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"Sweet Freedom" is a song by Michael McDonald, written by Rod Temperton originally featured on Running Scared ' s soundtrack, before the 1986 re-release of McDonald's 1985 album No Lookin' Back. The track peaked at No.7 in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart (his last Top 10 hit in that chart), No.12 in the UK, and No.14 in Canada.
Sweet Honey in the Rock recorded a rendition of the song. The song is performed by Jurnee Smollett in the 1999 television film Selma, Lord, Selma. Imani Uzuri performed the song and it is presented as part of a lesson on freedom songs. [4] The Roots recorded the song for the soundtrack of the 2009 documentary film, Soundtrack for a Revolution.
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An RFU spokesperson said: “The ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’ song has long been part of the culture of rugby and is sung by many who have no awareness of its origins or sensitivities.
Rodney Lynn Temperton was born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, [2] on 9 October 1949. [5] Interviewed for the BBC Radio 2 documentary The Invisible Man: the Rod Temperton Story, he said that he was a musician from an early age: "My father wasn't the kind of person who would read you a story before you went off to sleep.
Sweet Freedom (also known as Sweet Freedom – The Best of Michael McDonald in some countries) is a compilation album by American singer and songwriter Michael McDonald, released in 1986 on the Warner Bros. label.
She has also directed and written the short films “Junkie,” “Seacrets,” “The Things We Leave Behind,” “Santa’s Bell,” and four installations of “Hometown Haunts” about ghost ...