Water Under the Bridge (Sam Hunt song)

"Water Under the Bridge"
"Water Under the Bridge"
Single by Sam Hunt
Released	June 23, 2022
Genre	Country
Length	2:50
Label	MCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Sam Hunt; Shane McAnally; Josh Osborne; Chris LaCorte;
Producer(s)	Chris LaCorte; Sam Hunt; Shane McAnally;
Sam Hunt singles chronology

"Water Under the Bridge" is a song by American country music singer Sam Hunt. It was released June 23, 2022 as the second single to Hunt's upcoming third album. Hunt wrote the song with Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne and Chris LaCorte and produced it with McAnally and LaCorte.

Content

The song has a theme of nostalgia, which is compared to the metaphor of "water under the bridge". Lesley Janes of Nash News described the song as "laid back".^[1] After the song's release, Hunt released a music video featuring singer Kassi Ashton.^[2]

Commercial performance

Peaking at number 10 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart,^[3] it became the first single of Hunt's career that failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. It also became only the second single of Hunt's career not to chart within the top 10 of Billboard's Country Airplay chart (the first being "Downtown's Dead").^[4]

Personnel

According to AllMusic.^[5]

Musicians

Tim Brasteid – percussion, background vocals
Tyrone Carreker – percussion, background vocals
Sam Hunt – vocals, acoustic guitar
Chris LaCorte – electric guitar, background vocals, percussion, programming, synthesizer
Josh Osborne – background vocals
Sol Philcox-Littlefield – electric guitar
Joshua Sales – percussion, background vocals
Ilya Toshinsky – banjo, acoustic guitar, Dobro
Alex Wright – Hammond organ, piano, synthesizer
Craig Young – bass guitar
Nir Z – drums, percussion

Technical

Ryan Gore – mixing, recording
Sam Hunt – producer
Chris LaCorte – producer
Kam Lutcherland – assistant engineer
Alyson McAnally – production coordination
Shane McAnally – producer
Zaq Reynolds – mixing assistant

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Water Under the Bridge"
Chart (2022–2023)	Peak position
Canada Country (Billboard)^[6]	33
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)^[3]	10
US Country Airplay (Billboard)^[4]	15
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[7]	27