Freedom (Wham! song) 3209033 222871074 2008-07-01T14:51:54Z SmackBot 433328 Date the maintenance tags or general fixes {{Unreferenced|date=July 2008}} {{Single infobox | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs --> | Name = Freedom | Cover = nocover.svg | Artist = [[Wham!]] | from Album = [[Make It Big]] | Released = [[August 13]],[[1984]] | Format = [[12"]], [[7"]] | Recorded = 1984 | Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]] | Length = 5:01<br>5:20 <small>(12" Version)</small> | Label = [[Columbia Records]] | Producer = [[George Michael]] | Chart position = *<nowiki>#</nowiki>1 <small>([[UK Singles Chart]])</small> *<nowiki>#</nowiki>3 <small>(US [[Billboard Hot 100]])</small> | Last single = "[[Careless Whisper]]"<br/>(1984) | This single = "'''Freedom'''"<br/>(1984) | Next single = "[[Last Christmas]]" / "[[Everything She Wants]]"<br/>(1984) {{Extra album cover | Upper caption = Alternate covers | Background = khaki | Cover = WhamFreedom7InchEuropeanSingleCover.jpg | Lower caption = European 7-Inch single cover }} {{Extra tracklisting | Album = [[Twenty Five (album)|Twenty Five]] | Type = compilation | prev_track = "[[Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go]]" | prev_no = 2 | this_track = "Freedom" | track_no = 3 | next_track = "[[Faith (George Michael song)|Faith]]" | next_no = 4 }} }} "'''Freedom'''" was a song by [[United Kingdom|British]] pop duo [[Wham!]] in [[1984]], becoming the group's second UK #1 hit. It was written by [[George Michael]], one half of the duo. == History == Wham! had already enjoyed a successful 1984 by the time ''Freedom'' was issued in the [[autumn]] of the year. ''[[Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go]]'' had given them their first UK #1 and had then reached the top of the [[Billboard Hot 100]] in the [[USA]]. George had then gone to #1 with a solo single, ''[[Careless Whisper]]''. ''Freedom'', a light and uncontroversial song, was #1 in the UK for three weeks and featured on the album ''Make It Big'', which was issued at the same time. Of Wham!'s four UK #1 singles, ''Freedom'' sold the fewest copies. This song also reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. ''Freedom'' was covered in [[1999]] by [[New Zealand]] girl group [[TrueBliss]] on their debut album [[Dream (TrueBliss album)|Dream]]. It was released as the TrueBliss's final single in [[September 1999]]. The song was used in a Japanese commercial for [[Maxell]] [[audio cassettes]], with altered lyrics. ("I can't wait to see you, why don't you come here no more?") == Track listing == === 7": Epic / A 4743 (UK) === # "Freedom" (5:08) # "Freedom [Instrumental]" (5:10) === 12": Epic / TA 4743 (UK) === # "Freedom [Long Mix]" (7:14) # "Freedom [Instrumental]" (5:10) ==Chart performance== {|class="wikitable" !align="left"|Chart (1984) !align="center"|Peak<br>position |- |align="left"|Sweden |align="center"|9 |- |align="left"|Switzerland |align="center"|5 |- |align="left"|Norway |align="center"|1 |- |align="left"|Austria |align="center"|23 |- |align="left"|France |align="center"|16 |- |align="left"|Australia |align="center"|3 |- |align="left"|UK |align="center"|1 |- |align="left"|US |align="center"|3 |- |} {{start box}} {{succession box | before = "[[I Just Called to Say I Love You]]" by [[Stevie Wonder]] | title = [[List of number-one singles (UK)|UK number one single]] | years = [[October 20]] [[1984]] - [[November 3]] [[1984]] | after = "[[I Feel For You]]" by [[Chaka Khan]] }} {{end box}} {{Wham!}} [[Category:Number-one singles in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Wham! songs]] [[Category:1984 songs]] [[Category:1984 singles]] [[Category:Number-one singles in Norway]]