"The Free Electric Band" is a song written by

Albert Hammond Albert Louis Hammond OBE (born 18 May 1944) is a British-Gibraltarian singer, songwriter, and record producer. A prolific songwriter, he also collaborated with other songwriters such as Mike Hazlewood, John Bettis, Diane Warren, Holly Knight ...

and

Mike Hazlewood Michael Edward Hazlewood (24 December 1941 – 6 May 2001)Mike Hazelwood – Credits ...

and performed by Hammond. The song reached #19 on the

UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...

, #11 in South Africa and #48 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1973. The song appeared on his 1973 album, ''

The Free Electric Band "The Free Electric Band" is a song written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood and performed by Hammond. The song reached #19 on the UK Singles Chart, #11 in South Africa and #48 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1973. The song appeared ...

'' and was produced by Hammond and arranged by Michael Omartian.

Charts

Other recordings

Lalla Hansson recorded the song in Swedish, as "Han gav upp alltihop (för att spela med sitt band)".

References

1973 singles Songs written by Albert Hammond Songs written by Mike Hazlewood Albert Hammond songs Lalla Hansson songs 1973 songs Fictional musical groups {{1970s-single-stub