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|song name                = Free
 
|song name                = Free
|single image           = [[File:1999.jpg|100px|border|link=Album: 1999]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: 1999|1999]]</small>
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|single image             = [[File:1999.jpg|100px|border|link=Album: 1999]]<br><small> from the album [[Album: 1999|1999]]</small>
 
|performer                = [[Prince]]
 
|performer                = [[Prince]]
 
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 27|27 October 1982]] - [[Album: 1999|1999]] album
 
|first released            = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 27|27 October 1982]] - [[Album: 1999|1999]] album
|album(s)               = [[Album: 1999|1999]]<br>
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|album(s)                 = [[Album: 1999|1999]]<br>[[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]]
[[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]]
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|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
 
|writer(s)                = [[Prince]]
 
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]]
 
|producer(s)              = [[Prince]]
 
|previous song            = [[Freaks On This Side]]
 
|previous song            = [[Freaks On This Side]]
 
|next song                = [[GCS2000: Free|Free]]<br>''([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Central_Station Graham Central Station])''
 
|next song                = [[GCS2000: Free|Free]]<br>''([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Central_Station Graham Central Station])''
|introduction              = '''Free''' is the eighth track on [[Prince]]'s fifth album [[Album: 1999|1999]], and, in late 1982, an edited version was included as the second track on a US promo 12" release of [[Single: 1999|1999]], the album's first single. In 2002, a live version was included as the thirteenth track on the second disc of [[Prince]]'s first live album [[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]] (along with recordings of [[One Nite Alone...]], [[Starfish And Coffee|Starfish & Coffee]] and [[Sometimes It Snows In April]] from the same show).
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|introduction              = '''Free''' is the eighth track on [[Prince]]'s fifth album [[Album: 1999|1999]], and, in late 1982, an edited version was included as the second track on a US promo 12" release of [[Single: 1999|1999]], the album's first single.  
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In 2002, a live version was included as the thirteenth track on the second disc of [[Prince]]'s first live album [[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]] (along with recordings of [[One Nite Alone...]], [[Starfish And Coffee|Starfish & Coffee]] and [[Sometimes It Snows In April]] from the same show).
  
 
Initial tracking for [[Free]] took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 25|25 April 1982]] at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA, (five days after [[D.M.S.R.]], the day before [[How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore]]).
 
Initial tracking for [[Free]] took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April 25|25 April 1982]] at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA, (five days after [[D.M.S.R.]], the day before [[How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore]]).

Revision as of 13:37, 10 March 2017

Freaks On This Side   < < < Non-Prince Songs All Prince Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Free
(Graham Central Station)
Free

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from the album 1999
Song details
Performer: Prince
First Released: 27 October 1982 - 1999 album
Album(s): 1999
One Nite Alone... Live!
Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

Free is the eighth track on Prince's fifth album 1999, and, in late 1982, an edited version was included as the second track on a US promo 12" release of 1999, the album's first single.

In 2002, a live version was included as the thirteenth track on the second disc of Prince's first live album One Nite Alone... Live! (along with recordings of One Nite Alone..., Starfish & Coffee and Sometimes It Snows In April from the same show).

Initial tracking for Free took place on 25 April 1982 at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA, (five days after D.M.S.R., the day before How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore).


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
25 April 1982 Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA Initial tracking
Recording Personnel

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Free 5:08 1999

I Would Die 4 U single

Studio
Free (Edit) 4:35 1999 promo Edit
Free 1:06 One Nite Alone... Live! Live 29 April 2002, Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA



 
Additional Information

See also Trivia

  • Prince contributed to another song also titled Free in 1998. This is an entirely different track, however, and receives a separate listing here.

References
Freaks On This Side   < < < All Songs Unreleased Songs > > >   Free
(Graham Central Station)