| This Time I'm Free | |
| Cover: | This_Time_I'm_Free.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Dr. Alban |
| Album: | Born in Africa |
| Released: | 1995 |
| Recorded: | 1995 |
| Length: | 3:49 |
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| Prev Title: | Sweet Dreams |
| Prev Year: | 1995 |
| Next Title: | Born in Africa |
| Next Year: | 1996 |
"This Time I'm Free" is a song by Sweden-based musician and producer Dr. Alban, released in 1995 by BMG, Dr. Records and Tempo Records as the first single from his fourth studio album, Born in Africa (1996). It features vocals by singer Martina Edoff and was co-written by Alban with Ari Lehtonen and Jorge Vasconcelo. Douglas Carr and Peo Häggström produced the song. It charted in many European countries, peaking at number two in Finland, number three in Sweden, number ten in Denmark and number eleven in Norway. On the Eurochart Hot 100, it reached number 22 in September 1995.
The accompanying music video for "This Time I'm Free" was directed by Jonathan Bate.[1] It was made in black-and-white and starts with the message "last year in Africa alone more than 12.000 people were held prisoner without charges - amnesty 1995". In the end the message "freedom is a right and not a privilege" appear. The video was later made available on Dr. Alban's official YouTube channel in 2011.[2] Bate also directed the music videos for "Look Who's Talking", "Away from Home" and "Let the Beat Go On".
| Chart (1995) | Peak position |
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| Denmark (IFPI)[3] | 10 |
| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[4] | 22 |
| Europe (European Dance Radio)[5] | 3 |
| Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[6] | 35 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)[7] | 2 |
| Chart (1995) | Position | |
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| Europe (European Dance Radio)[8] | 13 | |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[9] | 37 |
| Free | |
| Cover: | La_Cream-Free.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | La Cream |
| Album: | Sound & Vision |
| Released: | 1999 |
| Genre: | Eurodance |
| Length: | 3:20 |
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| Prev Title: | Say Goodbye |
| Prev Year: | 1999 |
In 1999, Swedish Eurodance band La Cream released a cover on the song, as "Free". It was released as the fourth single from their debut album, Sound & Vision (1998). Dr. Alban produced the song with Ferari Zand, and this version peaked at number 12 in Sweden, with a total of six weeks on the chart. The accompanying music video sees the singer, Tess Mattisson, escaping from prison.