Closer to Free

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"Closer to Free"
Closer to Free single.jpg
Single by BoDeans
from the album Go Slow Down
Released1993
Length3:09
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) T-Bone Burnett
BoDeans singles chronology
"Feed the Fire"
(1993)
"Closer to Free"
(1993)
"Hurt by Love"
(1996)

"Closer to Free" is a 1993 song by American rock band BoDeans featured on their fifth studio album, Go Slow Down . It is the band's biggest hit, [1] peaking at number 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 11 in Australia, and number one in Canada after its re-release in 1996. It was featured as the theme of the TV series Party of Five .

Contents

Track listings

US 7-inch, CD, and cassette single (1995, 1996) [2] [3] [4]

  1. "Closer to Free" (studio album version) – 3:09
  2. "Closer to Free" (live album version) – 3:54

Australian CD single (1994) [5]

  1. "Closer to Free"
  2. "Texas Ride Song"
  3. "Idaho"

European and Australian CD single (1996) [6]

  1. "Closer to Free"
  2. "She's a Runaway"
  3. "Don't Be Lonely"

Charts

"Closer to Free" was featured as the theme of the TV series Party of Five [19] and was featured on the show's accompanying soundtrack. The song was also played in the 1994 film Milk Money and during the opening credits of the 1995 film Heavyweights .

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