The Free Electric Band

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"The Free Electric Band"
Single by Albert Hammond
from the album The Free Electric Band
B-side "You Taught Me to Sing the Blues"
ReleasedApril 1973
Genre Pop rock, soft rock
Length3:15
Label Mums Records 6009
Songwriters Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood
Producer Albert Hammond
Albert Hammond singles chronology
"If You've Got to Break Another Heart"
(1973)		"The Free Electric Band"
(1973)		"The Peacemaker"
(1973)

"The Free Electric Band" is a song written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood and performed by Hammond. It was produced by Hammond and arranged by Michael Omartian [1] and is from Hammond's 1973 album of the same name. [2]

Contents

The song reached No. 48 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, No. 19 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 11 in South Africa, No. 4 in Germany, No. 3 in the Netherlands and was most successful in Norway, where it reached No. 1. [3]

Charts

Charts (1973)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [4]
38
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary [5] 28
Canada RPM Top Singles [6] 44
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [7] 3
Norway (VG-lista) [8] 1
South Africa (Springbok) [9] 11
Sweden (Tio i topp) [10] 1
UK Singles (OCC) [11] 19
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [12] 48
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [13] 41
West Germany (GfK) [14] 4

Other recordings

Lalla Hansson recorded the song in Swedish, as "Han gav upp alltihop (för att spela med sitt band)" [15] ("He gave it all up (to play with his band)").

References

  1. ↑ "Albert Hammond - The Free Electric Band (Vinyl)". Discogs. 1973. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
  2. ↑ "The Free Electric Band • Album • Albert Hammond • Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Musicvf.com. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
  3. ↑ "The Free Electric Band (song by Albert Hammond) • Music VF, US & UK hits charts". Musicvf.com. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
  4. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 132. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  5. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1973-07-14. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
  6. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1973-07-07. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  7. ↑ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  8. ↑ "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  9. ↑ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989" . Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  10. ↑ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989" . Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  11. ↑ "THE FREE ELECTRIC BAND". Official Charts. 1973-06-30. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
  12. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN   0-89820-089-X
  13. ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, June 30, 1973
  14. ↑ "Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  15. ↑ "Svenska hits" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedtabas. 2002. Retrieved 31 October 2014.


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