The River (The Tea Party song)
| "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 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, No. 99 in Australia, and was a promotional single in Canada and the US.
The music video was shot in Toronto, directed by Floria Sigismondi and features a cameo by Roy Harper. The video also features footage of the Old Mill event venue in Toronto.
"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.