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| Released | 3 January 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2013 | |||
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"Bridges" is a song by New Zealand band Broods, from their debut self-titled extended play. It was released as the band's first single by Dryden Street Records, Island Records Australia and Universal Music Australia on 3 January 2014. It is also included on their debut studio album, Evergreen (2014).
"Bridges" was written by Broods members Caleb and Georgia Nott and Joel Little. [1] Georgia Nott conceived the song and recorded a demo, which was embellished by Little. [2] "Bridges" is an indie pop and synthpop song, [3] [4] and contains piano and synth instrumentation. [5] It is set in common time, and is written mostly in the key of E minor, but briefly switches to G major. [4]
"Bridges" was posted on SoundCloud in October 2013, [6] and was released for sale as a music download single by Dryden Street, Island Records Australia, and Universal Music Australia in Australia and New Zealand on 3 January 2014. Polydor Records released the download single in Canada on 14 January 2014; the same day Polydor released "Bridges" as a promotional single —the iTunes Store's free "Single of the Week"—in the United States. Capitol Records sent the song to US adult album alternative radio on 3 March 2014, [7] and US modern rock radio the following day. [8]
"Bridges" entered the New Zealand Singles Chart at number eight on 13 January 2014 and spent three consecutive weeks at that position. It was on the chart for a total of eight weeks, [9] and was certified Gold by Recorded Music NZ on 24 March 2014, which denotes the sale of 7,500 copies. [10] In Australia, the song entered the ARIA Singles Chart at number fifty-seven on 20 January 2014 and peaked at number fifty-one. [11] "Bridges" debuted at number thirty-six on the US Alternative Songs chart, [12] and has since reached number twenty-five. [13] As of August 2014, Bridges has sold 56,000 downloads to date in United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. [14]
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| Australia | 3 January 2014 | Digital download | |
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| Canada | 14 January 2014 | Polydor | |
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| United States | 3 March 2014 | Adult album alternative [7] | Capitol |
| 4 March 2014 | Modern rock [8] |
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