
Performer:
Title:
I Want To Be Free
Genre:
MP3 album size:
1520 mb
Other music formats:
MPC VQF MMF AC3 MIDI VOC MP3
Rating:
4.1 ✱
Style:
New Wave, Synth-pop
Country:
Date of release:
Toyah - I Want To Be Free album download
Tracklist
A | I Want To Be Free |
B1 | Walkie-Talkie |
B2 | Alien |
Companies, etc.
- Published By – Sweet 'N' Sour Songs Ltd.
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Safari Records
Credits
- Design [Sleeve Design], Art Direction – John Gordon
- Engineer – Phil Harding
- Lacquer Cut By – Arun*
- Producer – Nick Tauber
- Written-By – Bogen*, Glockle* (tracks: B2), Wilcox*
Notes
Solid centre, black border on sleeve.[Publishers]:
A, B1 Sweet 'n' Sour Songs Ltd.
B2 Sweet 'n' Sour Songs Ltd/ MCPS
℗ Safari Records.
Other UK issues with solid centre:
Lacquer cut by timtom black boder on sleeve.
Lacquer cut by ARUN white border on sleeve.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society (B2): MCPS
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched): SAFE 34- A5
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched): SAFE 34 - B2
Other versions
Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SAFE 34 | Toyah | I Want To Be Free (7", Single, Sol) | Safari Records | SAFE 34 | UK | 1981 |
CBS A 1672 | Toyah | I Want To Be Free = Quiero Ser Libre (7", Single, Promo) | CBS | CBS A 1672 | Spain | 1981 |
SAFE 34 | Toyah | I Want To Be Free (7") | Inelco, Safari Records | SAFE 34 | Netherlands | 1981 |
CBS A-1672, CBS A 1672 | Toyah | Quiero Ser Libre (7", Single) | CBS, Safari Records | CBS A-1672, CBS A 1672 | Spain | 1981 |
SAFE 100 | Toyah | I Want To Be Free (7", Single) | Safari Records | SAFE 100 | South Africa | 1981 |
Tracklist
A | I Want To Be Free |
B1 | Walkie-Talkie |
B2 | Alien |
Credits
- Engineer – Phil Harding
- Mastered By – Arun*
- Producer – Nick Tauber
- Sleeve [Design], Art Direction – John Gordon
- Written-By – Bogen*, Glockle* (tracks: B2), Wilcox*
Other versions
Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SAFE 34 | Toyah | I Want To Be Free (7", Single, Sol) | Safari Records | SAFE 34 | UK | 1981 |
CBS A 1672 | Toyah | I Want To Be Free = Quiero Ser Libre (7", Single, Promo) | CBS | CBS A 1672 | Spain | 1981 |
SAFE 34 | Toyah | I Want To Be Free (7") | Inelco, Safari Records | SAFE 34 | Netherlands | 1981 |
SAFE 34 | Toyah | I Want To Be Free (7", Single, Sol) | Safari Records | SAFE 34 | UK | 1981 |
CBS A-1672, CBS A 1672 | Toyah | Quiero Ser Libre (7", Single) | CBS, Safari Records | CBS A-1672, CBS A 1672 | Spain | 1981 |
I Want to Be Free" is the seventh UK single by the band Toyah, fronted by Toyah Willcox, and was released on 7 May 1981. Backed by an appearance on Top of the Pops, and bolstered by the performance of the previous single, "I Want to Be Free" entered the UK Top Ten with a peak at and helped push the album Anthem into the UK Albums Chart, where it reached number two. As well as peaking at in South Africa (source: rock. za), the single also found Top 40 success in Australia and New Zealand.
Toyah! Toyah! Toyah! is a live album recorded by Toyah on 17 June 1980 at the Lafayette Club in Wolverhampton. The concert was also filmed by ATV as part of a TV documentary about the band and its eponymous singer. The album reached No. 22 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified Silver in 1981 for selling more than 60,000 copies. The album saw its first CD release in 1990 on the Great Expectations label.
Willcox performing in 2014. Background information. Between 1977 and 1983 she fronted the band Toyah, before embarking on a solo career in the mid-1980s. Her biggest hits include "It's a Mystery", "Thunder in the Mountains" and "I Want to Be Free". 1 Childhood and early life.
I Want to Be Free – I Want to Be Free is the seventh UK single by the band Toyah, fronted by Toyah Willcox, and was released on 7 May 1981. As well as peaking at in South Africa, the single also found Top 40 success in Australia and New Zealand. The two B-sides on this single were included on the 1999 reissue of Anthem, and they were also featured on the 2005 compilation The Safari Singles Collection Part 2. It was resonated with how I felt about my school years which was strong even if I was only 22, Toyah said in a 2003 interview