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Love Can Build a Bridge

1990 single by The Judds

Summary

1990 single by The Judds

Field	Value
name	Love Can Build a Bridge
type	single
artist	the Judds
album	Love Can Build a Bridge
B-side	This Country's Rockin'
released
genre	Country
length	5:23 (album version)
3:52 (single version)
label
writer
producer	Brent Maher
prev_title	Born to Be Blue
prev_year	1990
next_title	One Hundred and Two
next_year	1991

| B-side = This Country's Rockin' 3:52 (single version) "Love Can Build a Bridge" is a song written by Naomi Judd, Paul Overstreet, and John Barlow Jarvis, and recorded by American country music duo the Judds. It was released in 1990 as the second single and title track from their album of the same name. It was a top-five country hit in mid-1991. The song has inspired several cover versions, including one by Cher, Chrissie Hynde, Neneh Cherry, and Eric Clapton that topped the UK Singles Chart in 1995.

Content and composition

The song is about the importance of always standing together, and was co-written by Naomi Judd and dedicated to the Judd family and fans as almost a goodbye, as at the time, Naomi was chronically ill with Hepatitis C and was forced to retire as it had been speculated that she had only three years left to live. "Love Can Build a Bridge" is performed in the key of B major with a tempo of 66 beats per minute in common time. The vocals span from E3 to D5.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1990–1991)	Peak
position

Chart (2022)	Peak
position
Canada Digital Song Sales (Billboard)	20
US Digital Song Sales (Billboard)	8

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)	65
US Country Songs (Billboard)	51

Comic Relief version

John Barlow Jarvis
Naomi Judd
Paul Overstreet A new version of "Love Can Build a Bridge" recorded by American singers Cher and Chrissie Hynde, Swedish singer Neneh Cherry, and British singer-guitarist Eric Clapton was released as 1995's official Comic Relief single. This version, released by London Records, topped the UK Singles Chart for one week in March 1995; it was Cher's second solo UK number-one hit, Hynde's first UK number one outside the Pretenders, and the only UK number-one single for both Cherry and Clapton.

Critical reception

John Robinson from NME commented, "Interesting architectural advice here from that well-known construction firm Cher, Hynde, Cherry and Clapton. This, as such an unlikely combination of talents may have already suggested, is this year's Comic Relief record – and bloody shocking it is too."

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1995)	Peak
position
Europe (European Hot 100)	7
Europe (European Hit Radio)	12
Finland (IFPI)	15
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)	4

Year-end charts

Chart (1995)	Position
UK Singles (OCC)	43

Certifications and sales

Other cover versions

The song was covered by Children for Rwanda as a charity single in aid of Save the Children. This version was released on August 30, 1994, and reached number 57 on the UK Singles Chart the following month. In 1992, at the age of 10, Britney Spears performed a cover of the song on the US television show Star Search.

References

"Love Can Build a Bridge - the Judds | Song Info | AllMusic".
"Love Can Build A Bridge Sheet Music {{!}} The Judds {{!}} Piano, Vocal & Guitar Chords".
"The Judds Chart History (Canadian Digital Song Sales)".
"The Judds Chart History (Digital Song Sales)".
(December 21, 1991). "RPM 100 Country Tracks of 1991". [[Library and Archives Canada]].
(1991). "Best of 1991: Country Songs". [[Prometheus Global Media]].
(March 4, 1995). "New Releases: Singles".
(March 15, 2013). "Comic Relief's biggest selling singles revealed!". [[Official Charts Company]].
Roberts, David. (2006). "[[British Hit Singles & Albums]]". Guinness World Records Limited.
Robinson, John. (March 11, 1995). "Singles".
(April 8, 1995). "Hits of the World Continued > Eurochart Hot 100". Nielsen Business Media, Inc..
(April 22, 1995). "EHR Top 40".
Week 15, 1995
"Cher & Chrissie Hynde & Neneh Cherry with Eric Clapton – Love Can Build a Bridge". [[Dutch Top 40]].
(January 13, 1996). "Top 100 Singles 1995".
(August 27, 1994). "Single Releases".
"Children for Rwanda". [[Official Charts Company]].
(June 12, 2011). "[FULL] Little Britney Spears at Star Search - Love Can Build a Bridge".

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