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| "Rockin' in the Free World" | ||||
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| Single by Neil Young | ||||
| from the album Freedom | ||||
| B-side | "Rockin' in the Free World (acoustic live)" | |||
| Released | November 14, 1989 | |||
| Recorded | March 10, 1989 | |||
| Studio | The Barn, Redwood Digital, Woodside, California | |||
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| Length | 3:38 (acoustic version) 4:40 (electric version) | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Neil Young | |||
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| "Rockin' in the Free World" on YouTube | ||||
"Rockin' in the Free World" is a song by Canadian-American singer-songwriter, and musician Neil Young,[2] released on Young's seventeenth studio album Freedom (1989).[3] Two versions of the song bookend the album, similarly to "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" from Young's Rust Never Sleeps album, one of which is performed with a predominantly acoustic arrangement, and the other predominantly electric. Rolling Stone magazine ranked "Rockin' In the Free World" number 214 on its "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[4]
- ^ Simon, Scott (September 17, 2005). "Neil Young Returns with 'Prairie Wind'". NPR. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
- ^ Buckley, Peter (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-84353-105-0.
- ^ Buckley, 1206
- ^ "Rolling Stone - 500 Greatest Songs (Music Database :: Dave Tompkins)". cs.uwaterloo.ca. Retrieved 2022-03-22.