I Wanna Be Free (Loretta Lynn song)

"I Wanna Be Free"
"I Wanna Be Free"
Single by Loretta Lynn
from the album I Wanna Be Free
B-side	"If You Never Love Again"
Released	February 1971
Genre	Country
Label	Decca
Songwriter	Loretta Lynn
Producer	Owen Bradley
Loretta Lynn singles chronology

Last updated October 27, 2025

"I Wanna Be Free" is a single by American country music artist Loretta Lynn. Released in February 1971, it was the first single from her album I Wanna Be Free . The song peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.^[1] It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. She rerecorded "I Wanna Be Free" for her album Still Woman Enough (album), released on March 19, 2021. ^[2]

Lynn allowed PETA to use this song in a public service campaign to discourage the chaining of dogs outdoors in the cold.^[3]

Chart performance

Chart (1971)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	94
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

References

↑ "Loretta Lynn singles". Allmusic . Retrieved 24 March 2011.
↑ "RPM Country Singles for June 12, 1971". RPM . Retrieved 24 March 2011.
↑ "Country Superstars Pipe Up for Dogs in New PETA Ads". HelpingAnimals.com. 2006. Archived from the original on 6 February 2006. Retrieved 11 October 2022.

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[1] "Loretta Lynn singles". Allmusic . Retrieved 24 March 2011.

[2] "RPM Country Singles for June 12, 1971". RPM . Retrieved 24 March 2011.

[3] "Country Superstars Pipe Up for Dogs in New PETA Ads". HelpingAnimals.com. 2006. Archived from the original on 6 February 2006. Retrieved 11 October 2022.

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v t e Loretta Lynn singles
Albums Singles Discography with Conway Twitty
1960s	"I'm a Honky Tonk Girl" "Heartaches Meet Mr. Blues" "The Darkest Day" "I Walked Away from the Wreck" "Success" "World of Forgotten People" "The Other Woman" "Before I'm Over You" "Wine, Women and Song" "Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be" "Happy Birthday" "Blue Kentucky Girl" "Our Hearts Are Holding Hands" "The Home You're Tearin' Down" "Dear Uncle Sam" "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)" "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" "Sweet Thang" "If You're Not Gone Too Long" "What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am)" "Fist City" "You've Just Stepped In (From Stepping Out on Me)" "Your Squaw Is on the Warpath" "Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)" "Who's Gonna Take the Garbage Out" "To Make a Man (Feel Like a Man)" "Wings Upon Your Horns"
1970s	"I Know How" "You Wanna Give Me a Lift" "Coal Miner's Daughter" "I Wanna Be Free" "You're Lookin' at Country" "One's on the Way" "Here I Am Again" "Rated "X"" "Love Is the Foundation" "Hey Loretta" "They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy" "Trouble in Paradise" "Shadrack, the Black Reindeer" "The Pill" "Home" "When the Tingle Becomes a Chill" "Red, White and Blue" "Somebody Somewhere (Don't Know What He's Missin' Tonight)" "She's Got You" "Why Can't He Be You" "Out of My Head and Back in My Bed" "Spring Fever" "We've Come a Long Way Baby" "I Can't Feel You Anymore" "I've Got a Picture of Us on My Mind"
1980s	"Pregnant Again" "Naked in the Rain" "Cheatin' on a Cheater" "Somebody Led Me Away" "I Lie" "Making Love from Memory" "Breakin' It" "Lyin', Cheatin', Woman Chasin', Honky Tonkin', Whiskey Drinkin' You" "Walking with My Memories" "Heart Don't Do This to Me" "Wouldn't It Be Great" "Just a Woman" "Who Was That Stranger" "Fly Away"
1990s– 2010s	"Silver Threads and Golden Needles" "Country in My Genes" "Miss Being Mrs." "Portland Oregon" "Coal Miner's Daughter" "Wouldn't It Be Great" "Coal Miner's Daughter"