"Sing a Song of Freedom" | ||||
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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]
7": Columbia / DB 8836
Chart (1971–72) | Peak position |
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Denmark ( IFPI) [5] | 6 |
Germany ( Official German Charts) [6] | 42 |
Malaysia ( Rediffusion) [7] | 1 |
Sweden ( Kvällstoppen) [8] | 14 |
UK Singles ( OCC) [2] | 13 |