We'll Burn That Bridge

{{Infobox song

| name = We'll Burn That Bridge

| cover = We'll Burn That Bridge.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Brooks & Dunn

| album = Hard Workin' Man

| B-side = Heartbroke Out of My Mind

| released = May 3, 1993

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = 2:57

| label = Arista 12563

| writer = {{hlist|Don Cook|Ronnie Dunn}}

| producer = {{hlist|Don Cook|Scott Hendricks}}

| prev_title = Hard Workin' Man

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = She Used to Be Mine

| next_year = 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.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=56}}

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.

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!align="left"|Chart (1993)

!align="center"|Peak
position

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=Year-end charts=

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scope="col"|Chart (1993)

!scope="col"|Position

Canada Country Tracks (RPM){{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.2327&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1993|work=RPM|date=December 18, 1993|accessdate=August 5, 2013}}

| align="center" | 30

US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1993/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1993: Country Songs | work=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | date=1993| accessdate=August 5, 2013}}

| align="center" | 22

References