Freed from Desire

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"Freed from Desire"
Freed from desire.jpg
Single by Gala
from the album Come into My Life
Released1996
Genre Eurodance [1]
Length
  • 3:50 (album version)
  • 3:27 (single)
Label
  • ZYX (Germany)
  • Fact (Netherlands)
  • Nitelite (Italy)
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Maurizio Molella
  • Phil Jay
Gala singles chronology
"Everyone Has Inside"
(1996)		"Freed from Desire"
(1996)		"Let a Boy Cry"
(1997)
Audio sample

Charts

Certifications and sales

Certifications for "Freed from Desire"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA) [42] 2× Platinum100,000*
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [43] Gold45,000‡
France (SNEP) [44] Diamond750,000*
Germany (BVMI) [45] Gold250,000‡
Italy (FIMI) [46]
sales since 2009 		2× Platinum200,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [47] 2× Platinum1,200,000‡
Streaming
Greece (IFPI Greece) [48] Platinum2,000,000†

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

Drenchill and Indiiana version

"Freed from Desire"
Freed from Desire Drenchill.jpg
Single by Drenchill featuring Indiiana
Released2018
Genre Dance
Length3:39
Label Sony Music
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Drenchill
Drenchillsingles chronology
"Hey Hey"
(2018)		"Freed from Desire"
(2018)		"Allumé Allumé"
(2019)
Music video
"Freed from Desire" on YouTube

In 2018, Drenchill released a cover of "Freed from Desire". It reached number 1 in Poland [49] and number 4 in the Commonwealth of Independent States. [50]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Freed from Desire" by Drenchill
Chart (2018–2019)Peak
position
CIS (TopHit) [50] 4
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100) [49] 1
Russia Airplay (TopHit) [51] 4
Ukraine Airplay (TopHit) [52] 4

Year-end charts

2019 year-end chart performance for "Freed from Desire" by Drenchill
Chart (2019)Position
Russia Airplay (TopHit) [53] 17
Ukraine Airplay (TopHit) [54] 29
2020 year-end chart performance for "Freed from Desire" by Drenchill
Chart (2020)Position
Russia Airplay (TopHit) [55] 98
Ukraine Airplay (TopHit) [56] 77
2021 year-end chart performance for "Freed from Desire" by Drenchill
Chart (2021)Position
CIS (TopHit) [57] 164
Ukraine Airplay (TopHit) [58] 145

Certifications

Certifications for "Freed from Desire" by Drenchill
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV) [59] 3× Platinum60,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Usage in sports

The song has had a significant usage in association football, where fans from countries such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Greece etc. have made their own iterations of the song with changed lyrics.

It has been used as a football chant by fans of Bohemian FC in Dublin as far back as April 2011, where at a game away to Sligo Rovers it was sung with the lyrics amended to "The Bohs have got no money, we've got a bag of E's." (Ecstasy) Reference was made to the chant in the Irish Independent at the time, who wrote "For 45 minutes the visiting fans – who clearly planned around dry Good Friday – roared out 1990s dance classic 'Freed From Desire' seemingly oblivious to their team being dismantled on the park" [60] and was recorded by Sligo Rovers fans in the opposite stand. [61]

The chorus was used for a football chant in 2012 by Stevenage F.C. fans for winger Luke Freeman as: "Freeman's on fire, your right back is terrified!" [62] Following that, in early 2016, Newcastle United supporters adapted the song for their striker Aleksandar Mitrović, the refrain being: "Mitro's on fire, your defence is terrified", which has also been used by fans of Fulham FC after his transfer there. [63] However, Mitrović suffered poor form; the chant went viral in May of that year, as Wigan Athletic supporter Sean Kennedy uploaded on YouTube his version of "Freed from Desire" titled "Will Grigg's on Fire", in recognition of the recent goal-scoring feats of Will Grigg, a Wigan player. [64] [65] This version was recorded by dance producers Blonde under the alias DJ Kenno, and it reached No. 76 on the UK single chart. [66] [67] Fans from Northern Ireland also sang "Will Grigg's on Fire", notably during UEFA Euro 2016, as he played for Northern Ireland. [68] [69] Fans of Ireland, Wales, England, and France made their own versions of the song for their players, such as "Vardy's on Fire" and "Grizi's on Fire". [70] [71] It was later seen as the unofficial song of UEFA Euro 2016. [72]

Fans of West Ham United chant "Bowen's on fire" for Jarrod Bowen, who scored the winning goal against Fiorentina in the 2023 Europa Conference League final to win the club their first major trophy in 43 years. [73]

This goes to the same to both fans and players of Manchester City. During their win against Manchester United F.C. during the 2023 FA Cup final, players gathered around and chant “Gundo’s on fire” for İlkay Gündoğan, after he scored two volleys from outside the box. A week later on the 2023 UEFA Champions League final against Inter Milan, the song was chanted again, this time round is for Rodri, who scored the only winning goal in the game. [74]

"Freed from Desire" itself was used as the unofficial anthem for the Belgian team during the 2018 FIFA World Cup. [75]

From January 2022, "Freed from Desire" was chosen via a fan poll as the post-match victory song of Melbourne Victory FC; the song will be played over AAMI Park's loudspeakers after every Melbourne Victory home win. [76]

France, England, Switzerland and Poland's national football associations chose "Freed from Desire" to be played as their goal music at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, [77] while France, New Zealand, and Switzerland chose the song to be played as their goal music at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Gala herself has expressed support for the use of the song as a sports anthem, stating that "it’s such a beautiful thing that a song has an energy by itself":

Music and sport both gather people of different backgrounds together – a rich guy and a poor guy, they both love the same song, they both cheer for the same football team. It really brings people together from different backgrounds and countries. [78]

In October 2022, a video of fans singing about Will Grigg was re-captioned "Kerch Bridge on fire, your defence is terrified!" in the aftermath of the 2022 Crimean Bridge explosion. [79] The video gained further traction in mid-2023, with at least one news channel mistaking it for Ukrainians celebrating. [79]

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