I follow rivers

I follow rivers
Lykke Li
publication	2011
length	3:48
Genre (s)	Pop , electronic music
Author (s)	Lykke Li, Björn Yttling , Rick Nowels
album	Wounded Rhymes
Cover version
2012	Trigger finger

I Follow Rivers is a 2011 pop song that Swedish singer Lykke Li wrote with Björn Yttling and Rick Nowels .

Background information

The song was released by Lykke Li on January 21, 2011. After Get Some it is the second of four single releases from their album Wounded Rhymes .

Lykke Li's record company commissioned Belgian musician Stephen Fasano ( The Magician ) to remix the title, which was written in 2010. The dance version known as The Magician Remix became known to a wide audience through the television broadcast of the Champions League final in 2012 in Germany. In June 2012 the single, which contains a radio edit in addition to the Magician remix , entered the German charts and was number 1 for several weeks. At the end of January 2013, the song finally reached number 1 in the Italian single charts for the first time .

Also in 2012, the Belgian band released Trigger Finger a Unplugged - cover version of the song, reaching its largest chart success. This version of the song took first place in both the Dutch and Flemish charts and later also in Austria . In June 2012 this version also entered the German single charts. While the original was at the top, Triggerfinger first climbed to 10th place and in September 2012 to 9th place. In Switzerland, they climbed to 17th place.

Charts

Lykke Li

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	1 (62 weeks)	62
Austria (Ö3)	2 (39 weeks)	39
Sweden (GLF)	44 (1 week)	1
Switzerland (IFPI)	2 (61 weeks)	61

Trigger finger

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Flanders (Ultratop)	1 (44 weeks)	44
Wallonia (Ultratop)	4th (18 weeks)	18th
Germany (GfK)	9 (47 weeks)	47
Austria (Ö3)	1 (34 weeks)	34
Switzerland (IFPI)	17th (33 weeks)	33

Awards for music sales

Lykke-Li version

I Follow Rivers by Lykke Li has been awarded one silver , one gold, eleven platinum and one diamond worldwide. The single sold over 1.6 million units.

single Country / Region Award Sales Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)  Belgium (BEA)  2 × platinum 60,000  Germany (BVMI)  5 × gold 750,000  France (SNEP)  diamond 400,000  Italy (FIMI)  3 × platinum 90,000  Austria (IFPI)  platinum 30,000  Switzerland (IFPI)  3 × platinum 90,000  United Kingdom (BPI)  silver 200,000 All in all 1 × silver 1 × gold 11 × platinum 1 × diamond 1,620,000

Streaming Country / Region Award Sales Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)  Denmark (IFPI)  gold 1,300,000 All in all 1 × gold 1,300,000

Trigger finger version

Triggerfinger's I Follow Rivers has been awarded two gold and five platinum awards worldwide. The single sold over 295,000 million units.

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Belgium (BEA)	2 × platinum	60,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	150,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	2 × platinum	40,000
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	30,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	15,000
All in all	2 × gold 5 × platinum	295,000

Web links

• Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers at Discogs

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stephan Rehm: Interview with Lykke Li . In: Musikexpress . No. 683 , November 2012, ISSN  1618-5129 , p. 30-35 .
2. ↑ Lykke Li with "I Follow Rivers" (The Magician Remix): The Ran Football Song 2012! In: presseportal.de. May 15, 2012, accessed on May 13, 2013 (press release Warner Music Group Germany). 
3. ↑ FIMI ( Memento of the original dated February 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Official charts, accessed February 15, 2013  
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} chart sources (Lykke Li): DE AT CH SE
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e} chart sources (Triggerfinger): DE AT CH BE (Flanders) BE (Wallonia)
6. ↑ ^{a b} Goud en Platina - Singles. Ultratop , accessed January 4, 2017 (Dutch). 
7. ↑ ^{a b} BVMI gold / platinum database. Federal Association of the Music Industry , accessed on January 4, 2017 . 
8. ^ SNEP Les Certifications. Syndicat National de l'édition Phonographique , accessed January 4, 2017 (French). 
9. ^ FIMI Certificazioni. Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana , accessed January 4, 2017 (Italian). 
10. ↑ ^{a b} IFPI Austria Gold & Platinum Database. IFPI Austria , accessed on January 4, 2017 . 
11. ↑ ^{a b} Edelmetall Schweiz database. Hung Medien, accessed January 4, 2017 . 
12. ^ Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers. bpi.co.uk, accessed August 18, 2020 . 
13. ↑ Lykke Li - "I follow Rivers" Certifying status Denmark. IFPI Denmark, June 25, 2014, accessed January 4, 2017 (Danish). 
14. ^ NVPI Goud / Platina. Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers , accessed on 16 May 2019 .