"The River" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tea Party. It was released as a single in Australia and the UK, where it reached #79 in the UK Singles Chart,[1] #99 in Australia,[2] and was a promotional single in Canada and the USA.[3]
"The River" | ||||
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![]() Commercial CD Single, UK | ||||
Single by The Tea Party | ||||
from the album Splendor Solis | ||||
A-side | "The River (radio edit)", "The River (album)", "Winter Solstice" | |||
B-side | "Watching What the Rain Blows In" | |||
Released | 1993 | |||
Recorded | White Crow Audio (Burlington, Vermont) | |||
Length | 5:42 | |||
Label | Chrysalis/EMI | |||
Songwriter(s) | The Tea Party | |||
Producer(s) | Jeff Martin | |||
The Tea Party singles chronology | ||||
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The music video was shot in Toronto, directed by Floria Sigismondi and features a cameo by Roy Harper.[4] The video also features footage of the Old Mill event venue in Toronto.[5]
"The River" was the band's first single and is a standard three-piece rock composition with a lot of Wah-wah pedal. An acoustic version with tar (lute), santur and drums was recorded in August 1995 at Studio Morin Heights (Morin Heights) for Alhambra but appears as a B-side on the "Temptation" single and the European Triptych Special Tour Edition 2000 album.
Track listing
edit- "The River (radio edit)"
- "The River (album)"
- "Winter Solstice"
- "Watching What the Rain Blows in"
Charts
editChart (1994) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA)[6] | 99 |
UK Singles (OCC)[7] | 79 |
References
edit- ^ "The River UK Chart Position". zobbel.de. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
- ^ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 06 Mar 1994". ARIA. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
- ^ splendor solis era The Tea Party a visual discography Accessed 17 April 2007
- ^ Stuart Chatwood, In Tangents The Tea Party Collection 2000, CD, EMI Music Canada, Mississauga.
- ^ Boon, Mike (2022-08-05). "Jeff Burrows from The Tea Party: Toronto Mike'd Podcast Episode 1092". TorontoMike.com. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 276.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 20, 2022.