| The River | |
| Cover: | The Tea Party The River.jpg |
| Caption: | Commercial CD Single, UK |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Tea Party |
| 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 |
| Producer: | Jeff Martin |
| Next Title: | Save Me |
| Next Year: | 1993 |
"The River" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tea Party. It was released as a single in Australia and the UK, where it reached #79 in the UK Singles Chart,[1] #99 in Australia,[2] and was a promotional single in Canada and the USA.[3]
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" was the band's first single and 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.
| Peak position | |
| Australia (ARIA)[6] | 99 |
|---|---|
