"Free the World" is a single by American singer
La Toya Jackson. Jackson spent six years in seclusion after divorcing her abusive late ex-husband and manager,
Jack Gordon, in 1997. After her years in exile, the
September 11th attacks inspired Jackson to write "Free the World". She recorded and performed it for friends, who immediately fell in love with it. This led to the revival of Jackson's 25-year-old music career.
This song led Jackson to begin work on her ''
Startin' Over'' album, which included "
Just Wanna Dance
"Just Wanna Dance" is a single by American singer La Toya Jackson. It is taken from her EP ''Startin' Over'' released in 2011.
Song information
After six years in seclusion after escaping an abusive relationship with late former husband and manag ...
" as the lead single. "Free the World" was released as a follow-up and charted in March 2005. The single peaked at #24 on the ''Billboard''
Hot Dance Club Play charts.
The song is an appeal to free the world from
segregation,
discrimination
Discrimination is the act of making unjustified distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong. People may be discriminated on the basis of race, gender, age, relig ...
and years of
war.
VH1
VH1 (originally an initialism of Video Hits One) is an American basic cable television network based in New York City and owned by Paramount Global. It was created by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Commun ...
described the ballad as the "most appropriate song for the world."
About.com dubbed Jason Randolph's remix a "trippily hypnotic treat" with a "churning rhythm track and mesmerizing synth."
Chart
Track listings
;US promotional CD
* Extended House Mix
* Radio Remix
* Dub Mix
* Album Version
* Original Album Remix
;US 12" vinyl
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*"Free The World" (Radio Remix)
*"Free The World" (Dub)
*"Free The World" (Extended House Mix)
References
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2005 singles
La Toya Jackson songs
Pop ballads
2001 songs
Songs written by La Toya Jackson
Music about the September 11 attacks