"River of Love" | ||||
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File:River of Love George Strait.jpg | ||||
Single by George Strait | ||||
from the album Troubadour | ||||
Released | November 17, 2008 | |||
Format | CD single | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:15 | |||
Label | MCA Nashville | |||
Writer(s) | Billy Burnette, Shawn Camp, Dennis Morgan | |||
Producer | Tony Brown, George Strait | |||
George Strait singles chronology | ||||
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"River of Love" is the title of a country music song written by Billy Burnette, Shawn Camp and Dennis Morgan. It was recorded by George Strait on his 2008 album Troubadour, from which it was released in November 2008 as that album's third single. The 87th single of his career, it is also his 80th Top Ten on the Billboard country charts, as well as his 44th Number One.
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"River of Love" is a moderate up-tempo, with steel-string acoustic guitar, ukulele and pedal steel guitar accompaniment. Shawn Camp, Billy Burnette and Dennis Morgan, who wrote the song, all sing backing vocals on it as well.[1] The lyrics use a river as a metaphor for love ("Let's go rollin' on the river of love").
According to Country Weekly, Morgan had come to Camp with a melody in his head. Camp then built on the melody by playing along with a ukulele that Cowboy Jack Clement had given him, when Burnette joined in on his own ukulele, and they came up with the line "river of love". According to Camp, "It was just such an infectious groove, and it just kind of rolled out. The whole song was just two chords and that lick."[2]
Matt Bjorke of Roughstock, a country music review site, gave "River of Love" a mixed review. Although he called it an "undoubtedly fun song" and said "it's all about feel and groove", he added that "there's nothing really interesting about the song, other than the spirited steel guitar solo."[1] Brady Vercher, in his review of Troubadour for The 9513, described the song as having an "island vibe" similar to a Kenny Chesney song, calling it one of the weakest tracks on the album.[3]
"River of Love" debuted at number 45 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts dated for the week of November 22, 2008. The song became Strait's 44th Billboard Number One on the chart week of April 18, 2009.[4] One week later, it fell to number 9, taking the biggest fall from number 1 on that chart since Carrie Underwood's "So Small" fell from number 1 to number 10 on the chart week of December 22, 2007.[5]
Chart (2008–2009) | Peak position |
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US Country Songs (Billboard)[6] | 1 |
US Billboard Hot 100[7] | 59 |
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[8] | 77 |
Chart (2009) | Position |
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US Country Songs (Billboard)[9] | 5 |
Preceded by "It Won't Be Like This for Long" by Darius Rucker |
Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one single April 18, 2009 |
Succeeded by "Here Comes Goodbye" by Rascal Flatts |
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"River of Love" is a country song released as a single in 2008 by George Strait.
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(verse 1)
Strip this mask of pride away, see through my disguise
Save me from the secret sin done before Your eyes
Seems like the whole world’s watching as the tears roll down my face
Fighting back the fear that I have fallen from Your grace
(chorus)
Wash me in Your river of love
Make me feel brand new
Let forgiveness flow from above
Wash me in Your river of love
(verse 2)
Oh renew my spirit Lord, heal my broken heart
Rain your mercies down on me, set my life apart
Caught up in a selfish tide I turned my face away
Now I’ve become a stranger to the comforts of Your way
(1/2 verse)
Oh my soul is crying out, won’t You hear my plea
I want to be everything that You want me to be