"The Bride" is a song by American

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group

Trick Pony Trick Pony was an American country music group, formed in 1999 by Heidi Newfield (lead vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica), Keith Burns (lead guitar, vocals), and Ira Dean (bass guitar, vocals). They recorded three studio albums: '' Trick Pony'', ...

, recorded for their third and final studio album ''

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'' (2005). The song was penned by

Liz Hengber Liz Hengber (born August 22, 1959) is an American songwriter and musician based in Nashville, Tennessee. Hengber was born in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from New Milford High School in New Milford, New Jersey in 1977. She graduated from th ...

, Darryl Burgess, and Lee Ann Burgess and produced by Chuck Howard, Anthony L. Smith, and member Ira Dean. It was released on June 21, 2004 as the lead single from the album and the group's debut single for

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following their departure from Warner Bros. Nashville in 2003. A moderate success, it peaked at number 27 on the US Hot Country Songs chart, becoming their fifth top forty hit.

Music video

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, who directed all the music videos from their debut studio album, returned to film the video for "The Bride". The video was filmed in

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and featured cameos from

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's Gene Simmons,

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, and Estella Gardinier. It debuted to CMT and

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on July 18, 2004.

Commercial performance

"The Bride" debuted on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart the week of July 3, 2004 at number 59. It rose to number 48 the following week. It reached a peak position of number 27 on the chart for the week of October 2, 2004, where it stayed for three consecutive weeks; it spent twenty weeks in total.

Charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

2004 singles 2004 songs Trick Pony songs Songs written by Liz Hengber Asylum Records singles Curb Records singles Music videos directed by Peter Zavadil {{2000s-country-song-stub