Freed from Desire

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"Freed from Desire"
Single by Gala
from the album Come into My Life
B-side Remix
Released September 1996
Format CD single, CD maxi, 12" maxi
Genre Electronic, house
Length 3:50 (album version)
3:27 (single)
Label ZYX, Fact, Nitelite
Writer(s) Filippo Andrea Carmeni
Gala Rizzatto
Maurizio Molella
Producer Phil Jay, Maurizio Molella
Gala singles chronology
"Everyone Has Inside"
(1996)		 "Freed from Desire"
(1996)		 "Let a Boy Cry"
(1997)


Music sample
Gala - "Freed From Desire"
Come into My Life track listing
"Suddenly"
(3)		 "Freed from Desire"
(4)		 "Let a Boy Cry"
(5)
Alternative cover

"Freed from Desire" is a 1996 dance song recorded by the Italian artist Gala. Released as the first single from her second album Come into My Life, it was a hit in many countries, topping the charts in France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Israel, Brazil, Greece and Denmark.

The track was released in the UK in July 1997 and peaked at #2 and spent 8 weeks inside the Top 10 and 14 weeks in total in the Top 75.

The song was composed by Gala, Filippo Andrea Carmeni and Maurizio Molella.

The verses contain the leitmotif "He got his strong beliefs" while the refrain, consisted of numerous percussions, is characterized by the repetition of the syllable "na". Thanks to this hit, Gala achieved a great renown in Europe, although it was her second single.[1]

"Freed from Desire" was also released in a remixed version in 2003 (by Happymen vs Gala) and 2008. It was performed in a remixed version in 2008 by French singer Lorie, during her tour "Le Tour 2Lor". It was rereleased in a remixed version done by Klaas in 2011[2].

In 2005, the song was released in an acoustic version by Sagi Rei.

Contents

[edit] Track listings

CD single
  1. "Freed from Desire" (edit mix) — 3:21
  2. "Freed from Desire" (full vocals mixx) — 4:13
CD maxi
Europe
  1. "Freed from Desire" (radio mix) — 3:30
  2. "Freed from Desire" (solid base remix) — 5:30
  3. "Freed from Desire" (the paradise mix) — 8:35
  4. "Freed from Desire" (full vocal extended mixx) — 4:17
Australia
  1. "Freed from Desire" (radio mix) — 3:32
  2. "Freed from Desire" (paradise mix) — 8:37
  3. "Freed from Desire" (full vocal mixx) — 4:17
  4. "Freed from Desire" (whistle remix) — 6:06
  5. "Freed from Desire" (the soundlovers remix) — 5:57
12" maxi
  1. "Freed from Desire" (full vocals mixx) — 4:13
  2. "Freed from Desire" (edit mix) — 3:21
  3. "Freed from Desire" (the paradise mix) — 8:35
CD maxi - Remixes
  1. "Freed from Desire" (short mix) — 3:35
  2. "Freed from Desire" (the soundlovers remix) — 6:01
  3. "Freed from Desire" (whistle remix) — 6:09
12" maxi - Remixes
  1. "Freed from Desire" (the soundlovers remix) — 5:52
  2. "Freed from Desire" (whistle remix) — 6:00
  3. "Freed from Desire" (video mix) — 3:28
12" maxi - Remixes
  1. "Freed from Desire" (Mr. Jack club mix) — 7:33
  2. "Freed from Desire" (full vocal mix) — 4:13
  3. "Freed from Desire" (Mr. Jack deja vu dub) — 5:01
12" maxi - UK Remixes[3]
  1. "Freed from Desire" (Allisters Full Vocal Mix) — 7:05
  2. "Freed from Desire" (Mr Jack Club Mix) — 8:15
  3. "Freed from Desire" (Dillon & Dickins Mix) — 8:41
  4. "Freed from Desire" (Original Mix) — 4:13

[edit] Charts and sales

[edit] Peak positions

Chart (1996/97) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[4] 16
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[4] 1
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[4] 1
Dutch Top 40[5] 5
Finnish Singles Chart[4] 17
French SNEP Singles Chart[4] 1
German Singles Chart[6] 14
Irish Singles Chart[7] 2
Italian FIMI Singles Chart 1
Spanish Singles Chart 1
Swedish Singles Chart[4] 42
Swiss Singles Chart[4] 13
UK Singles Chart[8] 2

[edit] Year-end charts

Chart (1996) Position
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[9] 65
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[10] 3
French Singles Chart[11] 3
End of year chart (1997) Position
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[12] 19
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[13] 30
Dutch Top 40[5] 52
French SNEP Singles Chart[14] 55

[edit] Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified Physical sales
France[15] Diamond January 16, 1997 750,000 1,013,000[16]
UK[17] Gold August 1, 1997 400,000

[edit] Chart successions

Preceded by
"Aïcha" by Khaled		 French SNEP number-one single
October 26, 1996 - January 18, 1997 (13 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Don't Cry for Me Argentina" by Madonna
Preceded by
"Aïcha" by Khaled		 Belgian (Wallonia) number-one single
December 7, 1996 - February 8, 1997 (10 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Un-Break My Heart" by Toni Braxton
Preceded by
"One and One" by Robert Miles featuring Maria Nayler		 Belgian (Flanders) number-one single
January 11, 1997 - February 8, 1997 (5 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Don't Speak" by No Doubt

[edit] References

  1. ^ Elia Habib, Muz hit. tubes, p. 363 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)
  2. ^ Video for Gala's "Freed from Desire 2011" from YouTube (posted July 29, 2011)
  3. ^ Gala - "Freed from Desire", UK Release, Discogs (Retrieved 12 August 2011)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Freed from Desire", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 26, 2008)
  5. ^ a b "Single top 100 over 1997" (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%201997.pdf. Retrieved 20 April 2010. 
  6. ^ "Gala singles, German Singles Chart" (in German). musicline. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Gala/single. Retrieved 22 April 2010. 
  7. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 26, 2008)
  8. ^ "Freed from Desire", UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 26, 2008)
  9. ^ 1996 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 26, 2008)
  10. ^ 1996 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 26, 2008)
  11. ^ 1996 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved April 26, 2008)
  12. ^ 1997 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 26, 2008)
  13. ^ 1997 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 26, 2008)
  14. ^ 1997 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved April 26, 2008)
  15. ^ French certifications Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved April 24, 2008)
  16. ^ French certifications+ sales, database Infodisc.fr (Retrieved August 4, 2008)
  17. ^ UK certifications Bpi.co.uk (Retrieved August 4, 2008)
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