Bridges and Walls

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"Bridges and Walls"
Single by The Oak Ridge Boys
from the album Monongahela
B-side "Never Together (But Close Sometimes)"
ReleasedDecember 3, 1988
Genre Country
Length3:55
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Roger Murrah
Randy VanWarmer
Producer(s) Jimmy Bowen
The Oak Ridge Boys singles chronology
"Gonna Take a Lot of River"
(1988)
"Bridges and Walls"
(1988)
"Beyond Those Years"
(1989)

"Bridges and Walls" is a song written by Roger Murrah and Randy VanWarmer, and recorded by American country music group The Oak Ridge Boys. It was released in December 1988 as the second single from the album Monongahela . The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1988–1989)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 10

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 252.
  2. "The Oak Ridge Boys Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.