"Freedom" is a 1987 single by

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, taken from his tenth solo studio album, ''

Raise Your Fist and Yell ''Raise Your Fist and Yell'' is the tenth solo studio album by American rock musician Alice Cooper, released on September 5, 1987, by MCA Records. It features the track “Prince of Darkness”, which is featured very briefly in the John Carpen ...

''. It was written by Alice Cooper and

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. The song was the only single released from ''Raise Your Fist and Yell''. It did not chart in the US when released in late 1987; however, it reached #50 on the UK charts in early 1988. The single's B-side in both countries was the album track "Time to Kill". It was Cooper's last single to be released by

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until 1992 when

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(bought by MCA in 1990) released the Guns N' Roses song " The Garden" from ''

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'' as a single, Cooper being a guest on that track.

Music video

A music video was produced to promote the single.

Personnel

- vocals *

- guitar * Kip Winger III - bass *

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- keyboards * Ken K. Mary - drums

Chart positions

References

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