An anthemic song about self-empowerment, the dance-pop track combines elements of gospel music and eurodance with prominent usage of a piano sample.

An accompanying music video for "Rivers of Joy" was directed by Robert Bröllochs and filmed in Groß-Gerau, Germany in early April 2001.

[2] Ossi Schaller played the guitar, with Ulf Zwerger assisting in its audio engineering, while Dirk Kurock and Trevor Hurst served as Pro Tools editors.

[2] Additional background vocals were provided by singers Gina Dunn, Joan Faulkner, and Charlemaine Thomas-Schmidtner, and were arranged by Ries.

[3] The maxi single includes several remixes of the song, as well as a Ries-produced Re-Supreme Remix of previous single "Daylight in Your Eyes", a voice message, and the previously unreleased record "What Am I Supposed to Do", produced by Soul-O-Matic and written by Harry Zier, Rob Hardt, and singer Senait Mehari.

[9] No Angels reteamed with Robert Bröllochs, director of their debut video "Daylight in Your Eyes" (2001), who produced "Rivers of Joy" through his Camelot Filmproduktion.

[1] The video for "Rivers of Joy" premiered in April 2001 on MTV Central's show Brand:Neu.