| "Free Man in Paris" | ||||||||||||||||
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| Song by Joni Mitchell from the album Court and Spark | ||||||||||||||||
| Released | January 1974 | |||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 1973 | |||||||||||||||
| Genre | Folk jazz, Singer-songwriter | |||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:02 | |||||||||||||||
| Label | Asylum | |||||||||||||||
| Writer | Joni Mitchell | |||||||||||||||
| Producer | Joni Mitchell | |||||||||||||||
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| Sufjan Stevens on A Tribute to Joni Mitchell | ||||||||||||||||
| Court and Spark track listing | ||||||||||||||||
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"Free Man In Paris" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. It appeared on her 1974 album Court and Spark, as well as her live album Shadows and Light. It is one of her most popular songs. It is about music agent/promoter David Geffen, a close friend in the early 1970s, and a trip they made to Paris with Robbie and Dominique Robertson.[1]
In the 1970s, an instrumental version of the song was the theme music used for CBC Television's The Saturday Evening News, which aired at 6 p.m. till 1982 when it was replaced with Saturday Report.
"Free Man In Paris" has been covered by Neil Diamond, Sufjan Stevens, Adrienne Young, and Phish[2]. It is ranked #470 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.