Get Free (Major Lazer song)

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"Get Free"
GetFreeMajor.jpg
Single by Major Lazer featuring Amber Coffman
from the album Free the Universe
Released18 May 2012
Recorded2011
Genre
Length4:49
Label Downtown
Songwriter(s)
Major Lazer singles chronology
"Original Don"
(2011)		"Get Free"
(2012)		"Jah No Partial"
(2012)
Amber Coffman singles chronology
"Hold On"
(2010)		"Get Free"
(2012)		"She Knows"
(2013)

"Get Free" is a song by musical project Major Lazer from their second studio album Free the Universe (2013). The song was released as a digital download on May 18, 2012. The song features vocals from American singer and musician Amber Coffman.

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Music video

A lyric video to accompany the release of "Get Free" was first released onto YouTube on 15 April 2012 at a total length of five minutes. [1] The official video, directed by So Me, was released on 23 August 2012. Filmed in Kingston, Jamaica, "Get Free" takes the viewer on a candid journey of Jamaican culture. [2] Both Coffman and Diplo make appearances. [3]

Newton Faulkner cover

In 2015, English singer Newton Faulkner recorded "Get Free" for his fifth studio album, Human Love . The cover of the song was released as the lead single from the album on 27 November 2015, while a music video was released on 15 September 2015. [4] [5]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Get Free" (featuring Amber Coffman)4:49
2."Get Free" (Bonde Do Role Remix; featuring Amber Coffman)3:43
3."Get Free" (Andy C Remix; featuring Amber Coffman)5:31

Chart performance

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [23] Gold35,000^
Belgium (BEA) [24] Gold15,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [25] Silver200,000‡

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

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United KingdomMay 18, 2012 [26] Digital download Downtown

"Get Free" was featured over the end credits of Barely Lethal (2015), and in the 2017 movie Baywatch. [27]

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