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“I'm Free” by The Soup Dragons

Released 1990

“I'm Free” by The Soup Dragons appears on 47 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 1990 and 2025. It was first released in 1990. Its best result is #1 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1990. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #11 alternative song of 1990, #384 alternative song of all time and #383 of the '90s.

47countdowns
14stations
#1best position
1#1 finishes
2top 10 finishes
1990–2025years charted

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In 1990 the Soup Dragons reached back to 1965 for "I'm Free", a Mick Jagger and Keith Richards song that the Rolling Stones had first slipped out as the closing track of Out of Our Heads. The Soup Dragons turn its easygoing declaration of independence into a loose, rolling celebration for a new decade, the kind of song that sounds best with the windows down and nowhere in particular to be.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1990 24 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1990 107
1990 39 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1990 91
1990 1 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1990 105
1990 9 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON CFNY Top 90 Songs of 1990 90

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1991 120 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1991 163 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1991 60 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1992 202 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1992 291 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) 299
1994 477 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 497 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 254 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1996 371 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1996 237 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1999 364 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 377 91X 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) 500
1999 243 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 288 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 300 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 300
1999 298 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 177 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
1999 570 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) 1002
2000 430 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 177 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 431 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 179 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 179 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 391 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 179 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 773 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 179 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 50 Live 105 Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of the '90s (August 2005) 106
2005 179 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 888 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 332 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 432 KROQ KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) 500
2007 607 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 566 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 547 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 558 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 584 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 605 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 613 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 183 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2022 451 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900
2023 880 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2024 348 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs 850
2025 316 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs 800

Charting alongside it in 1990

Best songs of 1990 →
  1. 1Nothing Compares 2 USinéad O'Connor
  2. 2The Only One I KnowThe Charlatans
  3. 3Blue Sky MineMidnight Oil
  4. 4Enjoy the SilenceDepeche Mode
  5. 5Here's Where The Story EndsThe Sundays
  6. 6The Emperor's New ClothesSinéad O'Connor

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