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| {{Infobox Song | | {{Infobox Song <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs --> |
| | Name = Free Bird | | | Name = |
| | Cover = | | | Cover = |
| | Artist = [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] | | | Border = |
| | from Album = [[(pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd)]] | | | Caption = |
| | Released = 1974 | | | Type = |
| | Format = [[Gramophone record#Formats|7"]] | | | Artist = |
| | Recorded = April 1973 (album version) | | | alt Artist = |
| | Genre = [[Southern rock]] | | | Album = |
| | Length = 9:06 (album)<br>4:41 (single) | | | Published = |
| | Label = [[MCA Records|MCA]] | | | Released = |
| | Writer = [[Allen Collins]]/[[Ronnie Van Zant]] | | | track_no = |
| | Producer = [[John Carney]] | | | Recorded = |
| | Certification = Silver <small>(UK)</small><ref>[http://www.bpi.co.uk/ The Bpi<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> | | | Genre = |
| | Last single = "[[Sweet Home Alabama (song)|Sweet Home Alabama]]" <br />(1974) | | | Language = |
| | This single = "Free Bird" <br />(1974) | | | Length = |
| | Next single = "[[Saturday Night Special (song)|Saturday Night Special]]" <br />(1975) | | | Writer = |
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| "'''Free Bird'''" is a song by the [[United States|American]] [[southern rock]] band [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]. It was first featured on the band's debut album ''[[(pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd)]]'' in 1973, and has been included on subsequent albums released by the band.
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| Released as a [[single (music)|single]] in late 1974, "Free Bird" became the band's second [[Top 40]] hit on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart in early 1975, where it peaked at #19.<ref name="Whitburn">[[Joel Whitburn|Whitburn, Joel]] (2004).
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