When the River Runs Dry

"When the River Runs Dry"
Single by Hunters & Collectors
from the album Ghost Nation
ReleasedSeptember 1989
GenreRock, pub rock
Length5:02
LabelWhite/Mushroom, Festival
Songwriter(s)Mark Seymour, John Archer, Doug Falconer, Robert Miles, Jeremy Smith, Michael Waters, John Howard
Producer(s)Gavin MacKillop, Hunters & Collectors
Hunters & Collectors singles chronology
"Back on the Breadline"
(1988)
"When the River Runs Dry"
(1989)
"Blind Eye"
(1990)

"When the River Runs Dry" is the first single from the Australian pub rock band Hunters & Collectors' sixth album, Ghost Nation. The single was released on 25 September 1989. The song peaked at number 23 in Australia and number 41 in New Zealand. The band performed the song on Late Night With David Letterman in 1990.