Looking for Freedom (album)

Looking for Freedom
Studio album by David Hasselhoff
Released 21 June 1989
Length 3:56
Label White Records
Producer Jack White

Looking for Freedom is an album by David Hasselhoff released on 21 June 1989. It contained Hasselhoff's biggest hit "Looking for Freedom" and top hits "Is Everybody Happy" and "Flying on the Wings of Tenderness". The album was arranged by Jerry Rix, Jürgen Ehlers, Michael Boddicker and Uve Schikora and it was the best selling album of the year in Germany. The same year Hasselhoff was the best selling artist in Germany.

Track listing

  1. Is Everybody Happy
  2. Lonely is the Night (Albert Hammond, Diane Warren)
  3. Je T'Aime Means I Love You
  4. Sheltered Heart (Diane Warren)
  5. Torero - Te Quiero
  6. Yesterday's Love
  7. Looking for Freedom
  8. Flying on the Wings of Tenderness
  9. Lady
  10. Song of the Night
  11. Avignon
  12. After Manana Mi Ciello
  13. Amore Amore (Elisabeth)

Lonely is the night is a cover of an Air Supply song, from their album Hearts in Motion, originally released in 1986.

Charts and certifications

Chart performance

Chart (1989–1990) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[1] 5
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[2] 5
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[3] 3

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Austria (IFPI Austria)[4] Platinum 50,000x
Germany (BVMI)[5] Platinum 500,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[6] 3× Platinum 150,000x

^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ "David Hasselhoff – Looking for Freedom" (in German). Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
  2. ↑ "Top 100 Longplay". Officialcharts.de. GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
  3. ↑ "David Hasselhoff – Looking for Freedom". Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
  4. ↑ "Austrian album certifications – David Hasselhoff – Looking for Freedom" (in German). IFPI Austria. Enter David Hasselhoff in the field Interpret. Enter Looking for Freedom in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
  5. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (David Hasselhoff; 'Looking for Freedom')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  6. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (David Hasselhoff; 'Looking for Freedom')". Hung Medien.