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{{ | {{Infobox Song | ||
| Name = Free Bird | |||
| Cover = | |||
| Artist = [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] | |||
| from Album = [[(pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd)]] | |||
| Released = 1974 | |||
| Format = [[Gramophone record#Formats|7"]] | |||
| Recorded = April 1973 (album version) | |||
| Genre = [[Southern rock]] | |||
| Length = 9:06 (album)<br>4:41 (single) | |||
| Label = [[MCA Records|MCA]] | |||
| Writer = [[Allen Collins]]/[[Ronnie Van Zant]] | |||
| Producer = [[John Carney]] | |||
| Certification = Silver <small>(UK)</small><ref>[http://www.bpi.co.uk/ The Bpi<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> | |||
| Last single = "[[Sweet Home Alabama (song)|Sweet Home Alabama]]" <br />(1974) | |||
| This single = "Free Bird" <br />(1974) | |||
| Next single = "[[Saturday Night Special (song)|Saturday Night Special]]" <br />(1975) | |||
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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. | |||
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). | |||