Sing a Song of Freedom

"Sing a Song of Freedom"
"Sing a Song of Freedom"
	Cover of the single released in Sweden
Single by Cliff Richard
B-side	"A Thousand Conversations"
Released	29 October 1971
Recorded	24 August 1971
Studio	EMI Studios, London
Genre	Pop rock
Length	3:24
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Guy Fletcher; Doug Flett;
Producer(s)	Norrie Paramor
Cliff Richard singles chronology

"Sing a Song of Freedom" is a song by British singer Cliff Richard, released as a single in October 1971. It peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart.^[2]

Release[]

"Sing a Song of Freedom" was written by songwriting duo Guy Fletcher and Doug Flett and was arranged by and features an orchestral accompaniment by Brian Bennet.^[1] In Cliff Richard: The Biography, writer Steve Turner wrote that "Sing a Song of Freedom" "was an all-purpose anthem with no real message which drew upon the popular banner-waving slogans of campus politics".^[3] It was, however, banned in South Africa due to the repressive politics there at the time.^[1]

It was released as a single with the B-side "A Thousand Conversations", written by Hank Marvin and Bruce Welch, which had been first released by their group Marvin, Welch & Farrar on their debut eponymous album.^[4]

Track listing[]

7": Columbia / DB 8836

"Sing a Song of Freedom" – 3:24
"A Thousand Conventions" – 2:18

Personnel[]

Cliff Richard – vocals
Big Jim Sullivan – guitar
The Breakaways – backing vocals
Brian Bennett Orchestra – all other instrumentation

Charts[]

Chart (1971–72)	Peak position
Denmark (IFPI)^[5]	6
Germany (Official German Charts)^[6]	42
Malaysia (Rediffusion)^[7]	1
Sweden (Kvällstoppen)^[8]	14
UK Singles (OCC)^[2]	13

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Cliff Richard Song Database – Song Details (Sing A Song Of Freedom)". www.cliffrichardsongs.com.
^ ^a ^b "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
^ Turner, Steve (2008). Cliff Richard: the Biography: 50th Anniversary Edition. Lion Books. p. 255. ISBN 978-0-7459-5279-6.
^ "Cliff Richard - Sing A Song Of Freedom". 45cat. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
^ "Hitlisten". Ekstra Bladet. 20 January 1972. p. 47.
^ "Cliff Richard – Flying Machine" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
^ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. 19 February 1972. p. 40. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
^ "Cliff Richard – Se alla låtar och listplaceringar". NostalgiListan (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 October 2021.

[:1-1] "Cliff Richard Song Database – Song Details (Sing A Song Of Freedom)". www.cliffrichardsongs.com.

[uk-2] "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.

[3] Turner, Steve (2008). Cliff Richard: the Biography: 50th Anniversary Edition. Lion Books. p. 255. ISBN 978-0-7459-5279-6.

[4] "Cliff Richard - Sing A Song Of Freedom". 45cat. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

[5] "Hitlisten". Ekstra Bladet. 20 January 1972. p. 47.

[sc_Germany_Cliff_Richard-6] "Cliff Richard – Flying Machine" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.

[7] "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. 19 February 1972. p. 40. Retrieved 17 October 2021.

[8] "Cliff Richard – Se alla låtar och listplaceringar". NostalgiListan (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 October 2021.

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v t Cliff Richard singles discography
1950s	"Move It" (1958) "High Class Baby" (1958) "Livin' Lovin' Doll" (1959) "Mean Streak" (1959) "Living Doll" (1959) "Travellin' Light" (1959)
1960s	"A Voice in the Wilderness" (1960) "Fall in Love with You" (1960) "Please Don't Tease" (1960) "Nine Times Out of Ten" (1960) "I Love You" (1960) "Theme for a Dream" (1961) "Gee Whizz It's You" (1961) "A Girl Like You" (1961) "What'd I Say" (1961) "When the Girl in Your Arms Is the Girl in Your Heart" (1961) "Forty Days" (1961) "Outsider" (1962) "The Young Ones" / "We Say Yeah" (1962) "Catch Me" (1962) "I'm Lookin' Out the Window" / "Do You Want to Dance?" (1962) "Lessons in Love" (1962) "It'll Be Me" (1962) "Wonderful to Be Young" (1962) "The Next Time" / "Bachelor Boy" (1962) "Summer Holiday" (1963) "Lucky Lips" (1963) "It's All in the Game" (1963) "Don't Talk to Him" (1963) "Maria No Mas" (1963) "I'm the Lonely One" (1964) "I Only Have Eyes for You" (1964) "Constantly (L'Edera)" (1964) "On the Beach" (1964) "The Twelfth of Never" (1964) "I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)" (1964) "The Minute You're Gone" (1965) "Angel" (1965) "On My Word" (1965) "The Time in Between" (1965) "Wind Me Up (Let Me Go)" (1965) "Blue Turns to Grey" (1966) "Visions" (1966) "Time Drags By" (1966) "In the Country" (1966) "It's All Over" (1967) "I'll Come Runnin'" (1967) "The Day I Met Marie" (1967)" "All My Love" (1967) "Congratulations" (1968) "I'll Love You Forever Today" (1968) "Wonderful World" (1968) "Marianne" (1968) "Don't Forget to Catch Me" (1968) "Good Times (Better Times)" (1969) "Big Ship" (1969) "Early in the Morning" (1969) "Throw Down a Line" (1969) "With the Eyes of a Child" (1969)
1970s	"The Joy of Living" (1970) "Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha" (1970) "I Ain't Got Time Anymore" (1970) "Sunny Honey Girl" (1971) "Silvery Rain" (1971) "Flying Machine" (1971) "Sing a Song of Freedom" (1971) "Jesus" (1972) "Living in Harmony" (1972) "Power to All Our Friends" (1973) "Help It Along" (1973) "Take Me High" (1973) "(You Keep Me) Hangin' On" (1974) "Honky Tonk Angel" (1975) "Miss You Nights" (1976) "Devil Woman" (1976) "I Can't Ask for Anymore Than You" (1976) "Hey Mr. Dream Maker" (1976) "My Kinda Life" (1977) "When Two Worlds Drift Apart" (1977) "Green Light" (1979) "We Don't Talk Anymore" (1979)
1980s	"Carrie" (1980) "Dreamin'" (1980) "Suddenly" (1980) "A Little in Love" (1980) "Give a Little Bit More" (1981) "Wired for Sound" (1981) "Daddy's Home" (live) (1981) "The Only Way Out" (1982) "Little Town" (1982) "She Means Nothing to Me" (1983) "True Love Ways" (live) (1983) "Never Say Die (Give a Little Bit More)" (1983) "Please Don't Fall in Love" (1983) "Baby You're Dynamite" / "Ocean Deep" (1984) "Donna" (1984 US) "Two to the Power of Love" (1984) "She's So Beautiful" (1985) "Living Doll" (1986) "All I Ask of You" (1986) "Slow Rivers" (1986) "My Pretty One" (1987) "Some People" (1987) "Remember Me" (1987) "Two Hearts" (1988) "Mistletoe and Wine" (1988) "The Best of Me" (1989) "I Just Don't Have the Heart" (1989) "Lean on You" (1989) "Whenever God Shines His Light" (1989)
1990s	"Stronger Than That" (1990) "Silhouettes" (live) (1990) "From a Distance" (live) (1990) "Saviour's Day" (1990) "Scarlet Ribbons" (1991) "We Should Be Together" (1991) "I Still Believe in You" (1992) "Peace in Our Time" (1993) "Human Work of Art" (1993) "Healing Love" (1993) "All I Have to Do Is Dream" (live) / "Miss You Nights" (1994) "Misunderstood Man" (1995) "Had to Be" (1995) "Can't Keep this Feeling In" (1998) "The Millennium Prayer" (1999)
2000s	"Somewhere Over the Rainbow"/"What a Wonderful World" (medley) (2001) "Let Me Be the One" (2002) "Santa's List" (2003) "Somethin' is Goin' On" (2004) "I Cannot Give You My Love" (2004) "What Car" (2005) "21st Century Christmas" / "Move It" (2006) "When I Need You" (2007) "Thank You for a Lifetime" (2008) "Singing the Blues" (2009)
2010s	"Rip It Up" (2013) "Since I Lost My Baby" (2014) "Golden" (2015) "Roll Over Beethoven" (2016) "Blue Suede Shoes" (2017) "(It's Gonna Be) Okay" (2017) "Rise Up" (2018) "Reborn" (2018)