Free Me (Emma Bunton song)

"Free Me"
Single by Emma
from the album Free Me
B-side "Who the Hell Are You"
"Tomorrow"
Released 27 May 2003[1]
Format CD single
Recorded 2003
Genre Bossa Nova
Length 4:28
Label Polydor
Writer(s) Emma Bunton, Helene Muddiman, Mike Peden
Producer Mike Peden
Emma singles chronology
"We're Not Gonna Sleep Tonight"
(2001)		 "Free Me"
(2003)		 "Maybe"
(2003)
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"Free Me" is the first single from Emma Bunton's second studio album, Free Me (2003). Released in the spring of 2003—almost ten months before the release of the Free Me album—, the song immediately picked up airplay. It debuted and peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart, her fourth UK top five single. It sold 65,563 copies, becoming the one hundred thirty-fourth best-selling single of 2003. The single also peaked at number four on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play. The song's music video, directed by Tim Royes, was shot in and around Grumari Beach, the Copacabana and the Arpoador neighbourhoods in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Contents

Track listings and formats

UK CD 1
  1. "Free Me" – 4:28
  2. "Who the Hell Are You" – 3:20
  3. "Free Me" (Full Intention's Freed Up Mix) – 7:08
  4. "Free Me" (Video)
UK CD 2
  1. "Free Me" – 4:28
  2. "Tomorrow" – 3:56
  3. "Free Me" (Full Intention's Sultra Mix) – 6:18
U.S. CD single
  1. "Free Me" (Dr. Octavo Seduction Remix) – 3:38
  2. "Free Me" (Dr. Octavo Club Remix) – 8:16
  3. "Free Me" (Dr. Octavo Instrumental) – 3:38
Official remixes
  1. "Free Me" (Dr. Octavo Seduction Radio Edit) – 3:38
  2. "Free Me" (Dr. Octavo Seduction Club Remix) – 8:16
  3. "Free Me" (Dr. Octavo Seduction Mixshow Edit) - 5:41
  4. "Free Me" (Dr. Octavo Seduction Instrumental) – 3:38
  5. "Free Me" (Full Intention's Freed Up Radio Edit) – 4:00
  6. "Free Me" (Full Intention's Freed Up Mix) - 7:08
  7. "Free Me" (Full Intention's Dub Mix) - 6:21
  8. "Free Me" (Full Intention's Sultra Mix) - 6:18
  9. "Free Me" (Full Intention's Sultra Radio Edit) - 4:00
  10. "Free Me" (Full Intention's Dub Me Mix) - 5:15

Charts

Chart (2003) Peak
position
European Hot 100 Singles[2] 22
Irish Singles Chart[3] 33
UK Singles Chart[4] 5
Chart (2004) Peak
position
US Hot Dance Club Play[5] 4

References

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/free-me-uk-cd-1-r1900254
  2. ^ "Hits of the World". Billboard (Prometheus Global Media) 115 (23). 7 June 2003. ISSN 0006-2510. 
  3. ^ "Top 50 Singles, Week Ending 29 May 2003". Irish Recorded Music Association. Chart-Track. http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2003&year=2003&week=22. Retrieved 26 December 2011. 
  4. ^ "Emma Bunton – Free Me". Official Charts Company. Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=30657. Retrieved 6 May 2008. 
  5. ^ "Free Me – Emma Bunton". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/song/emma/free-me/5186469. Retrieved 26 December 2011. 
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External links

Official Music Video on YouTube