the song free bird came out in 1970.
the song free bird came out in 1970.
when did the song free bird come out?
1970
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"free bird", or "freebird", is a power ballad performed by american rock band lynyrd skynyrd. the song was first featured on the band's debut album in 1973 and has been included on subsequent albums, including the unfaded-ending version of the original recording (featured on "skynyrd's innyrds").









































released as a single in november 1973, "free bird" entered the "billboard" hot 100 on november 23 at no. 87









































and became the band's second top 40 hit in early 1975, peaking at no. 19 on january 25.









































a live version of the song reentered the charts in late 1976,
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it has become something of a humorous tradition for audience members at concerts to shout "free bird!" or "play free bird!" as a request to hear the song, regardless of the performer or style of music. for example, during the nirvana 1993 mtv unplugged in new york show, a shout-out for "free bird!" eventually resulted in a lyrically slurred, if short, rendition of "sweet home alabama". in 2016, an attendee of a bob dylan concert in berkeley, california shouted for "free bird" to be played, and dylan and his band unexpectedly obliged. the phenomenon began earlier in the 1970s with the allman brothers band's "whipping post" and deep purple's "smoke on the water" but then took off with "free bird" by 1979. on skynyrd's first live album, 1976's "one more from the road", van zant can be heard asking the crowd, "what song is it you wanna hear?" the calls for "free bird" led into a 14-minute rendition of the song. during the beginning of the song he would make the comment about "playing it pretty" (e.g, "play it pretty for atlanta"). kevin matthews claimed to have further popularized it in the 1980s from his chicago-area radio show.
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