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}} "I'm Free" is a song written by Pete Townshend and performed by The Who on the album ''Tommy''. The song has since been released as a single, becoming one of the best known tracks from ''Tommy.'' ==Background== Pete Townshend has claimed that the song was partly inspired by the song "Street Fighting Man" by The Rolling Stones. On "I'm Free," drummer Keith Moon only played on the breaks of the song. According to bassist John Entwistle, Moon was unable to perform the intro the way Townshend wanted, resulting in Townshend and Entwistle having to perform part of the drums. During live performances, Townshend and Entwistle were forced to signal Moon to play the song by making giant steps. Within the plot of the album, "I'm Free" tells of Tommy's vision to spiritually enlighten others due to his sudden and immense popularity. The "Pinball Wizard" riff (earlier on the album) appears at the end of the song during the "How can we follow?" part. Townshend has since noted "I'm Free" and "Pinball Wizard" as "songs of the quiet explosion of divinity. They just rolled off the pen."〔 "I'm Free" was later released as a single in most of Europe (backed with "Tommy, Can You Hear Me?") as well as America (where it was backed with "We're Not Gonna Take It"). The single reached number 37 in the US on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-who-p5822/charts-awards/billboard-singles )〕 It also reached number 20 in the Netherlands.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Who&titel=I%27m+Free&cat=s )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「I'm Free (The Who song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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