Peak
3
Weeks
28
Score
6,726
Chart Year
1954
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position3
Peak DateApr 14, 1954
Weeks at Peak6
Weeks Charted28
Weeks in Top 4028
Weeks in Top 1019
Weeks at #20
Weeks at #10
Scoring
Summary Calc3,488
Weekly Calc3,238
Total Score6,726
Rankings
Year Ranking#11
Decade Ranking#48
Billboard Year#10
Top 5000#949
Details
- Label
- Mercury Records
- Genre
- -Pop
- Media Type
- 78
- Duration
- 2:29
- Composer(s)
- Bennie Benjamin;George David Weiss
- Entered Chart
- Feb 24, 1954
- Peak Date
- Apr 14, 1954
- Released
- February 17, 1954
- Recorded
- Unknown
- Catalog #
- Mercury 70302
- B-Side
- My Restless Lover*
Music Video
Notes
This song was written in 1945 by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss, whose other popular songs include "Echoes," "Rumors Are Flying" and "Surrender." The song was performed week after week on Your Hit Parade by Dorothy Collins, who with Snooky Lansen, was lead vocalist on this very popular TV show. Raymond Scott the very, very smart innovator, was the orchestra leader who took over from his brother (Warnow) early on. This song was a smash hit back then, but Patti Page's 1954 recording remains the most popular version.
If you're a guy who's had a gal in each and every port And you've forgot the rules of love that life has always taught And if you broke as many hearts as ripples in a stream Well, brother, here's the only way that you can be redeemed Cross over the bridge, cross over the bridge Change your reckless way o'livin', cross over the bridge Leave you fickle past behind you and true romance will find you Brother, cross over the bridge If you have built a boat to take you to the greener side And if that boat is built of ev'ry lie you ever lied You'll never reach the Promised Land of love, I guarantee Cause lies cannot hold water and you'll sink into the sea Cross over the bridge, cross over the bridge Change your reckless way o'livin', cross over the bridge Leave you fickle past behind you and true romance will find you Brother, cross over the bridge I know it isn't easy to resist temptation's call But think of how your broken heart will hurt you when you fall Cause some day you will find that you are hopelessly in love And she'll belong to someone else as sure as stars above Cross over the bridge, cross over the bridge Change your reckless way o'livin', cross over the bridge Leave you fickle past behind you and true romance will find you Brother, cross over the bridge Cross over the bridge
Chart History (28 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feb 24, 1954 | 28 | 98 |
| 2 | Mar 3, 1954 | 7 | 119 |
| 3 | Mar 10, 1954 | 5 | 121 |
| 4 | Mar 17, 1954 | 16 | 110 |
| 5 | Mar 24, 1954 | 5 | 121 |
| 6 | Mar 31, 1954 | 5 | 121 |
| 7 | Apr 7, 1954 | 4 | 122 |
| 8 | Apr 14, 1954 | 3 | 123 |
| 9 | Apr 21, 1954 | 3 | 123 |
| 10 | Apr 28, 1954 | 3 | 123 |
| 11 | May 5, 1954 | 3 | 123 |
| 12 | May 12, 1954 | 4 | 122 |
| 13 | May 19, 1954 | 3 | 123 |
| 14 | May 26, 1954 | 3 | 123 |
| 15 | Jun 2, 1954 | 5 | 121 |
| 16 | Jun 9, 1954 | 8 | 118 |
| 17 | Jun 16, 1954 | 8 | 118 |
| 18 | Jun 23, 1954 | 11 | 115 |
| 19 | Jun 30, 1954 | 26 | 100 |
| 20 | Jul 7, 1954 | 23 | 103 |
Weeks 1–20 of 28
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