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Story of Song
This song brought junior doctor Harriet Nerva to tears after listening to it while having a bad day at work. She told The Guardian newspaper in the UK that she “was having a really bad time at work. A patient with cancer that I had been looking after for quite a number of weeks died. I was listening to the song and it dawned on me that a great way of translating how I was feeling and how proud I was to work for the NHS would be getting the song to number 1. I think some of the messages in the song are very pertinent, It’s to say we’re here for you, throughout the week, 365 days a year.”
The video feature footage of the National Health Service (NHS) staff working at the Trust. The song is a mash up of Coldplay’s “Fix You” and Simon and Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water”.
Release date
Released on December 9, 2013
Songwriter/s
Peter Mitchell – Paul Simon – Chris Martin – Jonny Buckland – Guy Berryman – Will Champion
Label
Self-release via Emubands
Chart Rankings
UK – 1
SCOTLAND – 1
Although released in 2013, the song reached number 1 in the UK in Christmas 2015 thanks to a social medial campaign by choir member Katie Rogerson, junior doctor Harriet Nerva and communication manager for NHS Joe Blunden. The song was fighting for number 1 with Justin Bieber’s ‘Love Yourself’ in the UK until Justin asked his fans to support the charity single. The fans did, and ‘A Bridge Over You’ peaked at number 1 on Christmas 2015.
Artist’s age on release date
The Choir had been active for 2 years when they released this song.
Cover Versions
No cover versions.
