River (Joni Mitchell song)

"River"

Song by Joni Mitchell from the album Blue

Released

June 1971

Genre

Folk

Length

4:00

Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell

Blue track listing

"This Flight Tonight"
(7)

"River"
(8)

"A Case of You"
(9)

"River" is a Christmas folk song by Joni Mitchell, from her 1971 album Blue. Although never released as a single, it has become one of Mitchell's most recorded songs.^[1]

Other versions

Although the song is merely set near Christmas time, rather than being about Christmas, it has become something of a modern Christmas standard. "River" is the second-most widely recorded song in Mitchell's oeuvre (432 recordings, behind only "Both Sides, Now"),^[1] frequently appearing on albums of Christmas music by pop, folk and jazz artists.

References

1 2 Joni Undercover: Most Recorded Songs by Other Artists, at Joni Mitchell's official site

External links

Full lyrics at Joni Mitchell's official site.
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Joni Mitchell

Studio albums	Song to a Seagull (1968) Clouds (1969) Ladies of the Canyon (1970) Blue (1971) For the Roses (1972) Court and Spark (1974) The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975) Hejira (1976) Don Juan's Reckless Daughter (1977) Mingus (1979) Wild Things Run Fast (1982) Dog Eat Dog (1985) Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm (1988) Night Ride Home (1991) Turbulent Indigo (1994) Taming the Tiger (1998) Both Sides Now (2000) Travelogue (2002) Shine (2007)

Live albums	Miles of Aisles Shadows and Light Amchitka, The 1970 Concert That Launched Greenpeace

Compilation albums	Hits Misses The Beginning of Survival Dreamland Songs of a Prairie Girl Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced

Singles & key songs	"Both Sides, Now" "Chelsea Morning" "Big Yellow Taxi" "Woodstock" "Little Green" "Carey" "California" "This Flight Tonight" "River" "The Last Time I Saw Richard" "You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio" "Help Me" "Free Man in Paris" "Down to You" "Twisted" "Coyote" "Hejira" "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care" "Chinese Cafe/Unchained Melody"

Collaborations	"You've Got a Friend" "You Can Close Your Eyes" "Long Ago and Far Away" The Last Waltz The Wall – Live in Berlin "Got 'til It's Gone" River: The Joni Letters

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1970s	"Mandy" (1974) "Sandra" (1974) "It's a Miracle" (1975) "Could It Be Magic" (1975) "I Write the Songs" (1975) "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again" (1976) "This One's for You" (1976) "Weekend in New England" (1976) "Looks Like We Made It" (1977) "Daybreak" (1977) "It's Just Another New Year's Eve" (1977) "Can't Smile Without You" (1978) "Even Now" (1978) "Copacabana" (1978) "Ready to Take a Chance Again" (1978) "Somewhere in the Night" (1978) "Ships" (1979) "When I Wanted You" (1979)

1980s	"I Don't Want to Walk Without You" (1980) "Bermuda Triangle" (1980) "I Made It Through the Rain" (1980) "The Old Songs" (1981) "Somewhere Down the Road" (1981) "Let's Hang On!" (1982) "Oh Julie" (1982) "Memory" (1982) "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" (1982) "Read 'Em and Weep" (1983) "When October Goes" (1984) "Run to Me" (1985) "I'm Your Man" (1986) "Keep Each Other Warm" (1989)

1990s	"If I Can Dream" (1990) "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" (1997)

2000s	"River" (2003) "Unchained Melody" (2006) "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" (2006)

2010s	"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (2012)

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