"Freedom" is a song by the British

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. It was the first single released from Erasure's ninth studio album, '' Loveboat''. The song was written by

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and Andy Bell. "Freedom", as well as the entire ''Loveboat'' album, was produced by

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, and this is the first Flood-produced Erasure single since " The Circus" in 1987.

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released "Freedom" in the United Kingdom. It was not released in the United States due to problems with Erasure's then-record company

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(the ''Loveboat'' album did not have a US release until 2003). The song peaked at number 27 on the

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. In Germany, it appeared in the chart for one week at number eighty in Germany. In Sweden, it charted for one week, peaking at number 51. The song started life as a track called "Real Love". Although, the lyrics are in a quite early stage, there are a lot of resemblances to the final version.

Track listings

12" single 1 (12MUTE244) # "Freedom" (Quake Vocal Remake) # "Freedom" (Untidy Dub) 12" single 2 (L12MUTE244) # "Freedom" (MARK's Guitar Vocal) # "Freedom" (MARK's Jail Term Dub) CD single 1 (CDMUTE244) # "Freedom" # "Better" # "Freedom" (Acoustic Version) CD single 2 (LCDMUTE244) # "Freedom" ( Motiv8 Radio Mix) # "Freedom"
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Freedom of Flight Remix) # "Freedom" (

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's Guitar Vocal) AUSTRALIAN CD maxi-single (MUSH019862) # "Freedom" ( Motiv8 Radio Mix) # "Freedom" (Original Radio Edit) # "Freedom" (

's Guitar Vocal) # "Freedom" ( Motiv8 Vocal Liberation Mix) # "Freedom" (Untidy Dub)

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Freedom (Erasure Song) 2000 singles Erasure songs Songs written by Vince Clarke Songs written by Andy Bell (singer) Song recordings produced by Flood (producer) Mute Records singles 2000 songs