"Free Me" is a song by English singer-songwriter

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. It was written by Stone, Jonathan Shorten, Eric Baker, and

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for her fourth studio album, ''

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'' (2009). The song embodies portions of "Do the Dirt" by The Meters. Due to the inclusion of the sample, Leo Nocentelli is also credited as a songwriter. "Free Me" was released as the album's first and only single on 8 November 2009.

Background

Stone wrote the song as a protest song against her label,

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. In the song, Stone sings that she cannot be told what to do. In the outro, she even sings "Free me, free me, EMI". It was reported that Stone wanted to leave EMI, but EMI didn't want to end the four-album contract Stone signed in 2006. Before ''Colour Me Free'', she had only released one out of the four albums that were in her contract. EMI/Virgin retained the rights to her previously released songs and released the compilation album ''

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'' which included the song "Free Me". In 2010, the song was featured in the trailer for the film, ''

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''.

Track listing

Sample credits * "Free Me" embodies portions of "Do the Dirt" by The Meters.

Charts

References

2009 singles Joss Stone songs Songs written by Joss Stone 2009 songs Virgin Records singles Songs written by Conner Reeves Songs written by Jonathan Shorten {{2000s-UK-single-stub