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"Free"
Song
Free single cover, UK, September 2011

"Free" is a song by English recording artist Natalia Kills from her debut studio album, Perfectionist. Written by Kills, Jeff Bhasker, Kid Cudi and No I.D., and produced by Bhasker. The song was released digitally in selected areas of Europe as the album's third single on 22 June 2011, with staggered releases set for United Kingdom and United States. For the single version, will.i.am provided an opening verse and bridge. The single version will be the official version on the US release of the album, the UK track listing to be announced. The song samples the 1978 song Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush. "Free" will be released as Kills' second single in the United Kingdom on 11th September 2011, as an iTunes EP featuring both versions with and without will.i.am including 2 remixes, and a new magazine-style artwork. Polydor records, who represent kills in the UK, decided against releasing Wonderland as a single and have instead chosen to promote the album Perfectionist by releasing Free a week before the albums release.

Music video

The music video for the song was made available on YouTube on 6 July 2011.[1]

Synopsis

The music video starts with a date, August 15, 2011 (Natalia's birthday) and the word "REC", after it, the song title, "Free". Natalia appears above a television, that transmits an image of will.i.am, while a camera is filming her. The words and phrases "You Can Buy Happiness", "Free", "Perfectionist", "Money Is Everything", "Buy Your Freedom", "You Are What You Wear", "You Are Free", appear throughout the video. A woman appears smoking, a man putting lipstick (AJ English- Model), a naked person removing ripping their clothes with a heel, Kills above motocycles and her in a box filled with dollars. Some montages show Kills with a male body, a woman with long neck, and with her hair on fire. Kills is also seen surrounded by a woman wearing a suit, with her breasts exposed, the lipstick man, and a couple other people. Another man with long hair, wearing a hat and veil, strips off his clothes. In the last scene of the video, the box is completely filled with dollars, and we only see Kills' hand with the word "free" written on it.

Track listing

  • Digital download[2]
  1. "Free" featuring will.i.am – 4:29
  • iTunes UK EP[3]
  1. "Free" featuring will.i.am - 4.29
  2. "Free" - 3.57
  3. "Free" featuring will.i.am (Moto Blanco Club Mix)
  4. "Free" featuring will.i.am (The Bimbo Jones Radio Edit)

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[4] 10

Release History

Country Release Date Format
France 24th June 2011 Digital Download
Germany 26th June 2011 Single
USA 28th June 2011 Single
United Kingdom 11th September 2011 iTunes EP

References

  1. ^ "Natalia Kills – Free ft. will.i.am". YouTube. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Free (feat. will.i.am) - Single". iTunes Store. Apple Inc. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
  3. ^ [1], iTunes UK EP - Natalia Kills "Free".
  4. ^ "Natalia Kills – Free" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
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