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I Follow Rivers

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Genre
  
Goth pop dance

Label
  
LL

Length
  
3:48

Released
  
21 January 2011 (2011-01-21)

Format
  
CD single digital download 7" single 12" single

Writer(s)
  
Lykke Li Björn Yttling Rick 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.

  1. "I Follow Rivers" – 3:42
  2. "I Follow Rivers" (Dave Sitek Remix) – 3:58
  3. "I Follow Rivers" (The Magician Remix) – 4:40
  4. "I Follow Rivers" (Van Rivers & The Sublimial Kid) – 6:41
  1. "I Follow Rivers" – 3:48
  2. "I Follow Rivers" (Dave Sitek Remix) – 3:58
  3. "I Follow Rivers" (Van Rivers & The Sublimial Kid) – 6:41
A. "I Follow Rivers" – 3:48 B. "Get Some" (Primary 1 Remix) A1. "I Follow Rivers" – 3:48 A2. "I Follow Rivers" (The Magician Remix) – 4:40 B1. "I Follow Rivers" (Van Rivers & The Subliminal Kid Remix) – 6:41 B2. "I Follow Rivers" (Tyler, The Creator Remix) – 3:41
  1. "I Follow Rivers" (The Magician Remix) – 4:40
  2. "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.

  1. "I Follow Rivers" (Live@Giel! – VARA/3FM) – 3:34
  1. "I Follow Rivers" (Live@Giel!) – 3:35
  2. "Let It Ride" – 3:24

Other versions and use in media

  • "I Follow Rivers" was performed by Jenna Ushkowitz's character Tina Cohen-Chang in the Glee episode "A Night of Neglect", originally aired 19 April 2011.
  • American indie rock band Plain Jane Automobile covered "I Follow Rivers" and released it online in February 2012.
  • The Magician remix of the song was featured in the 2012 French film Rust and Bone and also in the 2013 film Blue Is the Warmest Colour.
  • The song was used in some Colombiana trailers.
  • The remix version of the song was played as background music in episode 8 of Turkish series "Medcezir"
  • British singer-songwriter Marika Hackman included a cover on her 2014 Deaf Heat EP
  • The song appeared in the third episode of the ninth season of CSI: NY, 2,918 Miles, when Linsay and Sheldon process the evidence.
  • Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires covered the song on a 2015 two-song EP entitled Sea Songs.
  • The song was used in the 2016 commercial for American fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger's new fragrance, The Girl, featuring supermodel Gigi Hadid.
  • The Magician remix is featured in the 2016 video game Forza Horizon 3.

    • References

    I Follow Rivers Wikipedia
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