The River (The Tea Party song)

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"The River"
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"
Released1993
RecordedWhite Crow Audio (Burlington, Vermont)
Length5:42
LabelChrysalis/EMI
Songwriter(s)The Tea Party
Producer(s)Jeff Martin
The Tea Party singles chronology
"The River"
(1993)
"Save Me"
(1993)

"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 music video was shot in Toronto, directed by Floria Sigismondi and features a cameo by Roy Harper.[4]

"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]

  1. "The River (radio edit)"
  2. "The River (album)"
  3. "Winter Solstice"
  4. "Watching What the Rain Blows in"

Charts[edit]

Chart performance for "The River"
Chart (1994) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[5] 99
UK Singles (OCC)[6] 79

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The River UK Chart Position". zobbel.de. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
  2. ^ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 06 Mar 1994". ARIA. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  3. ^ splendor solis era The Tea Party a visual discography Accessed 17 April 2007
  4. ^ Stuart Chatwood, In Tangents The Tea Party Collection 2000, CD, EMI Music Canada, Mississauga.
  5. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 276.
  6. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 20, 2022.

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