Free (Broods song)

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"Free"
Broods - Free (Official Single Cover).jpg
Single by Broods
from the album Conscious
Released1 April 2016 (2016-04-01)
Genre
Length3:43
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Joel Little
Broods singles chronology
"Four Walls"
(2015)		"Free"
(2016)		"1000×"
(2016)

"Free" is a song by New Zealand indie pop duo Broods from their second studio album, Conscious (2016). It premiered via BBC Radio 1 on 30 March 2016 before being officially released to digital retailers via Capitol Records, Dryden Street, and Universal Music Australia on 1 April 2016 as the album's lead single. [1] [2] The song was serviced to American modern rock radio on 12 April 2016 through Capitol Records as the duo's third North American single. [3]

Contents

Composition

"Free" is a midtempo anthem about having the freedom to express oneself. The song was written by duo members Caleb and Georgia Nott alongside its producer, Joel Little. A synthwave song with industrial elements, [4] it features prominent synth instrumentation and a rhythmic backbeat evoking a war drum; industry professionals have described the production as "menacing and liberating" as well as more evolved than their previous songs. [5] [6] Georgia Nott explained to Triple J that the song's thematic content arose out of a desire to produce "more mature" songs that deviate from the topic of love and address real issues in people's lives. [5]

Commercial reception

"Free" debuted at number 30 on the New Zealand Singles Chart dated 11 April 2016 and peaked at number 21. [7] [8] It also debuted at number one on the New Zealand Artists chart ranking tracks performed by local artists. [9] In Australia, the song entered the ARIA Top 50 singles chart at number 35 on the chart dated 17 April 2016 and has since peaked at number 30. [10] [11]

In the United States, "Free" entered the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart at number 47 on the chart dated 23 April 2016, their second entry on the chart. [12] "Free" ranked as the most-added song on alternative radio for the week ending 16 April 2016, with 14 Mediabase-monitored stations. [13] Despite this, it did not reach the Billboard Alternative Songs chart ranking airplay on the format for another two weeks, whereupon it debuted at number 38 on the chart dated 7 May 2016. It has since peaked at 26. [14]

Music video

An accompanying music video was directed by Jessie Hill and premiered on 31 March 2016. [15]

Chart performance

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [11] 30
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [8] 21
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [12] 47

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [16] Platinum70,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [17] Gold7,500*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabelRef.
Worldwide1 April 2016 Digital download
[2] [18] [19]
United States12 April 2016 Modern rock radioCapitol [3]

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