"I Follow Rivers" | ||||
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Single by Lykke Li | ||||
from the album Wounded Rhymes | ||||
Released | 21 January 2011 | |||
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Length | 3:48 | |||
Label | LL | |||
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Producer(s) | Björn Yttling | |||
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"I Follow Rivers" | ||||
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Single by Triggerfinger | ||||
Released | 24 February 2012 | |||
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Recorded | 3FM (Hilversum, Netherlands) | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 3:35 | |||
Label | B1M1 | |||
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"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.
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.
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
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.
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone