We'll Burn That Bridge

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"We'll Burn That Bridge"
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Single by Brooks & Dunn
from the album Hard Workin' Man
B-side "Heartbroke Out of My Mind"
ReleasedMay 3, 1993
Genre Country
Length2:57
Label Arista 12563
Songwriter(s) Don Cook
Ronnie Dunn
Producer(s) Don Cook
Scott Hendricks
Brooks & Dunn singles chronology
"Hard Workin' Man"
(1993)
"We'll Burn That Bridge"
(1993)
"She Used to Be Mine"
(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]

Contents

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.

Chart (1993)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 1
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 30
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 22

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