Closer to Free

"Closer to Free"
Single by BoDeans
from the album Go Slow Down and Party of Five soundtrack
Released 1996
Format CD single
Recorded 1993
Genre Rock
Length 3:09
Label Polydor, Slash
Writer(s) Kurt Neumann, Sam Llanas
Producer Kurt Neumann, Sam Llanas
BoDeans singles chronology
"Feed the Fire"
(1993)		 "Closer to Free"
(1993/1996)		 "Hurt by Love"
(1996)

"Closer to Free" is a 1993 song by the band BoDeans featured on their fifth studio album, Go Slow Down. It is the band's biggest hit, having peaked at #16 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart after its re-release as a single in 1996, having drawn an audience among adult contemporary fans. It was featured as the theme of the TV series Party of Five, and was also featured on the show's accompanying soundtrack.

The song describes the desire to be free to have a relationship with whomever one wishes.

Track Listing

  1. "Closer to Free" - 3:09
  2. "Closer to Free (Live)" - 3:54

Charts

End of year chart (1996) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] 67

References

  1. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1996". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1996. Retrieved 2010-08-27.