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"Closer to Free" is a 1993 song by American rock band BoDeans featured on their fifth studio album, Go Slow Down. It is the band's biggest hit, [1] peaking at number 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 11 in Australia, and number one in Canada after its re-release in 1996. It was featured as the theme of the TV series Party of Five.
BoDeans is an American rock band formed in Waukesha, Wisconsin who came to prominence in the 1980s. The band's sound encompasses multiple rock genres, including roots rock, [1] heartland rock, [2] and alternative rock. [3] The band's biggest hit to date is "Closer to Free", which was used as the theme song to the hit TV series Party of Five.
In January 1987, a Rolling Stone reader poll voted BoDeans the Best New American Band. [7] The band's biggest hit to date is "Closer to Free", [8] which was used as the theme song to the hit TV series Party of Five. [9] [10] BoDeans has a permanent installation at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland, Ohio. [11]
The band had a top 20 single in 1996 with "Closer to Free," made popular as the theme song for Fox TV drama "Party of Five." Llanas left the band in 2011. Neumann has been based in the Austin ...
They originally tracked 30 songs live as a full band, but under the advice of their record label, all except for "Closer to Free" were re-recorded with Kurt Neumann playing most of the instruments himself. The resulting album was more acoustic and laid-back. In 1996, "Closer to Free" was selected as the theme song to the TV series Party of Five ...
Download QR code; Print/export ... Appearance. move to sidebar hide. BoDeans discography; Studio albums : 15: Live albums: 4 ... "Closer to Free" 16 — — 3 6 11
After the band achieved fame and a new audience with '"Closer to Free", they resisted the pressure to duplicate the single's success and wanted to avoid rehashing the same formula. Like Go Slow Down , the band chose to record their next album at Hacksville, their studio in a rented storefront, and self-produced the album with the assistance of ...
In the mid-1990s, the band had two top 10 songs in the "Adult contemporary" charts. Llanas provided backing vocals on three tracks from Robbie Robertson's self-titled 1987 solo album. He and Neumann, credited as BoDeans, performed on "Showdown at Big Sky" and "American Roulette". Llanas is credited individually on "Somewhere Down the Crazy River".