"Freedom" is a song by the American singer-songwriter

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featuring the American rapper

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. It is the tenth track on her sixth studio album, ''

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'' (2016), released through Parkwood Entertainment and

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. The song's music video is part of Beyoncé's 2016 film ''

'', aired on

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alongside the album's release. In the years since, the song has become an anthem for various social and political movements, most notably

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' 2024 presidential campaign. Beyoncé performed the song live as part of the set list of

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(2016), and at the 2016 BET Awards with Lamar. It received a nomination for

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at the

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. The song contains samples of "Let Me Try" (1969) by Kaleidoscope, as well as "Collection Speech/Unidentified Lining Hymn" (1959) and "Stewball" (1947), performed by Prisoner "22" at Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman.

Background

On February 7, 2016, Beyoncé performed at the

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with

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and

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. She entered debuting a new single, " Formation", which would later be recontextualized as the lead single for ''

'' (2016). Immediately after the performance, a commercial announcing

aired with the then-unknown instrumental of "Freedom."

Video and release

"Freedom" was released within ''

'' on April 23, 2016. The album's film of the same name simultaneously aired on

. The film includes the music video for "Freedom", which has exclusively streamed on Tidal ever since. On the three-year anniversary of ''Lemonade'', the album became available on all music streaming services. However, the film, and by extension "Freedom" music video, are still exclusively on Tidal.

Composition

"Freedom" contains three musical samples: "Let Me Try", written by Frank Tirado, performed by Kaleidoscope; "Collection Speech/Unidentified Lining Hymn" (1959) and recorded by

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, performed by Reverend R.C. Crenshaw; and "Stewball" (1947), recorded by

and John Lomax, Sr., performed by Prisoner "22" at Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. The spoken voice audio at the end of the song which starts with, "I had my ups and down..." is from Hattie White,

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's grandmother, at her 90th birthday party. A clip from the gathering of her speaking is included in the video "All Night" which is part of the ''Lemonade'' visual album.

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, who collaborated with Beyoncé on " Runnin' (Lose It All)" by musician

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in 2015, served as the song's

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and Canei Finch played the

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and additional

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in "Freedom". "Freedom" was mixed and recorded by Stuart White at Pacifique Recording Studios and The Beehive respectively. Its

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was finished by Ramon Rivas with the assistance of John Cranfield.

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and Myles William were responsible for the programming while Dave Kutch mastered the song at The Mastering Palace NYC in North Hollywood, California.

Reception

Critical

"Freedom" was met with critical acclaim. ''

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'' named it the best song of 2016. It was voted as the 36th best single of 2016 in ''

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s annual

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poll. ''

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'' named the song "Best New Track" on release, with editor Britt Jullious commenting "After [earlier songs on ''

''] of paranoia, anger, and revenge, we finally get a song that speaks truth to Beyoncé’s deep well of feelings. Bathed in psychedelic, synthetic organs and a propulsive drum beat, the track cuts straight, providing an alternative narrative of personal redemption. It is also the explanatory work on he album"

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for ''

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'' wrote that the track "roars like thunder, and threatens to topple governments in its wake". Brittany Spanos and Sarah Grant of ''

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'' called the song "one of the most striking political statements of eyoncé'scareer".

Impact

The song became an anthem for the 2020

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and had a subsequent 625% rise in streamings, with the track being sung at protests including by actress and singer

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. In 2024, Beyoncé gave

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permission to use "Freedom" as the official song for her 2024 presidential campaign. The song then had a 1,300% rise in U.S. on-demand streams in the following two days. On July 25, 2024, Harris launched a digital ad in support of her candidacy featuring the song. In addition, Beyoncé would campaign for her in

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, in October. On August 20, 2024, Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung posted a 13-second video onto X (formerly known as Twitter) of Trump's arrival for a rally in

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, using an excerpt from "Freedom". The following day, Beyoncé's record label and music publisher sent a cease-and-desist to Trump for using the song without permission.

Commercial performance

On its release in ''

'', "Freedom" debuted on the US ''

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chart at number 35 along with every other track from the album on May 2, 2016. It also entered on the

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chart at number 21. In Canada, the song debuted and peaked at a position of 60 on the

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. On the UK Singles Chart, "Freedom" debuted at the position of 40 for the chart issue dated May 5, 2016. The following week, it descended five positions and exited. It set a peak position of 15 on the UK R&B Singles on May 12, 2016. In Australia, "Freedom" peaked at 62 and six on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and Australian Urban Chart respectively. In France, "Freedom" debuted at its peak position of 53 on April 30, 2016, spending a total of three weeks on the singles chart. It ranked higher in Spain, where it climbed at number 37 on the country's chart. On the Belgian Ultratop Singles Chart in the Flanders region, "Freedom" attained a peak position of 27 in its second week of charting on May 14, 2016, where it spent a total of eight weeks.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Live performances

2016

Formation World Tour

"Freedom" was part of the set list of

, with the first performance taking place in Miami at the

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on April 27, 2016. The song was performed during the concert's closing act, in a large pool of water on the tour's secondary

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. Beyoncé and her dancers performed a choreographed dance, splashing in the water. On the July 7, 2016 show in

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, Beyoncé held a

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for Black people in America who had been killed by

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. Behind her, the 'monolith' screen displayed names of the hundreds of people who had been killed by police, including

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and

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, who were killed in the previous two days. She then sang an

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version of "Freedom". ''Pitchfork'''s Liz Tracy noted that though the choreography's tone was "serious and powerful given the song's strong Civil Rights message", the way the dancers "splashed as they marched and stomped was also playful—and just incredible to watch, visually".

BET Awards

Beyoncé performed "Freedom" with

as the opening number at the 2016 BET Awards on June 26. It opened with a voice-over of

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's 1963 "

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" speech as female dancers marched towards the main stage. For the performance, Beyoncé was backed by dancers wearing tribal patterns, and performed a stomping choreography in a pool of water, similar to the one performed during The Formation Tour. The stage was illuminated by red and yellow lights, and filled with pyrotechnics and smoke. Toward the end, Lamar joined Beyoncé in the pool, where he performed his part and they both stomped in the water. ''

'' praised their performance for its dynamic and intense choreography and political themes. ''

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'' writer Nash Jankins noted the "intense, thoroughly choreographed" performance of the song, with the King snippet, furthered Beyoncé becoming more politically involved in her music. Similarly, August Brown of ''

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'' deemed the rendition "powerful, politically and aesthetically charged," and felt that it was evocative of concepts found on ''Lemonade'' with its "

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floods, imagery of the African diaspora, and the relationships between personal and national traumas". Brown went on saying that the politically charged performance came in during a right time, when the matters of

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and

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were highly discussed and finished his review by concluding that watching Beyoncé and Lamar perform was "a consummation of everything good and right in pop music today". ''

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''s Marlow Stern called "Freedom" the show's "shock opener" with its themes of

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and the

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movement, and noted how seeing the duo perform together was "truly a sight to behold". Matthew Dessem, writing for ''

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'' magazine, noted how the "spectacular" performance was suitable for being an Olympic opening ceremony. He praised both singers for being in their top forms, with Beyoncé particularly being "note-perfect" and summarized the performance as "the rare case of a performer as hyped as Beyoncé actually exceeding sky-high expectations".

2018

Beyoncé later performed "Freedom" during her 2018 Coachella performance, which according to Mikael Wood from the ''

'' "rode a heavy groove played on sousaphones"; the song then transitioned into "

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", commonly known as the Black National Anthem, whose lyrics "depict the trials and triumphs of Black people in the United States from the

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to now". The number was subsequently included in the 2019 ''Homecoming'' film and

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. The same year, "Freedom" was performed during the

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, Beyoncé's second co-headlining, all stadium tour with her husband

. For ''

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''s Kelli Skye Fadroski, the singer "brought down the house" with the number. The song was on the set list for her and Jay-Z's performance at the 2018

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: Mandela 100 charity concert in Johannesburg, South Africa, which commemorated

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's 100th birthday.

2023

Beyoncé performed "Freedom" on January 21, 2023, as part of her performance in Dubai.

2024

On December 25, 2024, Beyoncé sampled "Freedom" to transition " Blackbiird" into "

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" as part of her 2024 NFL Halftime Show set list.

2025

"Freedom" was apart of the Cowboy Carter Tour setlist, with the first show taking place in Los Angeles at

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on April 28, 2025.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from ''Lemonade''

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. *

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– Beyoncé Knowles,

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, Carla Marie Williams, Dean McIntosh, Lamar, Frank Tirado,

, John Lomax, Sr. *

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– Coffer, Beyoncé,

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*Vocal production – Beyoncé *

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– Stuart White; Pacifique Recording Studios, North Hollywood, California *Recording – Stuart White, Arthur Chambazyan (assistant); The Beehive, Los Angeles, California *Second

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– Ramon Rivas *Assistant mix engineering – John Cranfield *

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– Arrow Benjamin *Additional programming –

, Myles William *

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–

*Additional

– Canei Finch * Mastering – Dave Kutch; The Mastering Palace NYC, Pacifique Recording Studios, North Hollywood, California

Release history

References

External links

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