Closer to Free

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"Closer to Free"
Closer to Free single.jpg
Single by BoDeans
from the album Go Slow Down
Released1993
Length3:09
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) T-Bone Burnett
BoDeans singles chronology
"Feed the Fire"
(1993)		"Closer to Free"
(1993)		"Hurt by Love"
(1996)

"Closer to Free" is a 1993 song by American rock band BoDeans featured on their fifth studio album, Go Slow Down . It is the band's biggest hit, [1] peaking at number 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 11 in Australia, and number one in Canada after its re-release in 1996. It was featured as the theme of the TV series Party of Five .

Contents

Track listings

US 7-inch, CD, and cassette single (1995, 1996) [2] [3] [4]

  1. "Closer to Free" (studio album version) – 3:09
  2. "Closer to Free" (live album version) – 3:54

Australian CD single (1994) [5]

  1. "Closer to Free"
  2. "Texas Ride Song"
  3. "Idaho"

European and Australian CD single (1996) [6]

  1. "Closer to Free"
  2. "She's a Runaway"
  3. "Don't Be Lonely"

Charts

"Closer to Free" was featured as the theme of the TV series Party of Five [19] and was featured on the show's accompanying soundtrack. The song was also played in the 1994 film Milk Money and during the opening credits of the 1995 film Heavyweights . The song also used in Melrose Place , Riverdale .

References

  1. ↑ Atashian, John (September 19, 2018). "Concert Connection: BoDeans coming to Infinity Hall Hartford". The Middletown Press.
  2. ↑ Closer to Free (US 7-inch single vinyl disc). BoDeans. Slash Records, Reprise Records. 1995. 7-17674.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ↑ Closer to Free (US CD single disc notes). BoDeans. Slash Records, Reprise Records. 1996. 9 17674-2, 2-17674.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ↑ Closer to Free (US cassette single sleeve). BoDeans. Slash Records, Reprise Records. 1996. 9 17674-4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ↑ Closer to Free (Australian CD single liner notes). BoDeans. Slash Records, Liberation Records. 1994. D11560.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ↑ Closer to Free (European & Australian CD single liner notes). BoDeans. Slash Records, London Records, Polydor Records (Australia). 1996. 850 655-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ↑ "BoDeans – Closer to Free". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2969." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 2964." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard . May 4, 1996. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Adult Contemporary" . Billboard. March 2, 1996. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Adult Pop Airplay" . Billboard. May 4, 1996. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Pop Airplay" . Billboard. April 27, 1996. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  14. ↑ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1996". ARIA. Archived from the original on November 2, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2019– via Imgur.
  15. ↑ "RPM Year End Top 100 Hit Tracks". RPM . Retrieved November 25, 2018– via Library and Archives Canada.
  16. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 – 1996". Billboardtop100of.com. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  17. ↑ "The Year in Music: Hot Adult Top 40 Singles & Tracks". Billboard . Vol. 108, no. 52. December 28, 1996. p. YE-86.
  18. ↑ "Airplay Monitor Best of '96: Top 40/Mainstream Titles". Airplay Monitor . Vol. 4, no. 53. December 27, 1996. p. 30.
  19. ↑ "50 TV Theme Songs That Made the Billboard Charts: Listen". Billboard.
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