Sing a Song of Freedom
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| "Sing a Song of Freedom" | ||||
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 Cover of the single released in Sweden | ||||
| Single by Cliff Richard | ||||
| B-side | "A Thousand Conversations" | |||
| Released | 29 October 1971 | |||
| Recorded | 24 August 1971[1] | |||
| Studio | EMI Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 3:24 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Norrie Paramor | |||
| Cliff Richard singles chronology | ||||
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"Sing a Song of Freedom" is a song by British singer Cliff Richard, released as a single in October 1971. It peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart.[2]
"Sing a Song of Freedom" was written by songwriting duo Guy Fletcher and Doug Flett and was arranged by and features an orchestral accompaniment by Brian Bennet.[1] In Cliff Richard: The Biography, writer Steve Turner wrote that "Sing a Song of Freedom" "was an all-purpose anthem with no real message which drew upon the popular banner-waving slogans of campus politics".[3] It was, however, banned in South Africa due to the repressive politics there at the time.[1]
It was released as a single with the B-side "A Thousand Conversations", written by Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch, which had been first released by their group Marvin, Welch & Farrar on their debut eponymous album.[4]
Track listing
7": Columbia / DB 8836
- "Sing a Song of Freedom" – 3:24
- "A Thousand Conversations" – 2:18
