Free to Decide
1996 single by the Cranberries
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"Free to Decide" is a song by Irish rock band the Cranberries, released as the second single from their third studio album, To the Faithful Departed (1996), on 1 July 1996. The song achieved minor chart success in Europe but became a top-10 hit in Canada, peaking at number two on the RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart. In the United States, it peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number eight on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. In 2017, the song was released as an acoustic version on the band's Something Else album.[2]
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| Single by the Cranberries | ||||
| from the album To the Faithful Departed | ||||
| B-side | "The Picture I View" | |||
| Released | 1 July 1996[1] | |||
| Length | 4:26 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Songwriter | Dolores O'Riordan | |||
| Producers | Bruce Fairbairn, the Cranberries | |||
| The Cranberries singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Free to Decide" on YouTube | ||||
Composition
Music video
The music video was directed by Marty Callner and was shot in a desert. Dolores O'Riordan escapes from the press and drives in her jeep as her band performs with yellow walls behind them. Dolores appears in a white outfit singing the song in a birdcage and dancing by a giant picture frame. At the end of the video, the last 30 seconds plays the interlude where the whole video reverses back to the beginning.
Track listings
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UK CD1[4]
UK CD2[5]
UK cassette single[6]
European CD single[7]
European maxi-CD single[8]
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Australian and Japanese CD single[9][10]
US, Canadian, and Japanese maxi-CD single (with "When You're Gone")[11][12]
US CD, 7-inch, and cassette single (with "When You're Gone")[13][14][15]
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Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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