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Released | October 23, 2020 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:09 | |||
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"River's Still Running" on YouTube |
"River's Still Running" is a song recorded by Canadian country group High Valley. The song was written by the band's frontman Brad Rempel with Corey Crowder and Randy Montana. [1] [2] It was the second single off their extended play Grew Up On That . [3]
Brad Rempel wrote the song with Corey Crowder and Randy Montana, shortly after Montana had scored a six-week Number One with Luke Combs' "Beer Never Broke My Heart". They wanted to write a "super positive song that your average country bumpkin could identify with, that was from a very backwoods, small town". [4]
Complete Country described the song positively, saying it "reminder to remain positive and appreciate the little things in life, like the sun rising and the river running" adding the "lyrics are spot on". [5]
The official music video for "River's Still Running" premiered on January 22, 2021. [6] It features both Brad and Curtis Rempel of High Valley. [5]
"River's Still Running" reached a peak of number 1 on the Billboard Canada Country chart dated April 17, 2021, [7] their third chart-topper, and second consecutive after "Grew Up On That". [8] It also peaked at number 64 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100. [9]
Chart (2021) | Peak position |
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Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [9] | 64 |
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [8] | 1 |
High Valley is a Canadian country music band from Blumenort, Alberta, a small community near the hamlet of La Crete. The group is composed of Brad Rempel and his supporting band. His brother Bryan Rempel was a member until March 2014, while younger brother Curtis Rempel was a member until June 2021. All three grew up in a Mennonite community and graduated from La Crete Public School.
Love Is a Long Road is the third studio album by Canadian country music group High Valley. It was released on June 12, 2012 by Open Road Recordings in Canada and by Centricity Music in the United States. It includes the single "Have I Told You I Love You Lately" and the group's debut US release, "Love You for a Long Time".
County Line is the fourth studio album by Canadian country music group High Valley. It was released on October 14, 2014 by Open Road Recordings. The record is their first to be released as a duo, following the departure of Bryan Rempel. It includes the top-10 country radio singles "Rescue You", "County Line", "Make You Mine", "She's with Me", "Come on Down" and "Be You".
"Make You Mine" is a song recorded by Canadian country music group High Valley for their fourth studio album, County Line (2014). It was written by group member Brad Rempel along with Ben Stennis and the record's producer, Seth Mosley, and features Ricky Skaggs. "Make You Mine" was first released in Canada in December 2014 through Open Road Recordings as the third single off County Line. After High Valley signed to Atlantic Records / Warner Music Nashville in 2015, they re-released the single through that label on February 26, 2016. The song serves as the lead single for their debut major-label album, Dear Life (2016).
"Love You for a Long Time" is a song recorded by Canadian country music trio High Valley for their third studio album, Love Is a Long Road (2012). It was written by lead vocalist Brad Rempel along with Jared Crump and Ben Stennis. The song was released to Canadian country radio through Open Road Recordings in September 2012 as the album's third single.
Dear Life is the fifth studio album recorded by Canadian country music duo High Valley and the group's debut major-label release. It was released on November 18, 2016 through Atlantic Records and Warner Music Nashville. The American track listing for the album features two tracks from the duo's previous album, County Line (2014), in place of two of the newly recorded songs, notably removing the Canadian lead single, "Every Week's Got a Friday" in favour of "Make You Mine".
"Rescue You" is a song recorded by Canadian country music group High Valley for their fourth studio album, County Line (2014). It is the last release by the group as a trio before Bryan Rempel departed the band in March 2014, with the rest of the album being recorded as a duo. "Rescue You" was released in Canada on October 15, 2013 through Open Road Recordings as the album's lead single. The song was written by Brad Rempel and Ben Stennis. It was their first top-10 hit on the Canada Country chart.
"County Line" is a song recorded by Canadian country music duo High Valley for their fourth studio album of the same name (2014). It was released August 12, 2014 as the album's second single and their first release as a duo. The song was written by Seth Mosley, Brad Rempel, and Ben Stennis and was produced by Mosley. In January 2016, the single was certified Gold by Music Canada, marking the first single of the group's career to earn this distinction.
"She's with Me" is a song recorded by Canadian country music duo High Valley for their fourth studio album, County Line (2014). The song was written by Seth Mosley, Brad Rempel, and Ben Stennis, and was produced by Mosley. It was released to Canadian country radio on May 13, 2015 as the album's fourth single. "She's with Me" was later included on the American track listing for the duo's fifth studio album and major-label debut, Dear Life (2016). It was released to American country radio April 17, 2017 as that album's fourth overall single and second in the United States.
"Every Week's Got a Friday" is a song recorded by Canadian country music duo High Valley for their fifth studio album and major-label debut, Dear Life (2016). It was written by group member Brad Rempel with Phil Barton and the record's producer, Seth Mosley. "Every Week's Got a Friday" was released August 8, 2016 as the Canadian lead single for the album and second released overall.
"I Be U Be" is a song written by Brad Rempel and Jenson Vaughan and recorded by Canadian country music duo High Valley for their fifth studio album, Dear Life (2016). The song was first released digitally on November 11, 2016 as the fifth and final promotional single supporting the album. It was serviced to Canadian country radio on February 27, 2017 as the album's second Canadian single and third overall single. "I Be U Be" is the first single available on both regional track listings for Dear Life.
"Come on Down" is a song recorded by Canadian country music duo High Valley for their fourth studio album, County Line (2014). It was released September 29, 2015 as the record's fifth single. The song was written by Jared Crump, Brad Rempel, and Fred Wilhelm. "Come on Down" peaked at number 3 on the Canada Country chart, becoming the group's highest-charting radio hit.
"Be You" is a song recorded by Canadian country music group High Valley for their fourth studio album, County Line (2014). It was written by group member Brad Rempel with longtime collaborator Ben Stennis and the record's producer, Seth Mosley. "Be You" was released to Canadian country radio March 10, 2016 as the album's sixth and final single. The song also serves as the duo's final release on Open Road Recordings. It became the group's sixth consecutive top-10 single on the Canada Country chart.
"Single Man" is a song recorded by Canadian country group High Valley. The song was written by the group's frontman Brad Rempel along with Jordan Schmidt and Derrick Southerland.
Grew Up On That is the third extended play by Canadian country music group High Valley. It was released on May 8, 2020 through Warner Nashville. It includes the singles "Grew Up On That" and "River's Still Running".
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place, or will take place, in 2021.
"Grew Up On That" is a song recorded by Canadian country music group High Valley. The track was co-written by the band's lead singer Brad Rempel with Ben Stennis and Jaron Boyer. It was the lead single and title track off their third extended play Grew Up On That.
"Drinkin' Beer. Talkin' God. Amen." is a song recorded by American country music singer Chase Rice featuring American country music duo Florida Georgia Line. It was released on November 30, 2020 as the second single from his album The Album. Rice wrote the song with Cale Dodds, Corey Crowder and Hunter Phelps, and produced with Crowder and Florida Georgia Line.
Jade Eagleson is the self-titled, debut studio album by Canadian country music artist Jade Eagleson. It was released on July 24, 2020 through Universal Music Canada. It includes the #1 Canada Country hit "Lucky", and the Gold-certified hits "Got Your Name on It", "Count the Ways", and "Close". It was the most globally-streamed debut album for a Canadian country artist of all-time.
"All Night to Figure It Out" is a song recorded by Canadian country artist Jade Eagleson. The song was written by Ben Stennis, Brad Rempel, and Jeremy Spillman.