Water Under the Bridge (Sam Hunt song) explained
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| Cover: | Water Under the Bridge.jpeg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Sam Hunt |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 2:50 |
| Label: | MCA Nashville |
| Prev Title: | Wishful Drinking |
| Prev Year: | 2021 |
| Next Title: | Outskirts |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
"Water Under the Bridge" is a song by American country music singer Sam Hunt. It was released June 23, 2022 as the second single to Hunt's upcoming third album. Hunt wrote the song with Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne and Chris LaCorte and produced it with McAnally and LaCorte.
Content
The song has a theme of nostalgia, which is compared to the metaphor of "water under the bridge". Lesley Janes of Nash News described the song as "laid back".[1] After the song's release, Hunt released a music video featuring singer Kassi Ashton.[2]
Commercial performance
Peaking at number 10 on Billboards Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, it became the first single of Hunt's career that failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. It also became only the second single of Hunt's career not to chart within the top 10 of Billboards Country Airplay chart (the first being "Downtown's Dead").
Personnel
According to AllMusic.[3]
Musicians
- Tim Brasteid – percussion, background vocals
- Tyrone Carreker – percussion, background vocals
- Sam Hunt – vocals, acoustic guitar
- Chris LaCorte – electric guitar, background vocals, percussion, programming, synthesizer
- Josh Osborne – background vocals
- Sol Philcox-Littlefield – electric guitar
- Joshua Sales – percussion, background vocals
- Ilya Toshinsky – banjo, acoustic guitar, Dobro
- Alex Wright – Hammond organ, piano, synthesizer
- Craig Young – bass guitar
- Nir Z – drums, percussion
Technical
- Ryan Gore – mixing, recording
- Sam Hunt – producer
- Chris LaCorte – producer
- Kam Lutcherland – assistant engineer
- Alyson McAnally – production coordination
- Shane McAnally – producer
- Zaq Reynolds – mixing assistant
Charts
Year-end charts
Notes and References
- Web site: Sam Hunt "Water Under The Bridge" Song Review . Nash News . June 23, 2022 . March 3, 2023.
- Web site: Sam Hunt Enjoys Simple Pleasures in 'Water Under the Bridge' Vid . Taste of Country . July 19, 2022 . March 3, 2023.
- Web site: Credits . AllMusic . March 3, 2023.
- Country Airplay – Year-End 2023. Billboard. November 22, 2023.
- Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2023. Billboard. November 22, 2023.
