"You Make Me Feel So Free" is a song written by Irish singer-songwriter
Van Morrison and recorded on his 1979 album, ''
Into the Music
''Into the Music'' is the 11th studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, and was released in August 1979. It includes "Bright Side of the Road", which peaked at number 63 on the UK Singles Chart, and other songs in which Mor ...
''.
Biographer Johnny Rogan writes about the song "It seems that the surer the singer is of his message, the clearer is his enunciation, and that he is more prone to chew on his words when he is less confident in the song itself. This seems true of "You Make Me Feel So Free", though the message of the title seems clear enough. There are musical compensations in David Hayes' bubbling bass and Pee Wee Ellis' saxophone solo."
[Rogan, No Surrender, p. 150]
Appearance on other albums
*A live version was included on his 1994 album, ''
A Night in San Francisco
''A Night in San Francisco'' is a live album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1994. Guest artists were Candy Dulfer, John Lee Hooker, Junior Wells and Jimmy Witherspoon as well as Morrison's daughter, Shana Morrison. ...
''.
Personnel on original release
*Van Morrison: vocals
*Herbie Armstrong: guitar
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Pee Wee Ellis:
tenor saxophone
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David Hayes: bass guitar
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Mark Isham: trumpet
*Mark Jordan: piano
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Katie Kissoon: backing vocals
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Peter Van Hooke: drums
Covers
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Sinéad O'Connor
Shuhada Sadaqat (born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor on 8 December 1966; ) is an Irish singer-songwriter. Her debut album, ''The Lion and the Cobra'', was released in 1987 and charted internationally. Her second album, ''I Do Not Want What ...
performed the song on the Van Morrison tribute album ''
No Prima Donna: The Songs of Van Morrison''.
Notes
References
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Rogan, Johnny (2006). ''
Van Morrison: No Surrender'', London: Vintage Books
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