BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1990
“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, “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, lip-syncing the lyrics.
George Michael performed the song during the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics.
“Freedom (Edit)” is exclusive to this UK promo.
SIDE A:
Freedom (Edit) 4:33
SIDE B:
Fantasy 5:01
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Freedom | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #8 |
| 1990 | Freedom | U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | #27 |
| 1990 | Freedom | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | #16 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Epic– PRO 609
Format: Vinyl, 7″, Promo
Country: UK
Released: 1990
Genre: Electronic, Pop
Style: Downtempo, Synth-pop
CREDITS:
Design [Sleeve Design] – George Michael, Simon Halfon
Engineer – C. Porter*
Photography – Russell Young
Producer, Arranged By, Written-By – George Michael
NOTES:
For Promotional USe Only
Find the 7″ on DISCOGS
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube: Tung-Sol 12AX7ECC803-S Gold Electron Tube
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi
Thank you so much!
I can never get enough of George!! So talented and handsome too!! Excellent to hear the seven inch edit of “Freedom 90” too! I love that you’re a completest Paul!! And that flip-side, is marvelous. I bought the original CD5 back in the day, and “Fantasy” was the jam. My friend Bruce and I couldn’t get enough of this song then and so many memories kept rushing back. George is a beautiful gift. And Paul!! You’re like psychic. I just read that Wham!’s “Make It Big” is going to get an expanded release called, “Make It Bigger” and I immediately… Read more »
Say it isn’t so David. I am heart-broken! It was something I was determined to have and now, wow, I’m really saddened about the news. I do get really blue over these types of things, because it’s so rare to get a complete package of something one longs for. Thankfully there’s Paul to make so many of our musical quests concrete.
Have a nice day.
Jeff
Hello,
This is my remix:
George Michael – father figure (classic club mix).
Good listening.
link: https://youtu.be/bz5BZ9Un0OU
many thanks~ Paul
For some songs a shorter edit of an album version works well but not in this case, Freedom 90 is a long burner, it just flows on and on, so this edit misses a large chunk of a great song. Fantasy is also a cool track, it’s on the remastered CD version of Faith and a just slightly altered, but also a very funky version called Fantasy 98 is on the Outside maxi-cd. Nice reminder Paul!
The B-side “Fantasy” is the real find here, a GREAT danceable track from the Faith sessions I believe. Would have been a welcome jolt on the Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 album.
I’m getting this one just for the (non LP) B-Side which is very good. Thank you Paul!
Great to see more George Michael posted. This is one of my favourite singles.
Thanks Paul 🙂
You’re welcome Junior. Enjoy!
I get the same 404 error as Osc.
Same here
It should be working now I apologize for the trouble guys 🙂
You TRULY are the greatest, Paul. Thank you very much. 🙂
Thank you atahualpaFX 🙂
404 on 24/96 flac.
It’s now working Osc 🙂
Thank you. 🙂
Thanks Paul.
You’re welcome Omar 🙂
Thank you, Paul! One of his most iconic songs. Although a hit in the US, it only just limped into the Top 30 here in the UK. Shameful! Please post any more of George Michael if you have anything!
You’re welcome André 🙂
Yep you are correct David pretty much the entire Wham! catalog is represented 🙂
Thanks so much.
You’re welcome Hugh 🙂