{{infobox song | name = Cloud Riders | cover = Tori_Amos_Cloud_Riders.jpeg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Tori Amos]] | album = [[Native Invader]] | B-side = | released = July 27, 2017 | recorded = | studio = Martian Engineering ([[Cornwall]]) | genre = [[Alternative rock]]<ref name="Albumism 2">{{cite web |url=https://albumism.com/reviews/tori-amos-native-invader |title=Tori Amos: 'Native Invader' is the Sharpest Song Suite in Her Oeuvre to Date |last=Harrison |first=Quentin |date=12 September 2017 |access-date=29 April 2023}}</ref> | length = 5:23 | label = [[Decca Records|Decca]] | writer = [[Tori Amos]] | producer = [[Tori Amos]] | prev_title = [[Trouble's Lament]] | prev_year = 2014 | next_title = [[Speaking with Trees]] | next_year = 2021 }} "'''Cloud Riders'''" is a song by American singer-songwriter and pianist [[Tori Amos]]. It was released on July 27, 2017 as the lead single from her fifteenth studio album ''[[Native Invader]]''.<ref name="NPR">{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2017/07/27/539523176/listen-tori-amos-shares-cloud-riders-from-upcoming-album |website=NPR |title=Tori Amos Shares 'Cloud Riders' From Upcoming Album |last=Hilton |first=Robin |date=27 July 2017 |access-date=29 April 2023}}</ref> Like the rest of the album, the song was self-produced and recorded at Martian Engineering in [[Cornwall]], [[England]], with mixing being done by Amos' husband Mark Hawley and Marcel van Limbeek.<ref name="Liner notes">{{cite AV media notes |title=Native Invader |last=Amos |first=Tori |type=liner notes |date=8 September 2017}}</ref>
==Overview==
Amos stated the inspiration for the song came from the experience of watching a [[shooting star]] at 4:22 A.M.<ref name="Udiscover Music">{{cite web |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/tori-amos-cloud-riders-native-invader/?amp |website=Udiscover Music |title=Tori Amos Shares New Song 'Cloud Riders' From Forthcoming Album 'Native Invader' |last=Peacock |first=Tim |date=28 July 2017 |access-date=29 April 2023}}</ref> That morning, she completed the lyrics for the vast majority of the song, which she has stated took inspiration from [[Nordic mythology]] and imagery.<ref name="Boyz">{{cite magazine |magazine=Boyz |date=September 13, 2017 |title=Invader of Our Heart |last=Amos |first=Tori}}</ref>
"Cloud Riders" was positively received by critics. ''[[NPR]]'' stated the song "smolders and shimmers" and "never stops moving and slowly changing shape".<ref name="NPR"/> ''Albumism'' called the song "fantastic" and "melodious".<ref name="Albumism">{{cite web |url=https://albumism.com/new-music/tori-amos-cloud-riders |website=Albumism |title=Tori Amos Teases Forthcoming Album with Dazzling 'Cloud Riders' |date=28 July 2017 |author=Albumism Staff |access-date=29 April 2023}}</ref>
==Personnel==
Adapted from the liner notes of ''Native Invader'':<ref name="Liner notes"/> *[[Tori Amos]] – vocals, keyboards, [[Hammond organ|Hammond]] organ, programming, additional instrumentation *Mac Aladdin – guitar *Mark Hawley – programming, additional instrumentation
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