"Many Rivers to Cross" is a song written and recorded in 1969 by Jimmy Cliff. It has since been recorded by many musicians, most successfully by UB40, Cher, Harry Nilsson, Annie Lennox, Joe Cocker and Toni Childs.

Cliff was 25 when he wrote and recorded the song in 1969. He has said he wrote it due to the trouble he was having making it as a musical artist after moving to the United Kingdom. "When I came to the UK, I was still in my teens. I came full of vigor: I'm going to make it, I'm going to be up there with the Beatles and the Stones," he told The Daily Telegraph. "And it wasn't really going like that. I was touring clubs, not breaking through. I was struggling, with work, life, my identity, I couldn't find my place; frustration fueled the song."

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