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“Free” by Broods
From the album Conscious (2016)
“Free” by Broods appears on 6 radio countdowns from 6 stations in 2016. It was first released in 2016 on the album Conscious. Its best result is #7 on the WBER Listener Countdown 2016. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #47 alternative song of 2016.
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"Free" led the way for Conscious, the 2016 second album from New Zealand indie pop duo Broods, getting its first airing on BBC Radio 1 before it went on sale as the album's lead single. Capitol later sent it to American modern rock radio as the pair's third North American single.
Caleb and Georgia Nott wrote it with Joel Little, who produced and engineered it, and they were out to grow up: Georgia told Triple J the song came from wanting more mature material that looked past romance toward the real things in people's lives. The result is a midtempo anthem about the freedom to say who you are, a synthwave track with an industrial streak, heavy on synths and driven by a backbeat that pounds like a war drum. Industry ears called it menacing and liberating at once.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 47 | 96.5 The Buzz Kansas City, MO-KS | 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 Songs of 2016 | 96 |
| 2016 | 7 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2016 | 117 |
| 2016 | 80 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2016 | 88 |
| 2016 | 80 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2016 | 103 |
| 2016 | 42 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2016 | 50 |
| 2016 | 71 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2016 | 100 |
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