I'm Free (The Rolling Stones song)

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"I'm Free"
B-side to "Get off of My Cloud" (USA) by The Rolling Stones from the album Out of Our Heads (UK)
December's Children (And Everybody's) (US)
Released 24 September 1965
Recorded 6 September 1965
RCA Studios, Hollywood
Genre Rock
Length 2:24
Label London 45-LON 9792
Writer Jagger/Richards
Producer Andrew Loog Oldham

"I'm Free" is a song by The Rolling Stones written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, first released as the final track on the UK Out of Our Heads album on 24 September 1965. It was later placed on the December's Children (And Everybody's) album in the United States.

The song is currently being used as part on New Zealand's TV2 on air identity.

Rolling Stones recorded a re-worked acoustic version for their 1995 live album Stripped, and performed a live version in the 2008 film Shine a Light.

It is unrelated to The Who's "I'm Free".

[edit] Cover versions

"I'm Free"
Single by The Soup Dragons
from the album Lovegod
Released 1990
Format CD single
Genre Alternative rock/Dub
House/Gospel
Length 3:58
Label Big Life
Writer(s) Jagger/Richards
The Soup Dragons singles chronology
"Mother Universe"
(1990)		 "Ready to Go"
(1990)		 "Electric Blues"
(1991)

The song has been covered by several artists, including Chris Farlowe on his album The Art of Chris Farlowe (1966); Wilmer and the Dukes, who made it a regional hit in upper New York state in 1969; and by the British alternative rock/dance band The Soup Dragons, who took their version to #5 UK and #79 US in 1990.

In 2007 a remixed version of the original recording was used in a television commercial for the Chase Freedom credit card and in 2008 it was used in a UK commercial for a Renault SUV.

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Related articles
The Rolling Stones singles discography
Decca/London singles
1963
"Come On" / "I Want to Be Loved"
"I Wanna Be Your Man" / "Stoned"
1964
"Not Fade Away" / "Little by Little" (UK)
"Not Fade Away" / "I Wanna Be Your Man" (US)
"It's All Over Now" / "Good Times, Bad Times"
"Tell Me" / "I Just Want to Make Love to You"
"Time Is on My Side" / "Congratulations"
"Little Red Rooster" / "Off the Hook"
"Heart of Stone" / "What a Shame"
1965
"What a Shame" / "Heart of Stone"
"The Last Time" / "Play with Fire"
"Play with Fire" / "The Last Time"
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" / "The Under-Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" (US)
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" / "The Spider and the Fly" (UK)
"Get Off of My Cloud" / "I'm Free" (US)
"Get Off of My Cloud" / "The Singer Not the Song" (UK)
"As Tears Go By" / "Gotta Get Away"
1966
"19th Nervous Breakdown" / "As Tears Go By" (UK)
"19th Nervous Breakdown" / "Sad Day" (US)
"Paint It, Black" / "Stupid Girl" (US)
"Paint It, Black" / "Long Long While" (UK)
"Mother's Little Helper" / "Lady Jane"
"Lady Jane" / "Mother's Little Helper"
"Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" / "Who's Driving Your Plane"
1967
"Let's Spend the Night Together" / "Ruby Tuesday"
"Ruby Tuesday" / "Let's Spend the Night Together"
"We Love You" / "Dandelion"
"Dandelion" / "We Love You"
"In Another Land" / "The Lantern"
"She's a Rainbow" / "2000 Light Years from Home"
1968
"Jumpin' Jack Flash" / "Child of the Moon"
"Street Fighting Man" / "No Expectations"
1969
"Honky Tonk Women" / "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
Post-contract
(1971) "Street Fighting Man" / "Surprise, Surprise"
(1973) "You Can't Always Get What You Want" / "Sad Day"
(1975) "Out of Time" / "Try a Little Harder"
"Jiving Sister Fanny" / "I Don't Know Why"
(1976) "Honky Tonk Women" / "Sympathy for the Devil"
(2003) "Sympathy for the Devil" (remix) / (remixes)
Rolling Stones/Atlantic
singles
1971
"Brown Sugar" / "Bitch" / "Let It Rock" (live) (UK)
"Brown Sugar" / "Bitch" (US)
"Wild Horses" / "Sway"
1972
"Tumbling Dice" / "Sweet Black Angel"
"Happy" / "All Down the Line"
1973
"Angie" / "Silver Train"
"Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" / "Dancing with Mr. D"
1974
"It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" / "Through the Lonely Nights"
"Ain't Too Proud to Beg" / "Dance Little Sister"
1976
"Fool to Cry" / "Crazy Mama"
"Hot Stuff" / "Fool to Cry"
Rolling Stones/Virgin
singles
1978
"Miss You" / "Far Away Eyes"
"Beast of Burden" / "When the Whip Comes Down"
"Respectable" / "When the Whip Comes Down"
"Shattered" / "Everything Is Turning to Gold"
1980
"Emotional Rescue" / "Down in the Hole"
"She's So Cold" / "Send It to Me"
1981
"If I Was a Dancer (Dance Pt. 2)" / "Dance (Intrumental)"
"Start Me Up" / "No Use In Crying"
"Waiting on a Friend" / "Little T&A"
"Little T&A" / "Waiting on a Friend"
1982
"Hang Fire" / "Neighbours"
"Going to a Go-Go" (live) / "Beast of Burden" (live)
"Time Is on My Side" (live) / "Twenty Flight Rock" (live)
1983
"Undercover of the Night" / "All the Way Down"
1984
"She Was Hot" / "Think I'm Going Mad"
"Think I'm Going Mad" / "She Was Hot"
"Too Tough" / "Miss You"
"Brown Sugar" / "Bitch"
"Too Much Blood" / "Too Much Blood"
1986
"Harlem Shuffle" / "Had It With You"
"Winning Ugly" / "Winning Ugly"
"One Hit (To the Body)" / "Fight"
1989
"Mixed Emotions" / "Fancy Man Blues"
"Sad Sad Sad" / "Sad Sad Sad"
"Rock and a Hard Place" / "Cook Cook Blues"
1990
"Almost Hear You Sigh" / "Break the Spell" (US)
"Almost Hear You Sigh" / "Wish I'd Never Met You" (UK)
"Paint It, Black" / "Long Long While"
"Terrifying" / "Wish I'd Never Met You"
1991
"Highwire" / "2000 Light Years from Home" (live)
"Ruby Tuesday" (live) / "Play with Fire" (live)
"Sex Drive" / "Sex Drive"
Virgin singles
1994
"Love Is Strong" / "The Storm"
"Love Is Strong" / "So Young"
"You Got Me Rocking" / "Jump On Top of Me"
"Out of Tears" / "I'm Gonna Drive" / "So Young"
"Out of Tears" / "I'm Gonna Drive" / "Sparks Will Fly"
1995
"Sparks Will Fly" / "Sparks Will Fly"
"I Go Wild" / (remixes)
"Like a Rolling Stone" (live) / "Black Limousine" / "All Down the Line"
1996
"Wild Horses" (live) / "Live with Me" (live) / "Tumbling Dice" (live)
1997
"Anybody Seen My Baby?" / (remixes)
"Flip the Switch" / "Flip the Switch"
1998
"Saint of Me" / "Gimme Shelter" / "Anyway You Look At It"
"Out of Control" / (remixes)
"Gimme Shelter" (live) / "Gimme Shelter" (live)
2002
"Don't Stop" / "Miss You" (remix)
2005
"Streets of Love" / "Rough Justice"
"Oh No, Not You Again" / "Oh No, Not You Again"
"Rain Fall Down" / (remixes)
2006
"Biggest Mistake" / "Dance Pt. 1" (live) / "Before They Make Me Run"
2007
"Paint It, Black"
2008
"Gimme Shelter"
"Sympathy for the Devil"
"She's a Rainbow"
2009
"Wild Horses"
2010
"Plundered My Soul" / "All Down the Line"
2011
"Brown Sugar" / "Bitch" / "Let It Rock" (live) / "No Spare Parts / "Before They Make Me Run"
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