Gonna Take a Lot of River

"Gonna Take a Lot of River"
Single by The Oak Ridge Boys
from the album Monongahela
B-side"Private Lives"
ReleasedJuly 1988
GenreCountry
Length3:00
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Mark Henley, John Kurhajetz
Producer(s)Jimmy Bowen
The Oak Ridge Boys singles chronology
"True Heart"
(1988)
"Gonna Take a Lot of River"
(1988)
"Bridges and Walls"
(1988)

"Gonna Take a Lot of River"—often known as "Gonna Take a Lot of River (Mississippi, Monongahela, Ohio)"—is a song written by John Kurhajetz and Mark Henley, and recorded by American country music group the Oak Ridge Boys. It was released in July 1988 as the lead single from the album Monongahela.