Rivers (Six60 song)

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"Rivers"
Single by Six60
from the EP Six60
Released20 October 2017 (2017-10-20)
Genre Pop
Length3:24
Label Epic, Massive
Songwriter(s)
  • Chris Mac
  • Eli Paewai
  • James Fraser
  • Marlon Gerbes
  • Matiu Walters
  • Printz Board
Producer(s)
Six60 singles chronology
"Don't Give It Up"
(2017)		"Rivers"
(2017)		"Closer"
(2017)
Music video
"Rivers" (Lyric Video) on YouTube

"Rivers" is a song by New Zealand band Six60, released as the second single from their 2017 extended play Six60 .

Contents

Background and composition

The song was written and recorded by the band in Los Angeles. Initially the song was not planned to be a part of the recording process, and developed around a chord played by Printz Board on a Minimoog Voyager synthesiser. Band member Marlon Gerbes feels that the song is "a reflection of [his] current journey into understanding myself and this world around me." [1]

Release and promotion

"Rivers" was the second of six tracks released weekly in the build-up to their Six60 EP, [2] on 20 October 2017. [3]

American musician Teddy Swims covered the song on YouTube in 2019, which became a viral video. [4]

Critical reception

Kat Bein of Billboard praised the romantic and playful feel of the song, describing it as "if you listened to Drake on a shoreside date with the stars overhead", [5] while The New Zealand Herald praised the "casual soul" and the "simple and effortless[ness]" of the track. [6] Mark Beynes of MAINZ described the song as "relaxed and uncontrived...there is no sense that the track is 'trying' too hard at all," and noted the song's tresillo rhythm. [7] Hussein Moses of Radio New Zealand reviewed the song negatively, describing it as "unstimulating" and as one of his least favourite songs from the Six60 EP. [8]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [9]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Rivers"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ) [14] Platinum30,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. ↑ Six60 (1 December 2017). "SIX60 - Rivers (Behind the Song, Paris 2017)". YouTube . Retrieved 12 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ Gillespie, Kim (15 November 2017). "SoundBites: Marlon Williams, Estère, Koi Boys, Kimbra, Kings, Six60, Punk It Up". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Rivers - Single". iTunes . Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  4. ↑ Reitsma, Bethany (30 September 2022). "Teddy Swims on Six60, new EP and how Kiwi fans made him famous". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  5. ↑ Bein, Kat (7 February 2017). "10 Songs About Rivers". Billboard . Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Review: Six60 have written the song of the summer - but what's next?". The New Zealand Herald . 23 November 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  7. ↑ Beynes, Mark (2018). "X-Factory: Six60". NZ Musician. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  8. ↑ Parker, Katie; Moses, Hussein (24 November 2017). "The Singles Life: Which new Six60 song is the Six60-est?". Radio New Zealand . Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  9. ↑ "Credits / SIX60 / SIX60". Tidal . Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  10. ↑ "Six60 – Rivers". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  11. ↑ "Official Top 20 NZ Singles: End of Year Charts 2017". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  12. ↑ "Official Top 20 NZ Singles: End of Year Charts 2018". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  13. ↑ "Official Top 20 NZ Singles: End of Year Charts 2019". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  14. ↑ "New Zealand single certifications". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 12 April 2023.
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