Album · Yothu Yindi
Freedom by Yothu Yindi
Freedom is an album by Yothu Yindi, released in 1993. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “World Turning”, on 1 list with a best position of #41.
Freedom, Yothu Yindi's third studio album, came out on Mushroom Records in 1993, following Tribal Voice and the song that made their name, "Treaty". The band's name means "child and mother" in Yolngu, and the music lives up to the idea of two things joined: the Aboriginal members came from the Yolngu homelands near Yirrkala in Arnhem Land, and they met their bandmates halfway between traditional song and rock.
That means guitars and drums locking in with the drone of the yidaki and the crack of the bilma. The band's founders included singer Mandawuy Yunupingu, Witiyana Marika on traditional vocals, Milkayngu Mununggurr on yidaki, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu on keys, guitar and percussion, Stuart Kellaway on bass and Cal Williams on lead guitar. "World Turning" is the track that stuck. The album reached number 31 on the ARIA charts and was nominated for Best Indigenous Release at the 1994 ARIA Awards, with Birrkuta – Wild Honey to follow.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Freedom on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | World Turning | 1 | #41 | – | 1993 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.