"Parachute" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton. It is the third single from his debut album Traveller . The song was written by Stapleton and Jim Beavers.

Contents

Content

The song is an uptempo backed by banjo and acoustic guitar, in which the narrator sings about being there for the one he loves: "Baby, I will be your parachute". [2]

Critical reception

Billy Dukes of Taste of Country was favorable, praising the "more dynamic vocal performance" and "straight-forward arrangement", also saying that "Lyrically this isn’t quite Song of the Year material, but Stapleton’s vocals on 'Parachute' are his latest entry in a still-to-be-created Performance of the Year category." [2]

Live performance

Stapleton sang "Parachute" live at the CMT Music Awards in June 2016, with assistance from Dave Cobb, Mickey Raphael, Robby Turner, and Stapleton's wife, Morgane. [3] He also performed the song on the January 16, 2016 edition of Saturday Night Live.

Commercial performance

The song has sold 248,000 copies in the US as of December 2016. [4]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [11] Platinum70,000
Canada (Music Canada) [12] Gold40,000
United States (RIAA) [13] 3× Platinum3,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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