What's the best "bridge" you've heard in a song?

excellent choice...such a great song!

 

one of my choices as well...

 

Til You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) - Aretha

So, so beautiful. Queen of Soul, indeed!

 

One of my favorite bridges from the last couple years comes, not coincidentally, in one of my favorite tracks of the past couple years. This song doesn't exactly follow a conventional song structure, so one could argue this isn't a bridge at all as opposed to simply the penultimate section of the track, but it breaks up the build-up to the grand finale in the same way a bridge provides a breather before the final chorus, and so I call it a bridge, by gum! It starts at ~3:41 and goes until ~4:23. Pay attention to how the drummer changes the rhythm shortly before the finale. Impressive stuff.

 

Hi,

My favourite bridge in a song is the one in "Heart of Darkness" by Pete Ubu

Cheers.

 

It is a masterpiece in every way,musically and lyrically.

 

From Fleetwood Mac's "Gypsy" (1982), starting at around 1:45, with the lyrics "To the gypsy... That remains... She faces freedom... With a little fear..."



Goose bumps. I used to love Stevie. But I'm getting older too.

 

3:28

 

Pa sent me money now
I'm gonna make it somehow
I need another chance
You see your baby loves to dance
Yeah...yeah...yeah.

 

When I think of great bridges I think of this one -

Genesis - no reply at all. Great vocal from Phil and chords from the man Tony Banks.

 

Very nice tasteful bridge in Frank Gorshin's Never Let Her Go:

 

I've been laughing about this all day.

 

Humber, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du, yeah-e-yeah
Humber, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du, yeah-e-yeah

 

The one in Steely Dan's I Got The News is definitely the highlight of the song for me.

 

I've always loved the bridge in Dead Leaves & the Dirty Ground by the White Stripes. It's so simple, but effective.

 

Top-of-mind:

The guitar bridge in The Pretenders' studio version of KID might well be the finest 30-or-so second guitar performance ever waxed....

 

Maybe not a 'bridge' as such but the 'sail on silver bird' bit from Bridge(!) Over Troubled Water gets me every time... (I'm sure this will have been mentioned already...)

(Is that a 'bridge'...?)

 

I was just listening to Springsteen's Girls in their Summer Clothes and was struck by the smart, out-of-left-field bridge that elevates an already excellent song about the redemptive power of love. The bridge not only provides vivid imagery but introduces a little short story element that allows the audience to create along with the artist. Good stuff.

Frankie's Diner's
Over on the edge of town
Neon sign spinnin' round
Like a cross over the lost and found

Fluorescent lights
Flicker above Bob's Grill
Shaniqua brings a coffee and asks "fill?"
And says "penny for your thoughts now my poor Bill"

 

Pop songs often connect the verse and chorus via a bridge, which as its name suggests, is a section that connects the verse and chorus at one or more points in the song. The verse and chorus are usually repeated throughout a song though the bridge, intro, and coda (also called an "outro") are usually only used once.

I believe that qualifies and it does elevate an already great song to the next level.

 

Marvelous 3 - Freak Of The Week

 

This was my vote as well. I searched the thread to see if anyone else had mentioned it. I just mentioned how much I love the bridge of this song in my alternative charts thread.



Goosebumps every time. It lifts the song so perfectly.

 

Oh, Caroline you / break my heart, I want to go and cry in The Beach Boys’ Caroline No is the most beautiful bridge I’ve ever heard. The verse melody is good but that bridge is heartbreaking.

 

Joe Jackson, "Is She Really Going Out With Him?"

 

Peter Gabriel
Don't Give Up (duet with Kate Bush)
The bridge start at 2'50 with KB and then PG goes at 3'24...

 

Yeah, that's a great bridge!