Love Can Build a Bridge

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“Love Can Build a Bridge”
Single by The Judds
from the album Love Can Build a Bridge
Released 1990
Recorded 1990
Genre Country
Length 5:23
Label RCA/Curb
Writer(s) John Barlow Jarvis, Naomi Judd, Paul Overstreet
The Judds singles chronology
"Born to Be Blue"
(1990)
"Love Can Build a Bridge"
(1990)
"One Hundred and Two"
(1991)
“Love Can Build a Bridge”
“Love Can Build a Bridge” cover
Single by Cher, Neneh Cherry, Chrissie Hynde & Eric Clapton
from the album Love Can Build a Bridge (Single)
Released November ,1994
Recorded 1994
Genre Pop/Rock
Length 4:16
Label London Music
Cher chronology
"I Got You Babe"
(1993)
"Love Can Build a Bridge"
(1995)
"Walking in Memphis"
(1995)
Neneh Cherry chronology
"7 Seconds" (with Youssou N'Dour)
(1994)
"Love Can Build a Bridge"
(1994)
"Trouble Man"
(1995)

"Love Can Build a Bridge" was a hit single from American country music mother-daughter duo The Judds from their 1990 album of the same name.

It was later covered as a quartet single release from American singers Cher, Chrissie Hynde, Swedish rapper Neneh Cherry and English singer/guitarist Eric Clapton. It was released as 1995's official Comic Relief single and reached #1 in the UK charts for a week.

Declan Galbraith sang the song on his 2002 self titled debut album. Irish boy band Westlife covered it on their eighth studio album The Love Album.

[edit] Charts

[edit] The Judds

Chart (1990-1991) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 5

[edit] Cher, Chrissie Hynde & Neneh Cherry with Eric Clapton

Chart (1995) Peak
position
United Kingdom 1
Turkey Airplay 3
Latvia 10
Austria 18
Switzerland 21
Poland 30
Germany 62
Preceded by
"Think Twice by Celine Dion
UK Singles Chart Number 1 single
March 19, 1995
Succeeded by
"Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle) by The Outhere Brothers