"Can't Stop the River" is a song written by Seal and

Peter Gordeno Peter Gordeno (20 June 1939 – 18 October 2008) was a British dancer, recording artist, cabaret singer, choreographer, and occasional actor. Biography Born as Peter Godenho in Rangoon, Burma, to an Italian American father and Scottish/ Bu ...

, and was originally recorded in 2006 by

Louise Setara Louise Setara (born Louise Smith, 21 August 1988 in Reading, Berkshire, England) is an English singer and songwriter. Her first album, '' Still Waters'', was released by Manhattan Records/EMI in February 2007. Setara decided to become a singer ...

. After Duncan James' version was released first commercially in June 2006, Setara's version was then released a few months later as her debut single. The song appears on her debut album, '' Still Waters'' released in September 2006.

Duncan James version

Duncan James recorded his version of the song, retitled "Can't Stop a River", and it was released on 21 August 2006 as the second single from his debut solo album, '' Future Past''. The song peaked at number 59 on the

UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...

Track listing

UK CD single # "Can't Stop a River" – 3:52 # "You Can" – 3:55 UK CD single 2 # "Can't Stop a River" – 3:52 # "Part Time Love" – 4:03 # "Simple Love Song" – 3:14 # "Can't Stop a River" (Video) – 3:52 # "Can't Stop a River" (Behind the Scenes) – 2:00

Charts

Other versions

Guy Sebastian Guy Theodore Sebastian (born 26 October 1981) is an Australian singer and songwriter who was the winner of the first '' Australian Idol'' in 2003, judge on Australia's ''The X Factor'' from 2010 to 2012 and again from 2015 to 2016, and coach ...

recorded the song for his 2006 album '' Closer to the Sun''.

References

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