(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free / One

"(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free / One"
Single by Lighthouse Family
from the album Whatever Gets You Through the Day
Released 19 November 2001
Format CD, 12" [1]
Recorded The Beach, Olympic and Air Lyndhurst
Genre Pop, Soul
Length 4:26
Label Wildcard / Polydor
Writer(s) Billy Taylor, Dick Dallas
Producer Kevin Bacon, Jonathan Quarmby
Lighthouse Family singles chronology
"Postcard from Heaven"
(1999)		 "(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free / One"
(2001)		 "Run"
(2002)
Greatest Hits track listing
"Loving Every Minute"
(6)		 "(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free / One"
(7)		 "Question of Faith"
(8)

"(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free / One" is a song by Lighthouse Family, released as their first single from their third album, Whatever Gets You Through the Day, released in 2001. The song was originally written by Billy Taylor, with lyrics by Dick Dallas. Best known for its 1967 version by Nina Simone, and as the instrumental theme (performed by the Billy Taylor Trio) to the BBC TV show Film Night, this version was produced by Kevin Bacon and Jonathan Quarmby.

"(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free / One" is a cover song of Billy Taylor's "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" and U2's One.

Contents

Track listing and formats

# Title Length
UK CD single [2]
1. "(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free / One" (single version) 4:26
2. "You're a Star" 4:35
3. "(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free / One" (Phats & Small vocal mix) 7:34
4. "(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free / One)" (music video)

Chart performance

"(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free / One" was also successful in the UK where it reached to #6 in the UK Singles Chart in November 2001 and stayed in the charts for 9 weeks.

(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free / One also reached to #14 in Austria and stayed in the charts for 13 weeks.

"(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free / One" reached #85 in the Netherlands and stayed in the charts for 8 weeks.

In Switzerland, "(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free / One" reached to #26 in January 2002 and stayed in the charts for 14 weeks.

Charts

Chart (2001/2002) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[1] 14
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[2] 12
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[3] 85
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[4] 9
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[5] 26
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[6] 6

References

  1. ^ "Lighthouse Family – (I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free / One – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien.
  2. ^ "Ultratop.be – Lighthouse Family – (I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free / One" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  3. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Lighthouse Family – (I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free / One" (in Dutch). Mega Single Top 100. Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  4. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ – Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
  5. ^ "Lighthouse Family – (I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free / One – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien.
  6. ^ "Chart Stats – Lighthouse Family – (I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free / One" UK Singles Chart. Chart Stats.
Lighthouse Family
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"Lifted" · "Ocean Drive" · "Goodbye Heartbreak" · "Loving Every Minute" · "Raincloud" · "High" · "Lost in Space" · "Question of Faith" · "Postcard from Heaven" · "(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free / One" · "Run" · "Happy" · "I Could Have Loved You"
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