We're Free

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"We're Free"
Single by Beverly Bremers
from the album I'll Make You Music
B-side "Colors of Love"
Released May 1972
Genre Pop
Length3:06
Label Scepter
Songwriter(s) Irwin Levine, L. Russell Brown
Producer(s) Irwin Levine, L. Russell Brown, Mickey Eichner
Beverly Bremers singles chronology
"When Michael Calls"
(1971)
"We're Free"
(1972)
"I Just Need Some Music"
(1972)

"When Michael Calls"
(1971)
"We're Free"
(1972)
"I Just Need Some Music"
(1972)

"We're Free" is a song written by Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown and performed by Beverly Bremers. It reached #15 on the adult contemporary chart and #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972. [1] The song was featured on her 1972 album, I'll Make You Music . [2]

Irwin Jesse Levine was an American songwriter, who co-wrote the song "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" with L. Russell Brown. The song was a worldwide hit for Tony Orlando and Dawn as it reached number one on both the US and UK charts for four weeks in April 1973 and number one on the Australian charts for seven weeks from May to July 1973. It was the top-selling single in 1973 in both the US and UK. In 2008, Billboard ranked the song as the 37th biggest song of all time in its issue celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Hot 100.

Lawrence "Larry" Russell Brown, known as L. Russell Brown, is an American lyricist and composer. He is most noted for his songs, co-written with Irwin Levine, "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" and "Knock Three Times"—international hits for the 1970s pop music group Tony Orlando and Dawn. He also co-wrote "C'mon Marianne" for The Four Seasons, and The Partridge Family 1971 song, "I Woke Up In Love This Morning".

Beverly Ann Bremers is an American singer and actress. After roles on Broadway, Bremers recorded the 1972 Top 20 hit single, "Don't Say You Don't Remember".

The song was produced by Irwin Levine, L. Russell Brown, and Mickey Eichner and arranged by Norman Bergen. [3]

Norman Bergen is an American pianist, arranger, record producer, band leader, musical director, and vocalist.

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