I_Wanna_Be_Free_(Loretta_Lynn_song) References

"I Wanna Be Free"
"I Wanna Be Free"
Single by Loretta Lynn
from the album I Wanna Be Free
B-side	"If You Never Love Again"
Released	February 1971
Genre	Country
Label	Decca
Songwriter(s)	Loretta Lynn
Producer(s)	Owen Bradley
Loretta Lynn singles chronology

"I Wanna Be Free" is a single by American country music artist Loretta Lynn. Released in February 1971, it was the first single from her album I Wanna Be Free. The song peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.^[1] It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. She rerecorded "I Wanna Be Free" for her album Still Woman Enough (album), released on March 19, 2021. ^[2]

Lynn allowed PETA to use this song in a public service campaign to discourage the chaining of dogs outdoors in the cold.^[3]

Chart performance

Chart (1971)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	94
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

References

^ "Loretta Lynn singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
^ "RPM Country Singles for June 12, 1971". RPM. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
^ "Country Superstars Pipe Up for Dogs in New PETA Ads". HelpingAnimals.com. 2006. Archived from the original on 6 February 2006. Retrieved 11 October 2022.

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[1] "Loretta Lynn singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 24 March 2011.

[2] "RPM Country Singles for June 12, 1971". RPM. Retrieved 24 March 2011.

[3] "Country Superstars Pipe Up for Dogs in New PETA Ads". HelpingAnimals.com. 2006. Archived from the original on 6 February 2006. Retrieved 11 October 2022.

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v t e Loretta Lynn singles
Albums Singles Discography with Conway Twitty
1960s	" I'm a Honky Tonk Girl" " Heartaches Meet Mr. Blues" " The Darkest Day" " I Walked Away from the Wreck" " Success" " World of Forgotten People" " The Other Woman" " Before I'm Over You" " Wine, Women and Song" " Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be" (with Ernest Tubb) " Happy Birthday" " Blue Kentucky Girl" " Our Hearts Are Holding Hands" (with Ernest Tubb) " The Home You're Tearing Down" " Dear Uncle Sam" " You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)" " Don't Come Home A'Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" " Sweet Thang" (with Ernest Tubb) " If You're Not Gone Too Long" " What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am)" " Fist City" " You've Just Stepped In (From Stepping Out on Me)" " Your Squaw Is on the Warpath" " Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)" " Who's Gonna Take the Garbage Out" (with Ernest Tubb) " To Make a Man (Feel Like a Man)" " Wings Upon Your Horns"
1970s	" I Know How" " You Wanna Give Me a Lift" " Coal Miner's Daughter" " I Wanna Be Free" " You're Lookin' at Country" " One's on the Way" " Here I Am Again" " Rated "X"" " Love Is the Foundation" " Hey Loretta" " They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy" " Trouble in Paradise" " Shadrack, the Black Reindeer" " The Pill" " Home" " When the Tingle Becomes a Chill" " Red, White and Blue" " Somebody Somewhere (Don't Know What He's Missin' Tonight)" " She's Got You" " Why Can't He Be You" " Out of My Head and Back in My Bed" " Spring Fever" " We've Come a Long Way Baby" " I Can't Feel You Anymore" " I've Got a Picture of Us on My Mind"
1980s	" Pregnant Again" " Naked in the Rain" " Cheatin' on a Cheater" " Somebody Led Me Away" " I Lie" " Making Love from Memory" " Breakin' It" " Lyin', Cheatin', Woman Chasin', Honky Tonkin', Whiskey Drinkin' You" " Walking with My Memories" " Heart Don't Do This to Me" " Wouldn't It Be Great" " Just a Woman" " Who Was That Stranger" " Fly Away"
1990s– 2010s	" Silver Threads and Golden Needles" (with Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette) " Country in My Genes" " Miss Being Mrs." " Portland Oregon" (with Jack White) " Coal Miner's Daughter" (with Sheryl Crow and Miranda Lambert) " Wouldn't It Be Great" (re-recorded version) " I Fall to Pieces" " Coal Miner's Daughter" (recitation)