The River (The Tea Party song)

"The River" is the debut single by Canadian rock band the Tea Party. It was released as a single in Australia and the UK, where it reached No. 79 on the UK Singles Chart,^[1] No. 99 in Australia,^[2] and was a promotional single in Canada and the US.^[3]

"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"
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
"The River" (1993) "Save Me" (1993)

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" 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

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

Charts

Chart performance for "The River"

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[6]	99
UK Singles (OCC)[7]	79

References

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. Boon, Mike (2022-08-05). "Jeff Burrows from The Tea Party: Toronto Mike'd Podcast Episode 1092". TorontoMike.com. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
6. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 276.
7. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 20, 2022.

External links

• The music video