Songs about being free

Francis Scott Key, who wrote the words to the Star Spangled Banner was a slaveowner. So much for "the land of the free".

 

rascals- people got to be free

 

Tell it to Jimi ! Who needs lyrics?

 

Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak

 

The Monkees, I Wanna Be Free.

 

Alex Chilton - Free Again (1970)
Along with September Gurls, one of his best ever songs. Totally autobiographical about his split with the BoxTops and his disdain for the music business. This song could have been a massive pop/country crossover hit but supposedly AC didn't want to license or sell the master to a greedy exploitative record company, preferring to be an album artist. The song sat in the can for over 10 years before anyone ever heard it

 

The Outlaws - Green Grass & High Tides



In a place you only dream of
Where your soul is always free

 

"Free" by Broods (2016)

 

Set Me Free (Chris Rea)

 

Follow The Drinking Gourd

the old man is calling us to freedom, follow the drinking gourd.

It is a tradition African America about The Underground Railroad.

 

Spirit - Why Can't I Be Free

 

Front 242-Animal (Guide), 1993

 

Not one of my favourite of their tracks (yes, it's them again!) but it too fits the thread, and it's not even a Justin Hayward composition but a Mike Pinder -

Moody Blues, When You're a Free Man:

 

Needs to be sung here:

 

Riding Free..... Mark Almond

 

The Kinks: Apeman


Moby Grape: Naked If I Want To




That whole Paul Kantner Starship original album with all the guests.


sorry if they been mentioned already.

jb

 

Steven Curtis Chapman's Free.

 

Pink Floyd, 'A Great Day For Freedom'

and

Pink Floyd, feat. Andriy Khlyvnyuk, 'Hey Hey Rise Up'

 

Free by Concrete Blonde

 

J. Mascis & the Fog- "Freedom"