All Right Now

This article is about the song. For the album by Pepsi & Shirlie, see All Right Now (album). For the TV series, see Alright Now.
"All Right Now"
Single by Free
from the album Fire and Water
B-side "Mouthful of Grass"/"The Hunter"
Released May 1970
Format 7" 45 RPM
Recorded January 1970 Trident Studios, Island Studios
Genre Hard rock
Length 5:29
4:13 (single version)
Label Island, A&M (US/Canada)
Writer(s) Andy Fraser/Paul Rodgers
Producer(s) Free
Free singles chronology
"I'll Be Creeping"
(1969)		 "All Right Now"
(1970)		 "The Stealer"
(1970)
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"All Right Now" is a rock single by the English rock band Free. The song, released in mid-1970, hit #2 on the UK singles chart and #4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[1] "All Right Now" originally appeared on the album Fire and Water, which Free recorded on the Island Records label, formed by Chris Blackwell. In 1991, the song was remixed and re-released, reaching #8 on the UK singles chart.

"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 U.S. by late 1989.[2] In 2006 the BMI London awards included a Million Air award for 3 million air plays of All Right Now in the USA.[3]

According to drummer Simon Kirke, "All Right Now" was written by bassist Andy Fraser and singer Paul Rodgers in the Durham Students' Union building, Dunelm House.[4]

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).

Chart position

Chart (1970) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[5] 1
Denmark (Tracklisten)[6] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] 10
France (SNEP)[8] 1
Germany (Media Control Charts)[9] 5
Italy (FIMI)[10] 1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[11] 1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[12] 1
Norway (VG-lista)[13] 1
Sweden (Radio Sweden)[14] 1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] 4
US Billboard Hot 100[16] 4
UK Singles Chart 2

Personnel

Cover versions

"All Right Now", recorded by Mike Oldfield (produced by Tom Newman), with vocals by Wendy Roberts, Pierre Moerlen and Tom Newman, was issued as a one-sided promotional blue 7" single flexi-disc in 1979. The single was given only to Virgin Records executives and never issued to the public, making it one of the most elusive collectors' items in the Oldfield catalogue (number Virgin TT-362).[17]

Since 1972, "All Right Now" as arranged by Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band has been the de facto fight song of Stanford University athletic teams.[18]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Song title 912 - All Right Now
  2. ↑ Paul Rodgers: Biography. iTunes
  3. ↑ Broadcast Music Inc. London Awards 2006
  4. ↑ Mckay, Neil (5 November 2008). "All Right Now for Free tribute show". The Journal (Newcastle).
  5. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Free – All Right Now" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Hits of the World". Billboard 82 (38): 61. September 1970. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Free – All Right Now" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  8. ↑ Tout les Titres par Artiste (F) (in French). infodisc.fr. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  9. ↑ "Chartverfulgong > Free > All Right Now – musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  10. ↑ Indice per Interprete (F) (in Italian). hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  11. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Free ((GBR)) search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  12. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Free – All Right Now" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  13. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Free – All Right Now". VG-lista. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  14. ↑ "Hits of the World". Billboard 82 (43): 68. October 1970. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  15. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Free – All Right Now". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  16. ↑ Free - Awards. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  17. ↑ "Rare Tracks". Amarok (Ommadawn.net). Retrieved 2008-08-14.
  18. ↑

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