"Freelove" is a song by English electronic group
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex, in 1980. The band currently consists of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and co-songwriting) and Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, co-lead vocals and main songwriting).
Depeche ...
. It was released on 5 November 2001 as the third single from their album ''
Exciter''.
The B-side is an instrumental called "Zenstation".
There is also a DVD release of "Freelove", a first for Depeche Mode. It contained video footage of "Freelove" from the
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
concert in 2001, as well as audio of some of the other songs. It also contained four bonus 30-second videos of the band. The videos were directed by
Anton Corbijn.
Music video
The music video for "Freelove" was directed by
John Hillcoat
John Hillcoat (born 1960) is an Australian-Canadian film director, screenwriter, and music video director.
Early life
Hillcoat was born in Queensland, Australia, and was raised in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. As a child, his paintings were featur ...
and filmed in
,
Louisiana
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in July 2001 while the group was on tour in the
United States
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.
The video features Depeche Mode performing on a parade float riding through a poor neighborhood. The impoverished residents follow the float and climb on it to dance. The video ends with the float and everybody disappearing, except for two people kissing. It has never been made available on a public release until the ''
Video Singles Collection
''Video Singles Collection'' is a 2016 three-DVD music video compilation by Depeche Mode, containing all the videos released for singles by the band between 1981 and 2013.
Video Singles Collection is the first official Depeche Mode archival ti ...
'' (2016).
Track listings
* All songs written by
Martin Gore
Martin Lee Gore (born 23 July 1961) is an English songwriter, musician, singer, record producer and DJ. He is one of the founding members of the electronic rock band Depeche Mode and is the band's main songwriter. He is the band's guitarist a ...
.
Charts
See also
*
List of number-one dance singles of 2002 (U.S.)
These are the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance/Disco Club Play and Maxi-Singles Sales number-one hits of 2002.
See also
*2002 in music
*List of number-one dance hits (United States)
* List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart
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References
External links
Single information from the official Depeche Mode web siteAllmusic review
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2001 singles
Depeche Mode songs
Songs written by Martin Gore
Music videos directed by Anton Corbijn
Mute Records singles
2000 songs