Free Money (song)

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"Free Money"
Song by Patti Smith
from the album Horses
Released	December 13, 1975 (1975-12-13)
Studio	Electric Lady
Genre	Proto-punk ^[1]
Length	3:52
Label	Arista
Songwriter(s)	Patti Smith Lenny Kaye
Producer(s)	John Cale
Horses track listing
8 tracks Side one "Gloria: In Excelsis Deo / Gloria" "Redondo Beach" "Birdland" "Free Money" Disc two "Kimberly" "Break It Up" "Land: Horses / Land of a Thousand Dances / La Mer (De)" "Elegie"

"Free Money" is a rock song written by Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye, and first released on Smith's 1975 album Horses . In 1977 Sammy Hagar covered the song on his eponymous album. Also covered by Penetration on their album Moving Targets and later by Cell as a B-side.

Notes

↑ Terich, Jeff; Pearson, Paul; Bossenger, A.T. (November 5, 2015). "10 Essential Proto-punk tracks". Treble. Retrieved November 9, 2019.

v t e Patti Smith
Studio albums	Horses Radio Ethiopia Easter Wave Dream of Life Gone Again Peace and Noise Gung Ho Trampin' Twelve Banga
Live albums	Horses/Horses The Coral Sea
Compilations	The Patti Smith Masters Land (1975–2002) iTunes Originals Outside Society
EPs	Hey Joe / Radio Ethiopia Set Free
Singles	"Hey Joe" "Gloria" "Pissing in a River" "Pumping (My Heart)" "Ask the Angels" "Because the Night" "Privilege (Set Me Free)" "Frederick" "Dancing Barefoot" "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" "People Have the Power" "Up There Down There" "Summer Cannibals" "E-Bow the Letter" "Gimme Shelter"
Promotional singles	"1959" "Glitter in Their Eyes" "When Doves Cry"
Other songs	"Piss Factory" "Redondo Beach" "Free Money" "Rock N Roll Nigger"
Books	Seventh Heaven Early Morning Dream Witt Ha! Ha! Houdini! Babel Woolgathering Early Work The Coral Sea Patti Smith Complete Strange Messenger Auguries of Innocence Just Kids M Train Devotion Year of the Monkey
Band members	Lenny Kaye Jay Dee Daugherty Ivan Král Richard Sohl
Related articles	Discography Patti Smith: Dream of Life Cowboy Mouth Fred "Sonic" Smith Robert Mapplethorpe 50 Photographs

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