| Building Bridges | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Larry Willoughby |
| Album: | Building Bridges |
| Released: | 1984 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:32 |
| Label: | Atlantic |
| Producer: | Rodney Crowell |
| Prev Title: | Heart on the Line (Operator, Operator) |
| Prev Year: | 1983 |
| Next Title: | Angel Eyes |
| Next Year: | 1984 |
"Building Bridges" is a song written and originally recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Larry Willoughby, co-written with Hank DeVito. Willoughby's version peaked at #55 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1984.[1]
| Building Bridges | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Nicolette Larson |
| Album: | ...Say When |
| Released: | 1985 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:48 |
| Label: | MCA |
| Producer: | Tony Brown, Emory Gordy, Jr. |
| Prev Title: | When You Get a Little Lonely |
| Prev Year: | 1985 |
| Next Title: | Let Me Be the First |
| Next Year: | 1986 |
A year later, Nicolette Larson - the ex-wife of Hank DeVito - recorded the song on her album ...Say When. Her version went to #72 on the same chart.[2]
| Building Bridges | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Brooks & Dunn featuring Sheryl Crow and Vince Gill |
| Album: | Hillbilly Deluxe |
| Released: | June 5, 2006 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 4:23 (album version) |
| Label: | Arista Nashville |
| Producer: | Kix Brooks Tony Brown Ronnie Dunn |
| Chronology: | Brooks & Dunn |
| Prev Title: | Believe |
| Prev Year: | 2005 |
| Next Title: | Hillbilly Deluxe |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
"Building Bridges" was covered by country music duo Brooks & Dunn and released as the third single released from their 2005 album Hillbilly Deluxe.[3] It features Sheryl Crow and Vince Gill on background vocals. The song peaked at number four on the country music charts and was nominated for the Country Music Association Award for Musical Event of the Year.
Deborah Evans Price of Billboard described the single favorably, saying that Dunn's "lead vocal is as compelling as always." She also thought that Gill's and Crow's voices made the song "distinctive".[4]
The music video takes place in the desert with the band and the duo singing in front of big screens at dusk. The music video was directed by Shaun Silva.
The song was sung by Steve Sanders as a member of The Mighty Oaks Band (the stage band for The Oak Ridge Boys) as a band feature from 1982-1986. The Mighty Oaks Band also recorded the song, but the recording was never commercially released. Their rendition can be heard on various live concert radio broadcasts from that time period.