Cover Versions
| "I'm Free" | ||||
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| Single by The Soup Dragons | ||||
| from the album Lovegod | ||||
| Released | 1990 | |||
| Format | CD single | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock/Dub House/Gospel |
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| Length | 3:58 | |||
| Label | Big Life | |||
| Writer(s) | Jagger/Richards | |||
| The Soup Dragons singles chronology | ||||
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The song has been covered by several artists, including Chris Farlowe on his album The Art of Chris Farlowe (1966); Wilmer and the Dukes, who made it a regional hit in upper New York state in 1969; and by the British alternative rock/dance band The Soup Dragons, whose version reached No.5 in the UK singles charts and No.79 in the US in 1990.
In 2007 a remixed version of the original recording was used in a television commercial for the Chase Freedom credit card and in 2008 it was used in a UK commercial for a Renault SUV.
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