Looking for Freedom (album)

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Looking for Freedom
Looking for Freedom by David Hassellhoff.jpg
German cover art
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 21, 1989
StudioSmash Tonstudio, Cool Cat Studio, Michael Boddicker, Inc. Recording Studios, Image Recording Studios, Hansa Ton Studios
Genre
Length51:06
Label
Producer Jack White
David Hasselhoff chronology
Lovin' Feelings
(1987)
Looking for Freedom
(1989)
Knight Lover
(1989)
David Hasselhoff studio album chronology
Lovin' Feelings
(1987)
Looking for Freedom
(1989)
Crazy for You
(1990)
Vinyl/cassette
Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Is Everybody Happy"4:28
2."Lonely Is the Night"3:26
3."Je T'Aime Means I Love You"
  • White
  • Blackwell
  • Jerry Rix
4:09
4."Sheltered Heart"
  • Warren
4:44
5."Torero - Te Quiero"
4:01
6."Yesterday's Love"
  • White
  • Spiro
4:17
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Looking for Freedom"
  • White
  • Gary Cowtan
3:56
2."Flying on the Wings of Tenderness"
  • White
  • Rix
3:50
3."Lady"
  • White
  • Spiro
3:48
4."Song of the Night"
3:59
5."Avignon"
  • Blackwell
  • Bernd Dietrich
  • Engelbert Simons
  • Gerd Grabowski
3:40
6."After Manana Mi Ciello"
  • White
  • Paolo Palermo
3:19
7."Amore Amore (Elisabeth)"
  • White
  • Mason
3:34

Charts and certifications

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria) [7] Platinum50,000*
Germany (BVMI) [8] Platinum500,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [9] 3× Platinum150,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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