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"Rivers of Babylon" is a spiritual Song penned by the late Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Melodians . It is based on the Biblical Hymn Psalm 137 (from the King James Version ). Psalm 137 is a hymn expressing the yearnings of the Jewish people in Exile following the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem in 586 BC . The rivers of Babylon are the Euphrates river, its tributaries, and the Chebar river. The song also has words from Psalm 19:14. NFTY , the youth group of the Union For Reform Judaism , uses the song in its songbook and sometimes even in youth group services. The Unitarian Universalist Association has included the song in their supplemental hymnal ''Singing the Journey'' (Hymn #1042) {Link without Title} . The most popular version of the song is by Boney M in 1978 , which was released as a Single and stayed at the #1 position in the UK for 5 weeks. In the UK, that version sold over 1,985,000 copies, making the single officially 3x Platinum . Other popular versions have been performed by the Melodians , Sublime , Snuff , Steve Earle , Daniel O'Donnell , Yabby You and Sweet Honey In The Rock . On 19 November 1978 , a Cover Version with lyrics in Swedish , ''Kommer du ihåg Babylon?'' (''Do you remember Babylon?''), performed by Swedish Dansband Schytts entered the 1st place on Svensktoppen . The Neville Brothers has a version of the song on their "Walkin' in the Shadow of Life" CD released on October 19, 2004 on the Chordant label. Sinéad O'Connor also recorded it for her 2007 album, Theology . A Polish Christian Rock group 2Tm2,3 performed the acoustic version of "Rivers of Babylon" based on the Boney M. TRIVIA
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