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, released as the fourth single from their debut album, ''

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'' in the scene where the character Wild Mike dances.

Critical reception

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s ''RM'' Dance Update commented, "Someone had to give the can-can a stompin' Euro-novelty workout. At least Rednex have done it in style with interesting production and remixes that include the slower Nightcrawlers/ Robin-S sounding ones from Rhythm on the Loose." Another editor, James Hamilton described it as a "fiddles scraped and 'French Can Can' whistled corny

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-ish pop chanter". Chuck Campbell from ''

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'' wrote that "Rednex pull their oddest move with "Wild and Free", a hyper can-can/

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/neo-Village People free-for-all."

Music video

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for "Wild 'N Free" was directed by Van Der Berg.

Track listings

# "Wild 'N Free" (Original Mix) – 3:39 # "Wild 'N Free" (Remix Edit) – 3:52 # "Wild 'N Free" (Original Extended) – 4:54 # "Wild 'N Free" (Remix Extended) – 4:46

Charts

References

1994 songs 1995 singles English-language Swedish songs Rednex songs Songs written by Anders Hansson (songwriter) Songs written by Pat Reiniz {{1990s-single-stub