We'll Burn That Bridge Explained

We'll Burn That Bridge
Cover:We'll Burn That Bridge.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Brooks & Dunn
Album:Hard Workin' Man
B-Side:Heartbroke Out of My Mind
Released:May 3, 1993
Genre:Country
Length:2:57
Label:Arista 12563
Producer:Don Cook
Scott Hendricks
Prev Title:Hard Workin' Man
Prev Year:1993
Next Title:She Used to Be Mine
Next Year:1993

"We'll Burn That Bridge" is a song written by Don Cook and Ronnie Dunn and recorded by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. Released in May 1993 as the second single from their album, Hard Workin' Man, it peaked at #2 on the country charts for two weeks, behind "Chattahoochee" by Alan Jackson.[1]

Content

The song's narrator meets a woman whose man had walked out on her. The narrator promises her that he'll take her so much higher from where the man left her down at, and tells her that if her former lover's memory comes around, that they'll burn that bridge when they get there.

Chart positions

"We'll Burn That Bridge" debuted at number 70 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of May 15, 1993.

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] 30
US Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 22

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 56.
  2. Web site: RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1993. RPM. December 18, 1993. August 5, 2013.
  3. Web site: Best of 1993: Country Songs . . . 1993. August 5, 2013.