Free Bird

"Freebird" redirects here. For the 2013 animated film, see Free Birds. For the Beatles song, see Free as a Bird. For the Germanic legal concept, see Vogelfrei. For other uses, see Freebird (disambiguation).

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"Free Bird"
US single of the shortened studio recording
Single by Lynyrd Skynyrd
from the album (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)
B-side	"Down South Jukin'"
Released	November 1974 (1974-11)
Recorded	April 3, 1973
Studio	Studio One, Doraville, Georgia, U.S.
Genre	Southern rock [1] hard rock [2] arena rock [3]
Length	9:08 (album version) 4:41 (single version) 10:07 ( Skynyrd's Innyrds version)
Label	MCA
Songwriter(s)	Allen Collins Ronnie Van Zant
Producer(s)	Al Kooper
Lynyrd Skynyrd singles chronology
"Sweet Home Alabama" (1974) "Free Bird" (1974) "Saturday Night Special" (1975)
Audio
"Free Bird" (album version) on YouTube

v t e Lynyrd Skynyrd
Rickey Medlocke Johnny Van Zant Michael Cartellone Mark Matejka Peter Keys Keith Christopher Ronnie Van Zant Allen Collins Gary Rossington Bob Burns Larry Junstrom Greg T. Walker Leon Wilkeson Billy Powell Ed King Artimus Pyle Steve Gaines Randall Hall Kurt Custer Mike Estes Owen Hale Hughie Thomasson Jeff McAllister Kenny Aronoff Ean Evans Robert Kearns Johnny Colt
Studio albums	(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) Second Helping Nuthin' Fancy Gimme Back My Bullets Street Survivors Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991 The Last Rebel Endangered Species Twenty Edge of Forever Christmas Time Again Vicious Cycle God & Guns Last of a Dyin' Breed
Live albums	One More from the Road Southern by the Grace of God Lyve from Steel Town Lynyrd Skynyrd Lyve: The Vicious Cycle Tour Live from Freedom Hall Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour Lyve!
Compilations	Skynyrd's First and... Last Gold & Platinum Best of the Rest Legend Skynyrd's Innyrds Lynyrd Skynyrd (box set) A Retrospective What's Your Name Old Time Greats The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd Skynyrd's First: The Complete Muscle Shoals Album 20th Century Masters: The Best of Lynyrd Skynyrd Solo Flytes All Time Greatest Hits Collectybles Then and Now Thyrty Then and Now Volume Two Greatest Hits Icon
Video	Freebird... The Movie Lyve from Steel Town Lynyrd Skynyrd Lyve: The Vicious Cycle Tour Live from Freedom Hall
Singles	"Gimme Three Steps" / "Mr. Banker" "Don't Ask Me No Questions" / "Take Your Time" "Sweet Home Alabama" "Free Bird" "Saturday Night Special" "Double Trouble" "What's Your Name" "That Smell" "Truck Drivin' Man" "You Got That Right" "Preacher Man" "Red White & Blue"
Other songs	"Need All My Friends" "Tuesday's Gone" "Simple Man"
Tours	Street Survivors Tour Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Tour Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991 Tour Edge of Forever Tour The Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour
Spin-off bands	Rossington Collins Band The Rossington Band Allen Collins Band Artimus Pyle Band Van Zant
Related articles	Discography Members Skynyrd Frynds Plane crash Ronnie Van Zant Memorial Park Leonard Skinner "All Summer Long"