Love Can Build a Bridge

"Love Can Build a Bridge"
Single by the Judds
from the album Love Can Build a Bridge
B-side"This Country's Rockin'"
ReleasedDecember 3, 1990 (1990-12-03)
GenreCountry
Length5:23 (album version)
3:52 (single version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Brent Maher
The Judds singles chronology
"Born to Be Blue"
(1990)
"Love Can Build a Bridge"
(1990)
"One Hundred and Two"
(1991)

"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.[citation needed] "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

Comic Relief version

"Love Can Build a Bridge"
Single by Cher, Chrissie Hynde and Neneh Cherry with Eric Clapton
ReleasedMarch 6, 1995 (1995-03-06)
Length4:16
LabelLondon
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Peter Asher
Cher singles chronology
"I Got You Babe"
(1993)
"Love Can Build a Bridge"
(1995)
"Walking in Memphis"
(1995)
Chrissie Hynde singles chronology
"Spiritual High (State of Independence)"
(1992)
"Love Can Build a Bridge"
(1995)
"Straight Ahead"
(2004)
Neneh Cherry singles chronology
"7 Seconds"
(1994)
"Love Can Build a Bridge"
(1995)
"Woman"
(1996)

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 topped the UK Singles Chart for one week in March 1995; it was Cher's and Hynde's second UK number-one hit 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

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) Silver 200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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.


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