Bridge to Your Heart
| "Bridge to Your Heart" | ||||
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| Single by Wax | ||||
| from the album American English | ||||
| B-side | "Ready or Not", "Heaven in Her Bed" | |||
| Released | July, 1987 | |||
| Format | 7", 12" | |||
| Recorded | 1987, Westside Studios, London, England | |||
| Length |
4:14 (Album version) 3:51 (Single version) |
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| Label | RCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Andrew Gold, Graham Gouldman | |||
| Producer(s) | Christopher Neil | |||
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"Bridge to Your Heart" is a song by English duo Wax from their second studio album American English (1987). In many European countries the song was released under the title "Building a Bridge to Your Heart".
The song became the group's most popular single in their home country of the United Kingdom, reaching No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart and reaching the top ten in other European countries such as the Netherlands and Sweden.
The release of the duo's debut album Magnetic Heaven in 1986 spawned the single "Right Between the Eyes". The song became Wax's most successful song in the United States, reaching No. 43 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, the song was considered a commercial failure in the United Kingdom, only reaching No. 60 on the UK Singles Chart. Several follow-up singles failed to chart.
In March 1987, band members Andrew Gold and Graham Gouldman started writing and recording songs for the follow-up to Magnetic Heaven, American English. One of these songs was "Bridge to Your Heart".
The song was later released as the album's second single in July 1987, on RCA Records. The song then debuted at No. 98 on the UK Singles Chart, and slowly rose to its peak position of No. 12 on the chart. The song instantly became their breakout hit, and the American English album became the duo's first and only album to chart in the UK, peaking at No. 59 on the UK Albums Chart. The song became their only successful hit in the UK; it was their only top 40 hit, making them a one-hit wonder there. Their only song after the release of "Bridge to Your Heart" to chart was "Anchors Aweigh", which barely scraped the top 100 of the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 95 on the chart.
The song opens with Gold counting from one to two, backed by drums; he then restarts the countdown, counting to four – "hold it.. NOW!". A majority of the song features Gold singing, backed by drums and pop-influenced music. The song also features a horn section, opened by Gold shouting "Horn!". The section starts after the song's final verse.
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