River Man
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| "River Man" | ||
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| Single by Nick Drake | ||
| from the album Five Leaves Left | ||
| Released | September 13, 2004 | |
| Format | CD single | |
| Recorded | 1969 | |
| Genre | Folk | |
| Length | 4:21 | |
| Label | Island Records (UK), Elektra (US) | |
| Writer(s) | Nick Drake | |
| Producer(s) | Robert Kirby and Joe Boyd | |
River Man (sample ) is a song from Nick Drake's 1969 album Five Leaves Left, remastered and released as a single in 2004. The song features a 5/4 timing, and is played in a CGCFCE tuning. The string arrangement was composed by Harry Robinson [citation needed] and Robert Kirby. Though Drake never revealed the identity of the 'Betty' character in the lyrics, Trevor Dann speculated that she may have been drawn from Betty Fox, a character in Wordsworths "The Idiot Boy", a poem Drake had studied while attending Cambridge.[1]
The single was backed by versions of River Man and Day Is Done performed by Norah Jones, as well as Drake's original version of "Day Is Done".
[edit] References
- ^ Dann, Trevor. Darker than the Deepest Sea: The Search for Nick Drake (2006), (Hardback) Portrait. ISBN 0-7499-5095-1
| Nick Drake |
| Albums: Five Leaves Left | Bryter Layter | Pink Moon |
| Related: Nick Drake discography |
