Song Information
"Free Your Mind" used the chorus line of the George Clinton/Funkadelic song, "Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow" with his permission. The guitar and bass tracks for the song were written and recorded by San Francisco-based guitarist Jinx Jones. The opening line: "Prejudice, wrote a song about it. Like to hear it? Here it go!", is adapted from a line originally used by David Alan Grier's character Calhoun Tubbs from Fox's In Living Color.
The song is known for its award-winning music video, directed by Mark Romanek. On January 21, 1993, En Vogue performed the song on a sixth-season episode of the NBC sitcom A Different World (where they guest-starred as Vernon Gaines' nieces). It was certified gold by the RIAA in late 1992. It is one of several songs to feature all four members of the group on lead vocals.
Janet Jackson included the video in the Countdown of her twenty-five favorite videos of all-time at number eleven.
The track has been included in Les Mills' most recent BodyVive class.
The song was covered by The Band on their 1996 album High on the Hog, and by Sub7even in 2002.
The song was covered as part of a mash-up on Fox's Glee along with "Stop! In the Name of Love" by the Supremes in the episode "Never Been Kissed".
The song was used on the show "Modern Family" during a flash mob meeting.
The song was covered by Greek pop star Elena Paparizou who performed it at the first MadWalk By Vodafone on February 2,2011 along with her smash hit single Baby It's Over, dressed by Apostolos Mitropoulos.
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