| Free the People | |
| Cover: | Free the people sherbet Australian single side-A.png |
| Alt: | side-A label |
| Caption: | Side A of the Australian single |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Sherbet |
| Album: | Time Change... A Natural Progression |
| B-Side: | All Our Yesterdays |
| Released: | October 1971 |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 2:43 |
| Label: | Infinity Records, Festival Records |
| Producer: | Pat Aulton |
| Prev Title: | Can You Feel It, Baby? |
| Prev Year: | 1971 |
| Next Title: | You're All Woman |
| Next Year: | 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]
| Chart (1971) | Peak Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] | 18 | |
| Australia (Go-Set)[5] | 33 |