The River (The Tea Party song)

"The River"
Commercial CD Single, UK
Single by The Tea Party
from the album Splendor Solis
A-side	"The River (radio edit)", "The River (album)", "Winter Solstice"
B-side	"Watching what the Rain Blows in"
Released	1993
Format	CD, 12" vinyl
Recorded	White Crow Audio (Burlington, Vermont)
Genre	Rock
Length	5:42
Label	Chrysalis/EMI
Songwriter(s)	The Tea Party
Producer(s)	Jeff Martin
The Tea Party singles chronology
"The River" (1993) "Save Me" (1993)
"The River" (1993) "Save Me" (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, #99 in Australia, and was a promotional single in Canada and the USA. The music video was shot in Toronto, directed by Floria Sigismondi and features a cameo by Roy Harper.

"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.