"Love Can Build a Bridge" is a song written by Naomi Judd, Paul Overstreet and John Barlow Jarvis, and recorded by American country music duo The Judds. It was released in December 1990 as the second single and title track from their album of the same name. It was a Top 5 country hit in mid-1991.
It was later covered by Children for Rwanda as a charity single in aid of Save the Children, reaching number 57 in the UK singles chart in September 1994. A new version recorded by American singers Cher and Chrissie Hynde, Swedish singer Neneh Cherry, and British singer/guitarist Eric Clapton, with arrangements by David Campbell, was released and reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart for one week in March 1995. The single was Cher's and Chrissie Hynde's second solo UK number 1 hit single and the only UK number 1 single for either Neneh Cherry or Eric Clapton.[1] It was chosen as 1995's official Comic Relief single.[2]
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The song is a country ballad about the importance of always standing together, and was co-written by Naomi Judd and dedicated to the Judd family and fans as almost a goodbye, as at the time Naomi was chronically ill with Hepatitis-C and was forced to retire as it had been speculated that she had only three years left to live.
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The Judds
Cher, Chrissie Hynde & Neneh Cherry with Eric Clapton
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