Genre Goth popdance Label LL | Length 3:48 | |
Released 21 January 2011 (2011-01-21) Format CD singledigital download7" single12" single Writer(s) Lykke LiBjörn YttlingRick Nowels |
"I Follow Rivers" is a song by Swedish recording artist Lykke Li from her second studio album, Wounded Rhymes (2011). Produced by Björn Yttling of Peter Bjorn and John, it was released on 21 January 2011 as the album's second single. The track premiered exclusively on SPIN.com on 10 January 2011. The music video, directed by Tarik Saleh and filmed at Närsholmen on the Swedish island of Gotland, features Li in a black robe and veil chasing a man (Swedish-Lebanese actor Fares Fares) through a snowy landscape.
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Belgian DJ/producer The Magician remixed and reworked "I Follow Rivers" in 2011, peaking at number one in Belgium, Germany, Italy, Poland, Romania. Number two in Switzerland, Austria, Ireland, Netherlands. Number 3 in France. The remix was deemed "90's house". Belgian band Triggerfinger covered "I Follow Rivers" in 2012, peaking at number one in Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands.
- "I Follow Rivers" – 3:42
- "I Follow Rivers" (Dave Sitek Remix) – 3:58
- "I Follow Rivers" (The Magician Remix) – 4:40
- "I Follow Rivers" (Van Rivers & The Sublimial Kid) – 6:41
- "I Follow Rivers" – 3:48
- "I Follow Rivers" (Dave Sitek Remix) – 3:58
- "I Follow Rivers" (Van Rivers & The Sublimial Kid) – 6:41
- "I Follow Rivers" (The Magician Remix) – 4:40
- "I Follow Rivers" (Radio Edit) – 3:20
Triggerfinger version
Belgian band Triggerfinger covered "I Follow Rivers" during Giel Beelen's show on the Dutch radio station 3FM in what was called "a fragile version". They used glasses, cups and knives to create a rhythmical background section. Triggerfinger's version was released as a single on 24 February 2012, topping the singles chart in Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands, while reaching number nine in Germany and number seventeen in Switzerland.
- "I Follow Rivers" (Live@Giel! – VARA/3FM) – 3:34
- "I Follow Rivers" (Live@Giel!) – 3:35
- "Let It Ride" – 3:24