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Freedom! '90

April 10, 2024

For the unrelated earlier song by Wham!, see Freedom (Wham! song).

"Freedom! '90" (also known simply as "Freedom!") is a song written, produced, and performed by English singer-songwriter George Michael, and released by Columbia Records in October 1990. The "'90" added to the end of the title is to prevent confusion with a hit by Michael's former band Wham!, also entitled "Freedom". The song's backing beat is a sample from James Brown's song "Funky Drummer".[3]

"Freedom! '90"
Single by George Michael
from the album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
B-side
  • "Fantasy"
  • "Freedom" (Back to Reality mix)
ReleasedOctober 30, 1990
Genre
Length
  • 6:30 (album/video/single edit)
  • 4:31 (UK radio edit)
  • 5:21 (radio edit)
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)George Michael
Producer(s)George Michael
George Michael singles chronology
"Praying for Time"
(1990) 		"Freedom! '90"
(1990) 		"Waiting for That Day"
(1990)
Music video
"Freedom! '90" on YouTube

It was the third single taken from Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990), though released as the second single from the album in the US and Australia. "Freedom! '90" was one of a few uptempo songs on this album. It was a major hit and peaked at No. 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song refers to Michael's past success with Wham!, yet also shows a new side of himself as a new man, who is more cynical about the music business than he had been before.

Michael refused to appear in the music video for the song, directed by David Fincher, and cast a group of supermodels to appear instead. It went into heavy rotation on MTV and was remastered for the 2017 documentary, George Michael: Freedom.[4] On 30 October 2020 it premiered on YouTube in 4K for its 30th anniversary.[5] Michael performed this song, alongside his 2012 single "White Light", during the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. Rolling Stone placed "Freedom! '90" at number 126 in their list of "500 Best Songs of All Time" in 2021.[6] Billboard ranked it number 39 in their "500 Best Pop Songs of All Time" in 2023.[7]

Personnel edit

  • Vocals, backing vocals, bass, percussion: George Michael
  • Acoustic and electric guitars: Phil Palmer
  • Percussion: Danny Cummings
  • Piano, keyboards: Chris Cameron
  • Backing vocals: Shirley Lewis

Chart performance edit

"Freedom! '90" was 6:30 long, but a shorter version was made available for radio consumption. The radio edit was made by removing the upbeat in several portions of the song and cutting straight to the downbeat. The addition of the year to the title was to distinguish the song from "Freedom", a number one hit in the UK for Wham! in 1984 (number 3 in the US in 1985). It was the second US single from the album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1, and had contrasting fortunes on each side of the Atlantic—it peaked at number 28 on the UK Singles Chart, but was a major success on the US Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 8 and selling over 500,000 copies to earn a Gold certification from the RIAA. It remained in the Billboard top 40 for 12 weeks in late 1990 and early 1991.[8] In Canada, Michael achieved another chart-topper. As of October 2017, the single sold 83,000 copies in UK.[9]

Music video edit

 
David Fincher directed the music video for "Freedom! '90".

By 1990, Michael had become weary of the pressures of fame, telling the Los Angeles Times, "At some point in your career, the situation between yourself and the camera reverses. For a certain number of years, you court it and you need it, but ultimately, it needs you more and it's a bit like a relationship. The minute that happens, it turns you off ... and it does feel like it is taking something from you." Accordingly, he decided not to appear in photo shoots and music videos,[10][11] saying, "I would like to never step in front of a camera again."[11]

Although he later relented and decided to film a video for his new song, he still refused to appear in it. Instead, inspired by Peter Lindbergh's now-iconic portrait of Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Tatjana Patitz, Christy Turlington, and Cindy Crawford for the January 1990 cover of the British edition of Vogue, Michael asked the five models to appear in the video. While models appearing in music videos was then commonplace, they usually played the singer's love interest, as with Christie Brinkley's appearance Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl" video, or Turlington's appearance in Duran Duran's "Notorious" video. For "Freedom! '90", the five models, rather than portraying his on-screen girlfriends, would lip sync the song in Michael's place.[10] The video also included male models John Pearson,[12] Peter Formby, Rafael Edholm,[13] and fashion photographer Mario Sorrenti.[14]

Evangelista took some persuading before agreeing to appear in the video, saying, "He thought it would make us into a big deal, that it would be good for us. I was like, 'Please, we're here. We've already arrived!'" After speaking with Michael, she was convinced, and rearranged her schedule. In a 2015 Vanity Fair article, Evangelista reflected on her decision positively, saying, "Little did I know that to this day, when someone meets me for the first time, they bring up that video. That's what they remember. So yeah, George was right." An initial disagreement over their salaries was resolved when Annie Veltri, who represented Crawford, Evangelista, Campbell, and Patitz at Elite Model Management, clarified that all of her clients would be compensated equally, at $15,000 a day.[10]

The video was directed by David Fincher, who had also directed videos by Madonna, Billy Idol, Aerosmith, and Paula Abdul (who choreographed George Michael's Faith Tour). His team for the multi-day "Freedom! '90" shoot included Camilla Nickerson, who later became a Vogue contributing editor, as the clothes stylist, hair stylist Guido and makeup artist Carol Brown. Cinematographer Mike Southon shot the video in a vast building in the London Borough of Merton that Nickerson says exhibited "a grandeur and a Blade Runner feel". Despite not appearing in the video, Michael was on set.[10]

The 92-sketch storyboard called for each model to film on separate days, except for Evangelista and Turlington, who appear in a scene together. Each model was assigned a verse to lip-synch, while for the song's chorus, Fincher envisioned the three iconic items from Michael's 1987 music video "Faith" that had come to symbolize his public image at the time: his leather jacket, a Wurlitzer jukebox, and guitar, exploding in a ball of flame, except the leather jacket, at each occurrence of the word "freedom" during the chorus. Before the chorus, the leather jacket was simply ignited and burned. Whereas "Faith" had opened with a jukebox phonograph needle touching a vinyl record, "Freedom! '90" opens with a compact disc player's laser beam reading a CD,[10] after Evangelista turns on the CD player. In a 2004 interview with Adam Mattera for Attitude magazine, Michael reflected on the significance of the video's symbolism: "By the end of the Faith tour I was so miserable because I absolutely knew that I was gay... I didn't suddenly want to come out. I wanted to do it with some kind of dignity. So I thought 'okay, you have to start deconstructing this whole image.'"[15]

Nickerson envisioned a "low-key street style" for the wardrobe, which she characterizes as "a sort of undone beauty", contrasting the prevailing "vampy, larger-than-life" direction in which the fashion industry, typified by models doing film work, was moving at the time. The black sweater worn by Evangelista was from Nickerson's own closet, and the studded biker boots worn by Campbell belonged to Nickerson's boyfriend. Most of the wardrobe budget, however, went to the 60-foot-long linen sheet used by Turlington, the nature of which was specified by Fincher. Guido looked to each model's personality to devise hairdos that would accentuate their "true beauty". Evangelista was up until 3:00am the night before the shoot dyeing her hair platinum blonde, which reflected the cool-blue lights of the set, while Campbell's hair was curled and pulled up with a headband for a 1960s "tough chic" in order to highlight her movement for a shot in which she dances solo. Patitz's hair was framed with soft curls and Turlington's was gelled back to exploit her statuesque form as her character crosses the screen trailing the linen sheet. Brown also tried to highlight each model's personality with makeup, saying, "Cindy was the sexy one; Christy was the cool, classic one; and Linda was the chameleon. She could do anything." Following Fincher's instruction that Crawford's makeup look "completely trashed, as if she'd been in a steamy atmosphere," Brown did Crawford's makeup, and then oiled it down by covering her with glycerin. Crawford spent most of her time topless and sitting in an empty bathtub, resting on an apple box so that enough of her would be visible.[10]

The video premiered a few weeks after the shoot, and was heavily aired on MTV. Reflecting on the video in 2015, Crawford stated that, at the time, they thought they were simply making "a really cool video," but that in retrospect, the video exhibits a dark humour: As MTV had altered the music industry so that physical beauty was now necessary to sell music, the video used five beautiful faces instead of the song's vocalist to mock this.[10]

Analysis edit

Alan Jones from Music Week wrote, "Despite its title, the song is not a direct descendant of Wham!'s 1984 chart-topper 'Freedom', owing more to Soul II Soul's 'Back to Life'."[16]

Ethan Hein, adjunct professor of music at New York University said that "Freedom '90 has an exceedingly peculiar structure for a mainstream pop song"[17] in which a basic four-bar instrumental intro is followed by the chorus harmony and an instrumental break, with the first chorus finally appearing almost two minutes in: "an eternity - most pop songs are practically over at that point". Other features include a five-layer drum pattern with a Funky Drummer break, and a C Mixolydian harmony intro and chorus with Afro-Cuban syncopation and hemiola.

Critical reception edit

Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic named the song a "highlight" from Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1.[18] Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "Platinum pop star waxes both cynical and philosophical on this well-worded stab at his early days of fame. Slowly ingratiating, midtempo R&B/hip-hop base could also reaffirm his presence at club level."[19] In an 2008 review, The Daily Vault's Melanie Love stated, "Its catchy chorus and uptempo, jangling instrumentation, coupled with his signature soaring vocals make this confessional a striking example of Michael's newfound independence and proves that his struggle for seriousness could retain the hooks and brilliant tones that make his music so endearing."[20] Adam Sweeting from The Guardian named it one of the "best tracks" of the album, adding, "'Freedom! '90' is a boppy slice of pop which nods in the direction of house and of Happy Mondays' much more scintillating "Step On". Its bright, clanging piano provides the aural focus."[21] Chris Roberts from Melody Maker declared it as "a bleeding-heart apology for his reckless sexy past."[22]

Music & Media magazine remarked that a "stirring Bo Diddley beat, a gospel approach and a great piano riff are the main features of this addictive hit candidate."[23] Victoria Segal from NME noted the "hate-fuelled 'Sympathy for the Devil' roll" of the song.[24] A reviewer from People commented, "On "Freedom 90"—at least this one's set to a radio-ready groove—he rails against the image he has spent the last four years cultivating: "I was every little hungry schoolgirl's pride and joy/And I guess it was enough for me/To win the race? A prettier face!/Brand new clothes and a big fat place/On your rock and roll TV/But today the way I play the game is not the same/No way"."[25]

Impact and legacy edit

Slant Magazine listed "Freedom! '90" at number 30 in their ranking of "The 100 Best Singles of the 1990s" in 2011.[26] Time Out ranked it number two in their list of "The 50 Best Gay Songs to Celebrate Pride All Year Long" in 2022.[27] In 2022, it was named the 16th-best song of the 1990s by Pitchfork.[28] Billboard ranked "Freedom! '90" number 39 in their list of "500 Best Pop Songs of All Time" in October 2023.[7]

Formats and track listings edit

  • 7-inch and cassette single (UK)
  1. "Freedom! '90" – 6:29
  2. "Freedom" (Back to Reality mix) – 5:01
  • CD single (US)
  1. "Freedom! '90" – 6:29
  2. "Fantasy" – 5:01

Charts edit

Certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[57] Platinum 70,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[58] Gold 45,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[59] Platinum 600,000‡
United States (RIAA)[60] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Credits edit

Robbie Williams version edit

"Freedom"
 
Single by Robbie Williams
Released29 July 1996 (1996-07-29)[62]
Length4:20
LabelChrysalis
Songwriter(s)George Michael
Producer(s)Stephen Hague
Robbie Williams singles chronology
"Freedom"
(1996) 		"Old Before I Die"
(1997)
Music video
"Freedom" on YouTube

English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams covered "Freedom" and released it as his debut solo single in July 1996 by Chrysalis, a year after his departure from Take That. In 2010, it appeared on Williams' greatest hits album In and Out of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990–2010.

Critical reception edit

Caroline Sullivan from The Guardian rated Williams' version of the song three out of five.[63] A reviewer from Music Week gave it four out of five, adding, "A pretty good return from Williams. His fans should forgive the, at times, dodgy vocals and send him towards the top of the chart with this George Michael cover."[64]

Music video edit

The accompanying music video shows Williams dancing in the sea and in a field, celebrating his separation from his former group. In a 2010 interview with Magic 105.4, Williams told Neil Fox that the song had not even been recorded by the scheduled date of filming, which required him to mime to Michael's version of the song.[65]

Track listings edit

Charts edit

Certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[89] Silver 200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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For the unrelated earlier song by Wham see Freedom Wham song Freedom 90 also known simply as Freedom is a song written produced and performed by English singer songwriter George Michael and released by Columbia Records in October 1990 The 90 added to the end of the title is to prevent confusion with a hit by Michael s former band Wham also entitled Freedom The song s backing beat is a sample from James Brown s song Funky Drummer 3 Freedom 90 Single by George Michaelfrom the album Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1B side Fantasy Freedom Back to Reality mix ReleasedOctober 30 1990GenrePop 1 house 1 breakbeat 2 Length6 30 album video single edit 4 31 UK radio edit 5 21 radio edit LabelColumbiaSongwriter s George MichaelProducer s George MichaelGeorge Michael singles chronology Praying for Time 1990 Freedom 90 1990 Waiting for That Day 1990 Music video Freedom 90 on YouTubeIt was the third single taken from Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1 1990 though released as the second single from the album in the US and Australia Freedom 90 was one of a few uptempo songs on this album It was a major hit and peaked at No 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100 The song refers to Michael s past success with Wham yet also shows a new side of himself as a new man who is more cynical about the music business than he had been before Michael refused to appear in the music video for the song directed by David Fincher and cast a group of supermodels to appear instead It went into heavy rotation on MTV and was remastered for the 2017 documentary George Michael Freedom 4 On 30 October 2020 it premiered on YouTube in 4K for its 30th anniversary 5 Michael performed this song alongside his 2012 single White Light during the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics Rolling Stone placed Freedom 90 at number 126 in their list of 500 Best Songs of All Time in 2021 6 Billboard ranked it number 39 in their 500 Best Pop Songs of All Time in 2023 7 Contents 1 Personnel 2 Chart performance 3 Music video 4 Analysis 5 Critical reception 6 Impact and legacy 7 Formats and track listings 8 Charts 8 1 Weekly charts 8 2 Year end charts 9 Certifications 10 Credits 11 Robbie Williams version 11 1 Critical reception 11 2 Music video 11 3 Track listings 11 4 Charts 11 4 1 Weekly charts 11 4 2 Year end charts 11 5 Certifications 12 ReferencesPersonnel editVocals backing vocals bass percussion George Michael Acoustic and electric guitars Phil Palmer Percussion Danny Cummings Piano keyboards Chris Cameron Backing vocals Shirley LewisChart performance edit Freedom 90 was 6 30 long but a shorter version was made available for radio consumption The radio edit was made by removing the upbeat in several portions of the song and cutting straight to the downbeat The addition of the year to the title was to distinguish the song from Freedom a number one hit in the UK for Wham in 1984 number 3 in the US in 1985 It was the second US single from the album Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1 and had contrasting fortunes on each side of the Atlantic it peaked at number 28 on the UK Singles Chart but was a major success on the US Billboard Hot 100 reaching number 8 and selling over 500 000 copies to earn a Gold certification from the RIAA It remained in the Billboard top 40 for 12 weeks in late 1990 and early 1991 8 In Canada Michael achieved another chart topper As of October 2017 the single sold 83 000 copies in UK 9 Music video edit nbsp David Fincher directed the music video for Freedom 90 By 1990 Michael had become weary of the pressures of fame telling the Los Angeles Times At some point in your career the situation between yourself and the camera reverses For a certain number of years you court it and you need it but ultimately it needs you more and it s a bit like a relationship The minute that happens it turns you off and it does feel like it is taking something from you Accordingly he decided not to appear in photo shoots and music videos 10 11 saying I would like to never step in front of a camera again 11 Although he later relented and decided to film a video for his new song he still refused to appear in it Instead inspired by Peter Lindbergh s now iconic portrait of Naomi Campbell Linda Evangelista Tatjana Patitz Christy Turlington and Cindy Crawford for the January 1990 cover of the British edition of Vogue Michael asked the five models to appear in the video While models appearing in music videos was then commonplace they usually played the singer s love interest as with Christie Brinkley s appearance Billy Joel s Uptown Girl video or Turlington s appearance in Duran Duran s Notorious video For Freedom 90 the five models rather than portraying his on screen girlfriends would lip sync the song in Michael s place 10 The video also included male models John Pearson 12 Peter Formby Rafael Edholm 13 and fashion photographer Mario Sorrenti 14 Evangelista took some persuading before agreeing to appear in the video saying He thought it would make us into a big deal that it would be good for us I was like Please we re here We ve already arrived After speaking with Michael she was convinced and rearranged her schedule In a 2015 Vanity Fair article Evangelista reflected on her decision positively saying Little did I know that to this day when someone meets me for the first time they bring up that video That s what they remember So yeah George was right An initial disagreement over their salaries was resolved when Annie Veltri who represented Crawford Evangelista Campbell and Patitz at Elite Model Management clarified that all of her clients would be compensated equally at 15 000 a day 10 The video was directed by David Fincher who had also directed videos by Madonna Billy Idol Aerosmith and Paula Abdul who choreographed George Michael s Faith Tour His team for the multi day Freedom 90 shoot included Camilla Nickerson who later became a Vogue contributing editor as the clothes stylist hair stylist Guido and makeup artist Carol Brown Cinematographer Mike Southon shot the video in a vast building in the London Borough of Merton that Nickerson says exhibited a grandeur and a Blade Runner feel Despite not appearing in the video Michael was on set 10 The 92 sketch storyboard called for each model to film on separate days except for Evangelista and Turlington who appear in a scene together Each model was assigned a verse to lip synch while for the song s chorus Fincher envisioned the three iconic items from Michael s 1987 music video Faith that had come to symbolize his public image at the time his leather jacket a Wurlitzer jukebox and guitar exploding in a ball of flame except the leather jacket at each occurrence of the word freedom during the chorus Before the chorus the leather jacket was simply ignited and burned Whereas Faith had opened with a jukebox phonograph needle touching a vinyl record Freedom 90 opens with a compact disc player s laser beam reading a CD 10 after Evangelista turns on the CD player In a 2004 interview with Adam Mattera for Attitude magazine Michael reflected on the significance of the video s symbolism By the end of the Faith tour I was so miserable because I absolutely knew that I was gay I didn t suddenly want to come out I wanted to do it with some kind of dignity So I thought okay you have to start deconstructing this whole image 15 Nickerson envisioned a low key street style for the wardrobe which she characterizes as a sort of undone beauty contrasting the prevailing vampy larger than life direction in which the fashion industry typified by models doing film work was moving at the time The black sweater worn by Evangelista was from Nickerson s own closet and the studded biker boots worn by Campbell belonged to Nickerson s boyfriend Most of the wardrobe budget however went to the 60 foot long linen sheet used by Turlington the nature of which was specified by Fincher Guido looked to each model s personality to devise hairdos that would accentuate their true beauty Evangelista was up until 3 00am the night before the shoot dyeing her hair platinum blonde which reflected the cool blue lights of the set while Campbell s hair was curled and pulled up with a headband for a 1960s tough chic in order to highlight her movement for a shot in which she dances solo Patitz s hair was framed with soft curls and Turlington s was gelled back to exploit her statuesque form as her character crosses the screen trailing the linen sheet Brown also tried to highlight each model s personality with makeup saying Cindy was the sexy one Christy was the cool classic one and Linda was the chameleon She could do anything Following Fincher s instruction that Crawford s makeup look completely trashed as if she d been in a steamy atmosphere Brown did Crawford s makeup and then oiled it down by covering her with glycerin Crawford spent most of her time topless and sitting in an empty bathtub resting on an apple box so that enough of her would be visible 10 The video premiered a few weeks after the shoot and was heavily aired on MTV Reflecting on the video in 2015 Crawford stated that at the time they thought they were simply making a really cool video but that in retrospect the video exhibits a dark humour As MTV had altered the music industry so that physical beauty was now necessary to sell music the video used five beautiful faces instead of the song s vocalist to mock this 10 Analysis editAlan Jones from Music Week wrote Despite its title the song is not a direct descendant of Wham s 1984 chart topper Freedom owing more to Soul II Soul s Back to Life 16 Ethan Hein adjunct professor of music at New York University said that Freedom 90 has an exceedingly peculiar structure for a mainstream pop song 17 in which a basic four bar instrumental intro is followed by the chorus harmony and an instrumental break with the first chorus finally appearing almost two minutes in an eternity most pop songs are practically over at that point Other features include a five layer drum pattern with a Funky Drummer break and a C Mixolydian harmony intro and chorus with Afro Cuban syncopation and hemiola Critical reception editStephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic named the song a highlight from Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1 18 Larry Flick from Billboard wrote Platinum pop star waxes both cynical and philosophical on this well worded stab at his early days of fame Slowly ingratiating midtempo R amp B hip hop base could also reaffirm his presence at club level 19 In an 2008 review The Daily Vault s Melanie Love stated Its catchy chorus and uptempo jangling instrumentation coupled with his signature soaring vocals make this confessional a striking example of Michael s newfound independence and proves that his struggle for seriousness could retain the hooks and brilliant tones that make his music so endearing 20 Adam Sweeting from The Guardian named it one of the best tracks of the album adding Freedom 90 is a boppy slice of pop which nods in the direction of house and of Happy Mondays much more scintillating Step On Its bright clanging piano provides the aural focus 21 Chris Roberts from Melody Maker declared it as a bleeding heart apology for his reckless sexy past 22 Music amp Media magazine remarked that a stirring Bo Diddley beat a gospel approach and a great piano riff are the main features of this addictive hit candidate 23 Victoria Segal from NME noted the hate fuelled Sympathy for the Devil roll of the song 24 A reviewer from People commented On Freedom 90 at least this one s set to a radio ready groove he rails against the image he has spent the last four years cultivating I was every little hungry schoolgirl s pride and joy And I guess it was enough for me To win the race A prettier face Brand new clothes and a big fat place On your rock and roll TV But today the way I play the game is not the same No way 25 Impact and legacy editSlant Magazine listed Freedom 90 at number 30 in their ranking of The 100 Best Singles of the 1990s in 2011 26 Time Out ranked it number two in their list of The 50 Best Gay Songs to Celebrate Pride All Year Long in 2022 27 In 2022 it was named the 16th best song of the 1990s by Pitchfork 28 Billboard ranked Freedom 90 number 39 in their list of 500 Best Pop Songs of All Time in October 2023 7 Formats and track listings edit7 inch and cassette single UK Freedom 90 6 29 Freedom Back to Reality mix 5 01CD single US Freedom 90 6 29 Fantasy 5 01Charts editWeekly charts edit Chart 1990 2016 PeakpositionAustralia ARIA 29 18Austria O3 Austria Top 40 30 25Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 31 26Canada Top Singles RPM 32 1Canada Adult Contemporary RPM 33 15Europe Eurochart Hot 100 34 39Finland Suomen virallinen lista 35 22France SNEP 36 23Germany Official German Charts 37 41Greece IFPI 38 10Hungary Single Top 40 39 34Ireland IRMA 40 17Netherlands Dutch Top 40 41 8Netherlands Single Top 100 42 15New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 43 13Portugal AFP 38 9Sweden Sverigetopplistan 44 20UK Singles OCC 45 28US Billboard Hot 100 46 8US Adult Contemporary Billboard 47 27US Dance Club Songs Billboard 48 16US Dance Singles Sales Billboard 49 18Zimbabwe ZIMA 50 1 Year end charts edit Chart 1990 PositionCanada Top Singles RPM 51 96Netherlands Single Top 100 52 95Chart 1991 PositionAustralia ARIA 53 59Canada Top Singles RPM 54 53Europe European Hit Radio 55 33US Billboard Hot 100 56 95Certifications editRegion Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 57 Platinum 70 000 Denmark IFPI Danmark 58 Gold 45 000 United Kingdom BPI 59 Platinum 600 000 United States RIAA 60 Gold 500 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Credits editGeorge Michael composer guitar primary artist vocalist 61 Robbie Williams version edit Freedom nbsp Single by Robbie WilliamsReleased29 July 1996 1996 07 29 62 Length4 20LabelChrysalisSongwriter s George MichaelProducer s Stephen HagueRobbie Williams singles chronology Freedom 1996 Old Before I Die 1997 Music video Freedom on YouTubeEnglish singer songwriter Robbie Williams covered Freedom and released it as his debut solo single in July 1996 by Chrysalis a year after his departure from Take That In 2010 it appeared on Williams greatest hits album In and Out of Consciousness Greatest Hits 1990 2010 Critical reception edit Caroline Sullivan from The Guardian rated Williams version of the song three out of five 63 A reviewer from Music Week gave it four out of five adding A pretty good return from Williams His fans should forgive the at times dodgy vocals and send him towards the top of the chart with this George Michael cover 64 Music video edit The accompanying music video shows Williams dancing in the sea and in a field celebrating his separation from his former group In a 2010 interview with Magic 105 4 Williams told Neil Fox that the song had not even been recorded by the scheduled date of filming which required him to mime to Michael s version of the song 65 Track listings edit UK CD1 66 Freedom Freedom Arthur Baker mix Freedom instrumental Interview part one UK CD2 67 Freedom radio edit Freedom The Next Big Genn mix Freedom Arthur Baker s Shake and Bake mix Interview part two UK cassette single 68 Freedom full length version Freedom The Next Big Genn mix Freedom Arthur Baker s Shake and Bake mix European CD single 69 Freedom radio edit Freedom The Next Big Genn mix Charts edit Weekly charts edit Chart 1996 PeakpositionAustralia ARIA 70 6Austria O3 Austria Top 40 71 19Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 72 16Belgium Ultratop 50 Wallonia 73 16Denmark IFPI 74 9Europe Eurochart Hot 100 75 5Finland Suomen virallinen lista 76 7Germany Official German Charts 77 10Iceland Islenski Listinn Topp 40 78 18Ireland IRMA 79 6Netherlands Dutch Top 40 80 10Netherlands Single Top 100 81 12New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 82 39Scotland OCC 83 1Spain AFYVE 84 1Sweden Sverigetopplistan 85 24Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 86 8UK Singles OCC 87 2 Year end charts edit Chart 1996 PositionUK Singles OCC 88 46 Certifications edit Region Certification Certified units salesUnited Kingdom BPI 89 Silver 200 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone References edit a b Breihan Tom 13 October 2021 The Number Ones George Michael s Praying For Time Stereogum Retrieved 9 December 2023 Freedom 90 is a glorious pop anthem equal parts house and gospel and Madchester shuffle Breihan Tom 27 October 2021 The Number Ones Stevie B s Because I Love You The Postman Song Stereogum Retrieved 15 December 2023 George Michael s euphoric Freedom 90 a gospel infused and breakbeat driven dissection of the man s own career Cowie Del 21 February 2017 Why Clyde Stubblefield s Funky Drummer is the most important drum solo ever Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Archived from the original on 22 February 2017 Retrieved 14 June 2021 George Michael Freedom The Film georgemichael 17 October 2017 Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 Retrieved 2 November 2020 via YouTube George Michael Freedom 90 Official 4K 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1414 RPM Library and Archives Canada Retrieved 23 April 2020 Eurochart Hot 100 Singles PDF Music amp Media Vol 8 no 2 12 January 1991 p 31 Retrieved 23 April 2020 Nyman Jake 2005 Suomi soi 4 Suuri suomalainen listakirja in Finnish 1st ed Helsinki Tammi ISBN 951 31 2503 3 George Michael Freedom 90 in French Les classement single Retrieved 24 February 2018 George Michael Freedom 90 in German GfK Entertainment charts Retrieved 24 February 2018 a b Top 10 in Europe PDF Music amp Media Vol 8 no 2 12 January 1991 p 29 Retrieved 23 April 2020 Archivum Slagerlistak MAHASZ in Hungarian Single track Top 40 lista Magyar Hanglemezkiadok Szovetsege Retrieved 30 October 2020 The Irish Charts Search Results Freedom 90 Irish Singles Chart Retrieved 11 May 2018 Nederlandse Top 40 week 46 1990 in Dutch Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 11 May 2018 George Michael Freedom 90 in Dutch Single Top 100 Retrieved 24 February 2018 George Michael Freedom 90 Top 40 Singles Retrieved 24 February 2018 George Michael Freedom 90 Singles Top 100 Retrieved 24 February 2018 Official Singles Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved 4 January 2019 George Michael Chart History Hot 100 Billboard Retrieved 24 February 2018 George Michael Chart History Adult Contemporary Billboard Retrieved 24 February 2018 George Michael Chart History Dance Club Songs Billboard Retrieved 24 February 2018 George Michael Chart History Dance Singles Sales Billboard Retrieved 13 February 2024 Kimberley Christopher Zimbabwe Singles Chart Book 1965 1996 Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1990 RPM Library and Archives Canada Retrieved 11 May 2018 Jaaroverzichten Single 1990 dutchcharts nl Retrieved 14 December 2020 Ryan Gavin 2011 Australia s Music Charts 1988 2010 pdf ed Mt Martha VIC Australia Moonlight Publishing p 187 RPM Hit Tracks of 1991 RPM Library and Archives Canada Retrieved 11 May 2018 EHR Year End Top 100 PDF Music amp Media Vol 8 no 51 52 21 December 1991 p 20 Retrieved 22 February 2024 Billboard Top 100 1991 Archived from the original on 7 July 2009 Retrieved 15 September 2009 ARIA Charts Accreditations 2017 Singles PDF Australian Recording Industry Association Retrieved 4 January 2019 Danish single certifications George Michael Freedom IFPI Danmark Retrieved 8 September 2023 British single certifications George Michael Freedom British Phonographic Industry Retrieved 28 July 2023 American single certifications George Michael Freedom Recording Industry Association of America Retrieved 4 January 2019 Freedom 90 Credits AllMusic Archived from the original on 28 November 2022 Retrieved 28 November 2022 New Releases Singles Music Week 27 July 1996 p 43 Sullivan Caroline 26 July 1996 Music This week s pop CD releases The Guardian Reviews Singles PDF Music Week 20 July 1996 p 42 Retrieved 1 September 2021 Robbie Williams admits miming on debut single video The Independent 17 September 2010 Archived from the original on 20 September 2010 Retrieved 5 July 2020 Freedom UK CD1 liner notes Robbie Williams Chrysalis 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