Song · David Gray
“Fugitive” by David Gray
From the album Draw the Line (2009)
“Fugitive” by David Gray appears on 13 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2009 and 2013. It was first released in 2009 on the album Draw the Line. Its best result is #3 on the 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2009. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #7 indie & aaa song of 2009 and #14 of the '00s.
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"Fugitive" was the first single from Draw the Line, David Gray's eighth studio album, getting its first airing on Ken Bruce's BBC Radio 2 show on 21 July 2009 before going on sale in Britain on 7 September through Polydor. Gray wrote it with Robbie Malone and Keith Prior, and the spark was an odd one: the title and the words grew out of an image in his head of Saddam Hussein being hauled from his spider hole.
Gray has said the song is really about hiding, from life and from yourself, and about not throwing everything away while something is still holding you up and keeping you moving. He took it to the Late Show with David Letterman on 25 September 2009 and did an acoustic version on GMTV, and the single came with an exclusive B-side, "Jitterbug".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 62 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 104 Songs of 2009 | 104 |
| 2009 | 45 | WRSI 93.9 The River Northampton / Pioneer Valley, MA | WRSI Top 93 Songs of 2009 | 93 |
| 2009 | 12 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2009 | 50 |
| 2009 | 3 | 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT | 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2009 | 103 |
| 2009 | 13 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2009 | 100 |
| 2009 | 23 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2009 | 107 |
| 2009 | 64 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2009 | 100 |
| 2009 | 18 | 106.1 The Corner Charlottesville, VA | 106.1 The Corner Top 106 Songs of 2009 | 106 |
| 2010 | 71 | WRSI 93.9 The River Northampton / Pioneer Valley, MA | WRSI Top 94 Songs of 2010 | 93 |
| 2010 | 19 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2010 | 50 |
| 2010 | 35 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Best of 2010 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 346 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2013 | 313 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
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