"I Follow Rivers" is a song by Swedish recording artist

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from her second studio album, '' Wounded Rhymes'' (2011). Produced by Björn Yttling of

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, it was released on 21January 2011 as the album's second single. The track premiered exclusively on SPIN.com on 10January 2011. Belgian DJ/producer the Magician remixed and reworked "I Follow Rivers" in 2011, peaking at number one in Belgium, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Romania, number two in Switzerland, Austria, Ireland, and the Netherlands, and number four in France. The remix was deemed "'90s

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". Belgian band Triggerfinger covered "I Follow Rivers" in 2012, peaking at number one in Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands.

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The music video, directed by

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, features Li in a black robe and veil chasing a man (Swedish-Lebanese actor

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) through a snowy landscape. An unofficial music video consisting of scenes from the French film ''

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'' played with the Magician's remix was uploaded to YouTube by user Aldo Zuga on March 9, 2014, and has over 533 million views as of May 2024, surpassing the original music video's 91 million views as of May 2024.

Track listings

*;Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish iTunes EP – Remixes #"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 *;UK iTunes EP #"I Follow Rivers" – 3:48 #"I Follow Rivers" (Dave Sitek Remix) – 3:58 #"I Follow Rivers" (Van Rivers & The Sublimial Kid) – 6:41 *;UK 7" single :A. "I Follow Rivers" – 3:48 :B. " Get Some" (Primary 1 Remix) *;UK 12" single – The Remixes :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" (

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Remix) – 3:41 *;German CD single #"I Follow Rivers" (The Magician Remix) – 4:40 #"I Follow Rivers" (Radio Edit) – 3:20

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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.

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*;Belgian and Dutch iTunes single #"I Follow Rivers" (Live@ Giel! – VARA/ 3FM) – 3:34 *;German CD single #"I Follow Rivers" (Live@Giel!) – 3:35 #"Let It Ride" – 3:24

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* "I Follow Rivers" was performed by Jenna Ushkowitz's character Tina Cohen-Chang in the ''

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'' said the performance was "mostly spot-on". * The song was covered in German by '' FC Bayern München'' ultras, as "I Follow FC Bayern" and was used for the introduction to the television program '' Ran''. *American singers Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires covered the song on a 2015 two-song EP titled ''Sea Songs''.

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