Water Under the Bridge

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"Water Under the Bridge"
Song by Adele
from the album 25
ReleasedNovember 4, 2016 (2016-11-04)
GenreDisco-pop
Length4:00
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Greg Kurstin
Adele singles chronology
"Send My Love (To Your New Lover)"
(2016)
"Water Under the Bridge"
(2016)

"Water Under the Bridge" is a song by English singer-songwriter Adele. It is the sixth song on her third studio album, 25. It was written by Adele and her frequent writing partner, Greg Kurstin, who also produced the song. "Water Under the Bridge" was the fourth single from 25 on November 4, 2016.[1]

The song is a more upbeat song, similar to "Rolling in the Deep". So far,[when?] it has charted at number 26 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[2] It was certified gold by the RIAA in 2017 for shipments of 500,000 copies in the US.[3]

Critical reception[change | change source]

When reviewing 25, Lewis Corner from Digital Spy wrote that Adele and Kurstin "strike upon a shimmering mid-tempo pop parade, as the London singer proclaims 'if you're gonna let me down, let me down gently' over the chewiest melody she's laid her vocals on. […] Adele's perceptive lyric and rich vocal makes it entirely her own."[4]

References[change | change source]

  1. "Adele (3) - Water Under the Bridge (File) at Discogs". Discogs. Discogs. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  2. "Adele | Chart history - Billboard". Billboard. Prometheus Media LLC. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  3. "Adele's "Water Under The Bridge" Receives Gold Honor In US". Headline Planet. 2017-02-21. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
  4. Corner, Lewis (18 November 2015). "It's here! Adele's new album 25 - Our track-by-track review". Digital Spy. Hearst UK Entertainment. Retrieved 1 January 2017.