Free Bird

E273796
single song

"Free Bird" is a legendary rock anthem by Lynyrd Skynyrd, renowned for its emotional ballad opening and extended, virtuosic guitar solo.

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Label Occurrences
Free Bird canonical 6
Free Bird (album version) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) ⓘ
artist Lynyrd Skynyrd ⓘ
associatedChant Play Free Bird! ⓘ
bassist Leon Wilkeson ⓘ
chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles 20 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 19 ⓘ
composer Allen Collins ⓘ
Ronnie Van Zant ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decade 1970s ⓘ
drummer Bob Burns ⓘ
famousLyric And this bird you cannot change ⓘ
Cause I'm as free as a bird now ⓘ
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? ⓘ
genre Southern rock ⓘ
hard rock ⓘ
guitarist Allen Collins ⓘ
Gary Rossington ⓘ
hasCulturalRole classic rock radio staple ⓘ
concert encore favorite ⓘ
hasLiveVersion One More for the Road (album) ⓘ
surface form: One More from the Road
hasPart guitar solo ⓘ
piano introduction ⓘ
slide guitar section ⓘ
keyboardist Billy Powell ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 09:08 ⓘ
lengthSingleVersion 04:41 ⓘ
liveVersionLength 14:10 ⓘ
lyricist Ronnie Van Zant ⓘ
notableFeature emotional ballad-style opening ⓘ
extended guitar solo ⓘ
gradual tempo increase ⓘ
originalMedium vinyl record ⓘ
partOf (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) ⓘ
performer Lynyrd Skynyrd ⓘ
producer Al Kooper ⓘ
rankedOn Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ⓘ
recordingLocation Studio One (Doraville, Georgia) recording studio ⓘ
surface form: Studio One, Doraville, Georgia
recordLabel MCA Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1973-11-13 ⓘ
singleReleaseYear 1974 ⓘ
tempoChange from slow ballad to fast rock jam ⓘ
theme freedom ⓘ
leaving a relationship ⓘ
vocalist Ronnie Van Zant ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guitar Hero → notableSong → Free Bird ⓘ
Lynyrd Skynyrd → notableWork → Free Bird ⓘ
Lynyrd Skynyrd → notableSong → Free Bird ⓘ
Pronounced ‘Lĕh-’nérd ‘Skin-’nérd → includesTrack → Free Bird ⓘ
Pronounced ‘Lĕh-’nérd ‘Skin-’nérd → includesTrack → Free Bird ⓘ
this entity surface form: Free Bird (album version)
Pronounced ‘Lĕh-’nérd ‘Skin-’nérd → notableSong → Free Bird ⓘ
Pronounced ‘Lĕh-’nérd ‘Skin-’nérd → hasLongTrack → Free Bird ⓘ