"Get Free" is a song by the Australian

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band the Vines from their debut album ''

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''. The song was released in mid

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, and remains the Vines' highest-charting single (#7 Billboard

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, #24 UK Singles Chart).

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Track listing

Composition

"Get Free" features Nicholls strumming the 5th and 3rd frets for the main riff. The song opens with the resounding riff, a drum-build up and then the song breaks in. However, the song does not follow a verse-chorus-verse structure, going from verse-chorus-solo-verse-bridge-middle-verse-chorus.

Music videos

There were two promotional videos shot for "Get Free". The more commonly known

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, directed by

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, shows the band standing, surrounded by huge spotlights, on a hill with a

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brewing above. As the video develops, lightning bolts begin to strike the ground with increasing intensity. Eventually, during the final chorus, lightning strikes the drummer

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's cymbal, bassist

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and then Nicholls sending Matthews and Nicholls flying in different directions while the drummer sits behind his set.

Charts

References

ARIA Award-winning songs The Vines (band) songs 2002 singles Songs written by Craig Nicholls 2002 songs EMI Records singles Capitol Records singles Music videos directed by Roman Coppola {{2000s-rock-song-stub