Song · Lykke Li
“I Follow Rivers” by Lykke Li
From the album Wounded Rhymes (2011)
“I Follow Rivers” by Lykke Li appears on 7 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2011 and 2025. It was first released in 2011 on the album Wounded Rhymes. Its best result is #58 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #470 alternative song of 2011.
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"I Follow Rivers" comes from Wounded Rhymes, Lykke Li's second album, and went out as its second single in 2011. Björn Yttling of Peter Bjorn and John produced it and practically built the room around her, playing organ, piano, guitar, bass and percussion and singing backing vocals.
It's a thundering, tribal-sounding thing: John Eriksson and Lars Skoglund both play drums, with Li, Eriksson and Dag Lundquist piling on extra percussion, and Mariam Wallentin and Zhala joining Yttling behind her voice. Li wrote the words and the music with Yttling and Rick Nowels, and her vocal floats over the pounding like someone walking calmly through a storm. Lasse Mårtén mixed it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 68 | Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | WEXT Top 97 of 2011 | 97 |
| 2011 | 85 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2011 | 89 |
| 2011 | 93 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2011 | 100 |
| 2011 | 58 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2011 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 304 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
| 2023 | 1207 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2025 | 623 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
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