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"All Right Now" is a song by English rock band Free, released on their third studio album, Fire and Water (1970). It was released by Island Records, a record label founded by Chris Blackwell. Released as the album's second single, "All Right Now" peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles ...
The album spawned the band's signature hit song "All Right Now", praised by publications such as AllMusic as a hard rock "smash powered by [Paul] Rodgers' gritty, visceral vocals". [2] The song entered the top five within the group's native country of the United Kingdom, and also did well in other European countries such as Austria, France, and ...
"All Right Now" remains a staple of R&B and rock, and has entered ASCAP's "One Million" airplay singles club. [6] [7] Andy Fraser left the band in 1972 and formed Sharks. Free recorded one more album, Heartbreaker, before disbanding in 1973; Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke went on to co-form the more successful rock supergroup Bad Company. [8]
Title Year Release Songwriter(s) Notes "All Right Now" 1970 Fire and Water: Rodgers/Fraser "Be My Friend" 1970 Highway: Rodgers/Fraser "Bodie" 1970 Highway: Rodgers/Fraser
For a short time, Free were alongside Led Zeppelin as among the highest grossing British acts, though Free's status was not sustained. Free released four albums with a combination of blues, ballads and rock which were Top Five successes in the UK. When in 2000, the song "All Right Now" achieved the mark of two million radio plays in the UK, an ...
All of a sudden the inspiration struck Fraser and he started bopping around singing 'All Right Now'. He sat down and wrote it right there in the dressing room. It couldn't have taken more than ten minutes." [6] Fraser also co-wrote two other hit singles for Free, "My Brother Jake" and "The Stealer". [7] Free initially split in 1971, and Fraser ...
Island issued the first Free compilation at the end of the year, The Free Story, which reached number 2 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). [ 3 ] [ 7 ] Many more compilations followed in the subsequent years, including The Best of Free: All Right Now in 1991, which reached the top ten in ...
Highway is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Free.It was recorded extremely quickly in September 1970 following the band's success at the Isle of Wight Festival but with an attitude of relaxation, [citation needed] the band having achieved worldwide success with their previous album Fire and Water (26 June 1970) and the single "All Right Now".