Freedom (Sherbet song)

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"Freedom"
Single by Sherbet
from the album In Concert
B-side "Wishing Well"
ReleasedMarch 1975
Recorded Armstrong Studios, Festival Studios
Genre Rock
Length3:23
Label Infinity Records, Festival Records
Songwriter(s) Garth Porter, Clive Shakespeare
Producer(s) Richard Batchens, Sherbet
Sherbet singles chronology
"Summer Love"
(1975)
"Freedom"
(1975)
"Life"
(1975)

"Freedom" is a song by Australian rock band, Sherbet. It was released in March 1975 as the first and only single from the band's live album, In Concert , recorded live on Sherbet's Slipstream Tour. The song was written by Garth Porter and Clive Shakespeare. [1]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Freedom" Garth Porter, Clive Shakespeare 3:23
2."Wishing Well" John Bundrick, Paul Kossoff, Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke, Tetsu Yamauchi 3:41

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1975)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [2] 52

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References

  1. Australian Charts - Sherbet - Freedom
  2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 271. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.