[7] Regarding the song's backing vocals, Mike Mills explained to Melody Maker "Harborcoat" from Reckoning has got me and Michael and Bill all doing completely unrelated things, and yet it works together.

[11] Alex Kadis from Smash Hits gave it four out of five, adding, "It's a gentle meandering folky job with accoustic [sic] guitars a-thrummin' and a-strummin'.

"[12] The accompanying music video for "Find the River" was shot in September 1992 in Malibu, California, directed by Jodi Wille, and features a stripped-down studio performance by the band and Los Angeles "outsider" artist Henry Hill.

In An Hour with R.E.M., which aired on MTV UK prior to the band's televised performance at Cologne Cathedral in 2001, Mike Mills introduced the video and explained that he selected it "because...

In the Warner Bros. promotional film for Automatic for the People, the band is seen performing the song live in their Clayton Street rehearsal room.