"Free to Decide" is a song by Irish

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, released the second single from their third studio album, ''

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'' (1996), on 1 July 1996. The song achieved minor chart success in Europe but became a top-10 hit in Canada, peaking at number two on the ''

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'' 100 Hit Tracks chart. In the United States, it peaked at number 22 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number eight on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. In 2017, the song was released as an acoustic version on the band's '' Something Else'' album.

Composition

The song is written in the key of

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with a tempo of 118 beats per minute.

Music video

The music video was directed by Marty Callner and was shot in a desert. Dolores O'Riordan escapes from the press and drives in her jeep as her band performs with yellow walls behind them. Dolores appears in a white outfit singing the song in a birdcage and dancing by a giant picture frame. At the end of the video, the last 30 seconds plays the interlude where the whole video reverses back to the beginning.

Track listings

UK CD1 # "Free to Decide" # "Cordell" # "The Picture I View" UK CD2 # "Free to Decide" # "

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" (live at Milton Keynes Bowl) # "Bosnia" UK cassette single # "Free to Decide" # "Cordell" European CD single # "Free to Decide" – 4:25 # "Salvation" (live at Milton Keynes Bowl) – 2:22 European maxi-CD single # "Free to Decide" # "Salvation" (live at Milton Keynes Bowl) # "Sunday" (live at The Point, Dublin) # "Dreaming My Dreams" (live at The Point, Dublin) Australian CD single # "Free to Decide" # "The Picture I View" # "Salvation" (live at Milton Keynes Bowl) # "

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" (live at The Point, Dublin) US, Canadian, and Japanese maxi-CD single # " When You're Gone" (edit) – 4:29 # "Free to Decide" (album version) – 4:24 # "Free to Decide" (live at Pine Knob, Clarkston, Michigan, 18 August 1996) – 3:11 # "Cordell" – 3:40 # "Zombie" (from ''

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'') – 4:54 # "Zombie" (A Camel's Hump remix) – 7:53 # Screensaver US CD, 7-inch, and cassette single # "When You're Gone" – 4:55 # "Free to Decide" – 4:24

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{Authority control 1996 singles 1996 songs The Cranberries songs Island Records singles Music videos directed by Marty Callner Song recordings produced by Bruce Fairbairn Songs written by Dolores O'Riordan