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Freedom! '90
"Freedom '90" (also known simply as "Freedom") is a song written, produced,and performed by George Michael, and released on Columbia Records in 1990. The "'90" added to the end of the title is to prevent confusion with a hit by Michael's former band, Wham!, also titled "Freedom".
It was the third single taken from ''Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1'', though released as the second single from the album in Australia. "Freedom '90" was one of a few uptempo songs on this album, it was also a major hit and went to #8 in the US. The song is referring to George's past success with Wham! but also shows a new side of himself as a new man, who is more cynical about the music business than he had been before. Michael refused to appear in the video and let a group of supermodels appear instead.
George Michael performed the song during the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics.
==Chart performance==
"Freedom '90" was 6:30 long, but a shorter version was made available for radio consumption cutting down the intro and the bridge. The addition of the year to the title was to distinguish the song from "Freedom", a #1 hit in the UK for Wham! in 1984 (#3 in the US in 1985). It was the second US single from the album ''Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1'', and had contrasting fortunes on each side of the Atlantic—it peaked #28 on the UK Singles Chart, but was a major success on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100, reaching #8 and selling over 500,000 copies to earn a Gold certification from the RIAA. It remained in the ''Billboard'' Top 40 for 12 weeks in late 1990 and early 1991.〔Joel Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th Ed. 2004)〕In Canada, Michael achieved another charttopper.
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