Song · Hunters And Collectors
“When the River Runs Dry” by Hunters And Collectors
From the album Ghost Nation (1989)
“When the River Runs Dry” by Hunters And Collectors appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1990 and 2018. It was first released in 1989 on the album Ghost Nation. Its best result is #71 on the Triple M Ozzest 100 (2018). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #241 alternative song of 1990.
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Hunters & Collectors opened the Ghost Nation campaign with "When the River Runs Dry", sent out on 25 September 1989 as the lead single from their sixth album. The writing credit is shared six ways: John Archer, Doug Falconer, Jack Howard, Rob Miles, Barry Palmer and Mark Seymour.
Seymour, who sang it, said its targets were middle-class excess and naked greed, the end of the world and the West sliding into decline, and the video took a sidelong look at surveillance creeping into everyday life. Juke praised the playing, the writing and the production, and singled out a vocal that holds to the melody while the band builds sparse, taut drama behind it. It reached 23 in Australia and 41 in New Zealand, and in 1990 the band played it on Late Night with David Letterman.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 96 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 71 | Triple M | Triple M Ozzest 100 (2018) | 100 |
Also listed as: When The River Runs Dry.
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