Song · Wham!
“Freedom” by Wham!
From the album Make It Big (1984)
“Freedom” by Wham! appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2020. It was first released in 1984 on the album Make It Big. Its best result is #1773 on the WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,591 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Freedom" is George Michael's song from top to bottom: he wrote it, arranged it and produced it for Make It Big, Wham!'s 1984 album, and it handed the English duo their second UK number one, a run of three weeks at the top. It arrived in a year that was already theirs, with "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" topping the charts on both sides of the Atlantic and Michael taking "Careless Whisper" to number one on his own.
Chris Porter engineered it with Paul Gomersall assisting, Tommy Eyre plays keyboards and David Baptiste blows sax. It ended 1984 as the year's 10th biggest-selling single and reached number 3 in America the following September. Michael kept the chorus melody close, too: it came back later, on church organ, as the introduction to his song "Faith".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1773 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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