Whiskey Under the Bridge

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"Whiskey Under The Bridge"
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Single by Brooks & Dunn
from the album Waitin' on Sundown
B-side "My Kind of Crazy"
ReleasedSeptember 18, 1995
Genre Country
Length2:53
Label Arista 12770
Songwriter(s) Kix Brooks
Don Cook
Ronnie Dunn
Producer(s) Don Cook
Scott Hendricks
Brooks & Dunn singles chronology
"You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone"
(1995)
"Whiskey Under The Bridge"
(1995)
"My Maria"
(1996)

"Whiskey Under The Bridge" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. It was released in September 1995 as the fifth and final single from their album Waitin' on Sundown . It peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song was written by Kix Brooks, Don Cook and Ronnie Dunn.

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Critical reception

Larry Flick, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably saying that Ronnie Dunn "shines on this well written tune" and that his voice "does equal justice to a heartbreaking weeper of a two-steppin' dance number." [1]

Chart positions

"Whiskey Under the Bridge" debuted at number 53 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of September 23, 1995.

Chart (1995)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 3
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1995)Position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [4] 50

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References

  1. Billboard , September 23, 1995
  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2825." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. December 4, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  3. "Brooks & Dunn Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1995". RPM . December 18, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.