Song · Traffic
“Freedom Rider” by Traffic
From the album John Barleycorn Must Die (1970)
“Freedom Rider” by Traffic appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2020. It was first released in 1970 on the album John Barleycorn Must Die. Its best result is #1697 on the WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,318 indie & aaa song of all time.
"Freedom Rider" comes off John Barleycorn Must Die, the 1970 album that brought Traffic back after a brief split, their fourth in the studio. Steve Winwood and Jim Capaldi wrote it, and the credits keep it in the band: Winwood singing and playing organ and piano, Capaldi on drums, Chris Wood on flute and saxophone, and all three pitching in on percussion.
Winwood produced it with Chris Blackwell, with Brian Humphries and Andy Johns engineering. The album went out on Island in Britain and United Artists in America, and it became Traffic's highest-charting album in the States.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1697 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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