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Wikipedia article
'"Mountain"' is a song recorded by Australian rock group, Chocolate Starfish. The song was released in February 1994 as the third single from their self-titled debut studio album (1994).
Background
In a 2012 interview, band member Adam Thompson said; I remember when we actually wrote "Mountain", wed recorded "You're So Vain" and wed written a whole bunch of other songs and we were looking for another single. Zoran (Romich) had come up with a couple of chords and I was playing this game where I was running back from the gym, trying not to step on the cracks in the pavement... and suddenly the rhythm that I was running or jogging sort of fitted, and I had that chord going on in the background and I thought Gee, thats a good melody. And when I got back, virtually within a night, wed written "Mountain"and we knew straight away that it was going to be a hit single. We just knew."
Thompson added; "And as for the lyric, I was over in L.A. with the band and left my girlfriend at home and she said I dont want you to tour anymore. When you come home, I want you to stay with me and get a normal job and to be a responsible boyfriend. And this was obviously my dream for eight or nine years to be in a band and the passion that I was trying to find and when I was writing the song, the metaphor of the mountain and the river just came to me. She wanted me to stay still, like a mountain, an immovable force and I felt like a river that was just meandering and finding its destiny. The guys and I just looked at it and said Yep, thats gonna work. and, of course, it did."
Track listing
;CD Single (8740432)
# "Mountain"
# "Mountain" (acoustic)
Charts
References
Category:Chocolate Starfish songs
Category:1993 songs
Category:1994 singles
Category:Rock ballads
Category:Songs about mountains
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