The River (song)
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| Single by Good Charlotte | ||
| from the album Good Morning Revival | ||
| Released |  January 4, 2007 |
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| Format | CD Single | |
| Genre | Rock,Pop-Punk | |
| Length | 3:17 | |
| Label | Epic Records Daylight Records |
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| Writer(s) | Good Charlotte | |
| Producer(s) | Don Gilmore | |
| Good Charlotte singles chronology | ||
| Keep Your Hands Off My Girl (2007) |
The River (2007) |
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This article documents a current single. Information is likely to change as the song remains on the charts. |
"The River" is a song by the pop-punk-rock band, Good Charlotte featuring Synyster Gates and M. Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold. The song was the first single off of the Good Morning Revival album in the United States and the second single throughout the rest of the world. The band's episodes of GCTV, in which the band uploads a video to their website of behind the scenes in the recording studio, photo shoots, etc, feature different songs from the Good Morning Revival album. On December 8, 2006, the second episode was released on Good Charlotte's website. "The River" was featured in the video and can be heard playing in the background. On January 23, 2007, the third episode of GCTV was put up, containing footage of the making of the video.
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[edit] Music video
A music video for the song was shot in mid December, 2006, in Los Angeles, California with director Marc Webb who has done the Motivation Proclamation and Festival Song videos for the band before. It features Good Charlotte performing alongside the concrete L.A. river bank that runs through the city, contrasted with classic images of the beauty and history of Los Angeles. The video clip shows the two sides of LA, the excitment and glamour of LA that the band witnessed early on in their career and then the deeper/darker hidden side of LA that people and the band saw after living there for years. MySpace celebrity Jeffree Star, is featured in the background throughout the video. There are two different videos for the song, one including M. Shadows and Synyster Gates, the other video is the version of the song without the members of Avenged Sevenfold featuring in it. On GCTV Episode 3 it shows the video shoot of "The River". The video featuring M. Shadows and Synyster Gates premiered on MTV on February 7th, 2007. It was shown every hour on the hour.
Screenshots of The River music video:
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[edit] Premiere
The song was released on January 4th, 2007. It was sent to the fans by the mailing list, and it can be heard on the band's MySpace page.
[edit] Charts
"The River" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 93 in early February 2007 due to digital downloads, but fell off the chart the following week. [1] However, it went back onto the charts a few weeks later, landing at number 89.
| Chart | Peak position |
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| U.S. Hot 100 | 68 |
| U.S. Pop 100 | 60 |
| Hot Digital Songs | 50 |
| MuchMusic Countdown | 6 |
[edit] Trivia
- This is the first Good Charlotte video that Marc Webb has directed since 2001.
[edit] References
- ^ Katie Hasty, "Beyonce Stays Ahead Of Fall Out Boy Atop Hot 100", Billboard.com, February 1, 2007.
[edit] External Links
| Good Charlotte |
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| Discography |
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| Albums: Good Charlotte | The Young and the Hopeless | The Chronicles of Life and Death | Good Morning Revival |
| Singles: Little Things | Motivation Proclamation | Festival Song | Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous | The Anthem | Girls and Boys | The Young and The Hopeless | Hold On | Predictable | I Just Wanna Live | The Chronicles of Life and Death | We Believe | The River | Keep Your Hands Off My Girl |
| Songs: Riot Girl | S.O.S. | Dance Floor Anthem |
| Videography |
| Good Charlotte Video Collection | Good Charlotte Live at Brixton Academy | Fast Future Generation |
| Labels |
| Epic Records | Daylight Records |
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