We'll Burn That Bridge

"We'll Burn That Bridge" is a song written by Don Cook and Ronnie Dunn and recorded by American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. It was released in May 1993 as the second single from their CD, Hard Workin' Man, it peaked at number 2 on the country charts.^[1]

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

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 56.
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2212." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. August 21, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
↑ "Brooks & Dunn – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Brooks & Dunn.
↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1993". RPM. December 18, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
↑ "Best of 1993: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.

Preceded by "A Bad Goodbye" by Clint Black with Wynonna	RPM Country Tracks number-one single August 21, 1993	Succeeded by "It Sure Is Monday" by Mark Chesnutt

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Brooks & Dunn singles

Brand New Man	"Brand New Man" "My Next Broken Heart" "Neon Moon" "Boot Scootin' Boogie" "Lost and Found"

Hard Workin' Man	"Hard Workin' Man" "We'll Burn That Bridge" "She Used to Be Mine" "Rock My World (Little Country Girl)" "That Ain't No Way to Go"

Waitin' on Sundown	"She's Not the Cheatin' Kind" "I'll Never Forgive My Heart" "Little Miss Honky Tonk" "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone" "Whiskey Under the Bridge"

Borderline	"My Maria" "I Am That Man" "Mama Don't Get Dressed Up for Nothing" "A Man This Lonely" "Why Would I Say Goodbye"

The Greatest Hits Collection	"Honky Tonk Truth" "He's Got You"

If You See Her	"If You See Him/If You See Her" (with Reba McEntire) "How Long Gone" "Husbands and Wives" "I Can't Get Over You" "South of Santa Fe"

Tight Rope	"Missing You" "Beer Thirty" "You'll Always Be Loved by Me"

Steers & Stripes	"Ain't Nothing 'bout You" "Only in America" "The Long Goodbye" "My Heart Is Lost to You" "Every River"

Red Dirt Road	"Red Dirt Road" "You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl" "That's What She Gets for Loving Me"

The Greatest Hits Collection II	"That's What It's All About" "It's Getting Better All the Time"

Hillbilly Deluxe	"Play Something Country" "Believe" "Building Bridges" (with Sheryl Crow and Vince Gill) "Hillbilly Deluxe"

Cowboy Town	"Proud of the House We Built" "God Must Be Busy" "Put a Girl in It" "Cowgirls Don't Cry" (with Reba McEntire)

#1s... and Then Some	"Indian Summer" "Honky Tonk Stomp" (with Billy Gibbons)

See also	Discography

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