All Right Now

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"All Right Now" is a rock single by the English band Free. The song, released in the summer of 1970, hit #1 on the UK rock music charts and #4 on the U.S. charts. "All Right Now" originally appeared on the album Fire And Water, which Free recorded on the Island Records label, formed by Chris Blackwell.

"All Right Now" was a #1 hit in over 20 territories and was recognised by ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) in 1990 for garnering 1,000,000 plus radio plays in the US by late 1989, and in 2000 an Award was given to Paul Rodgers by the British Music Industry when "All Right Now" passed 2,000,000 plus radio plays in the UK.

The song has recently found a home as part of the encore set for Queen + Paul Rodgers. Sandwiched in between "We Will Rock You" and "We Are The Champions", it offers the fans one more chance to sing along. Curiously, one of the engineers during the recordings of "All Right Now" was Roy Thomas Baker, who would later become Queen's producer (he mixed "Killer Queen", "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Don't Stop Me Now" among others).

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[edit] Credits

  • Paul Rodgers -- Lead Vocals
  • Paul Kossoff -- Lead Guitar
  • Andy Fraser -- Bass Guitar
  • Simon Kirke -- Drums

[edit] In pop culture

"All Right Now" has made several notable pop culture appearances. A short list follows.

[edit] Cover versions

"All Right Now" has been covered by many bands and artists, the most popular are by The Runaways in 1978 , Rod Stewart in 1985, ex-Wham! backing singers Pepsi & Shirlie in 1987, and by Scottish girl band Lemonescent in 2003. It has also been sampled in Tone-Loc's song "Funky Cold Medina" in 1989.

"All Right Now" was also adopted by the Stanford Band as its signature tune. Their version of "All Right Now" debuted as part of a halftime show held at the Rose Bowl on January 1, 1972 and in subsequent years displaced "Come Join The Band" as Stanford's de facto fight song.

"All Right Now" Is used to advertise Swansea City A.F.C's Games on BBC Wales

The University of Southern California Spirit of Troy marching band also uses the song after the Trojans gain possession of the ball off a turnover. The University of Pennsylvania Band has also recorded their own version of "All Right Now."

"All Right Now", recorded by Mike Oldfield (produced by Tom Newman), with vocals by Wendy Roberts and Pierre Moerrlen, was issued as a one-sided promotional blue flexi-disc 7" single in 1979. The single was given only to Virgin Records executives and was never issued to the public, making it one of the most elusive collectors' items in the Oldfield catalogue. Its catalogue number is "Virgin TT-362". Because of its scarcity, bootleg recordings varying in quality from listenable to poor.

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Free
Members
Paul Rodgers • Paul Kossoff • Andy Fraser • Simon Kirke
Discography

Studio albums: - Tons of Sobs • Free • Fire and Water • Highway • Free at Last • Heartbreaker

Live albums: - Free Live!

Compilation album: - The Free Story • The Best of Free • Free And Easy, Rough And Ready • Completely Free • The Best of Free: All Right Now • Molten Gold: The Anthology • Free: All Right Now • Songs of Yesterday • Chronicles •
Fight Songs of the Pacific Ten Conference
All Right Now (Stanford) • Bear Down Arizona (Arizona) • Bow Down to Washington (Washington) • Fight for California (California) • Fight On (Southern California) • Hail to Old OSU (Oregon State) • Maroon and Gold (Arizona State) • Mighty Bruins (UCLA) • Mighty Oregon (Oregon) • WSU Fight Song (Washington State)
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