Free Me (Joss Stone song) explained

Free Me
Cover:Joss_Stone_-_Free_Me.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Joss Stone
Album:Colour Me Free!
Released:8 November 2009
Length:3:53
Prev Title:Baby Baby Baby
Prev Year:2007
Next Title:The Best Thing About Me Is You
Next Year:2011

"Free Me" is a song by English singer-songwriter Joss Stone. It was written by Stone, Jonathan Shorten, Eric Baker, and Conner Reeves for her fourth studio album, Colour Me Free! (2009).[1] The song embodies portions of "Do the Dirt" by The Meters. Due to the inclusion of the sample, Leo Nocentelli is also credited as a songwriter. "Free Me" was released as the album's first and only single on 8 November 2009.[2]

Background

Stone wrote the song as a protest song against her label, EMI. In the song, Stone sings that she cannot be told what to do. In the outro, she even sings "Free me, free me, EMI". It was reported that Stone wanted to leave EMI, but EMI didn't want to end the four-album contract Stone signed in 2006. Before Colour Me Free, she had only released one out of the four albums that were in her contract.[1] [3] [4] EMI/Virgin retained the rights to her previously released songs and released the compilation album The Best of Joss Stone 2003–2009 which included the song "Free Me". In 2010, the song was featured in the trailer for the film, Morning Glory.[5] [6]

Track listing

Sample credits

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Free Me"!Chart (2009)!Peak
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Joss Stone :: Tour Dates Videos Colour Me Free . jossstone.com . 2010-08-26.
  2. Web site: Joss Stone lança disco em Outubro . Rolling Stone Brazil . 2010-08-26.
  3. Web site: Stone'd Records . stonedrecords.com . 2010-09-04.
  4. Web site: Facebook - Stone'd Records . . 2010-09-04.
  5. Web site: Weather & Time . What song was playing during the Morning Glory preview? . ChaCha . 2012-01-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120309225334/http://www.chacha.com/question/what-song-was-playing-during-the-morning-glory-preview . 2012-03-09 .
  6. Web site: Soundtracks for Morning Glory. IMDb. August 23, 2023.