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Free the People (Sherbet song)

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"Free the People"
side-A label
Side A of the Australian single
Single by Sherbet
from the album Time Change... A Natural Progression
B-side"All Our Yesterdays"
ReleasedOctober 1971
GenreRock
Length2:43
LabelInfinity Records, Festival Records
Songwriter(s)Barbara Keith
Producer(s)Pat Aulton
Sherbet singles chronology
"Can You Feel It, Baby?"
(1971)
"Free the People"
(1971)
"You're All Woman"
(1972)

"Free the People" is a song by Australian band Sherbet. It was released in October 1971 as the second single from Sherbet's debut studio album Time Change... A Natural Progression.[1] The song charted at number 33 on Go-Set and number 18 on the Kent Music Report.[2]

Written by American singer-songwriter Barbara Keith, the song has been recorded by Keith (1970), Delaney and Bonnie (1970), Barbra Streisand (1971), and Olivia Newton-John (1974), amongst others.[3]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Free the People"Barbara Keith2:43
2."All Our Yesterdays"Clive Shakespeare2:43

Charts

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Chart (1971) Peak
Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 18
Australia (Go-Set)[5] 33

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Sherbet - Free The People at 45cat
  2. ^ Sherbet - Free The People at Australian Music Database
  3. ^ "Cover versions of Free the People written by Barbara Keith | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.
  4. ^ Kent, David (1971). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 271. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. ^ "GO Set Chart w/c 12 February 1972". Pop Archives. 12 February 1972. Retrieved 24 August 2016.