Born Free

E324931
single song

"Born Free" is a politically charged 2010 single by British-Sri Lankan artist M.I.A., known for its aggressive sound and controversial, graphic music video addressing themes of oppression and violence.

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Label Occurrences
Born Free canonical 2
Born Free (music video) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album /\/\ /\ Y /\ (Maya) ⓘ
artist M.I.A. ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception criticized for graphic imagery ⓘ
polarizing ⓘ
praised for political boldness ⓘ
featuresSample Ghost Rider by Suicide ⓘ
followedBySingle Story to Be Told ⓘ
genre alternative hip hop ⓘ
electronic ⓘ
industrial rock ⓘ
noise rock ⓘ
hasControversialContent yes ⓘ
hasCoverArt Born Free single cover ⓘ
hasMusicVideo Born Free music video ⓘ
isPoliticallyCharged yes ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 4:45 ⓘ
lyricalFocus resistance to authority ⓘ
state oppression ⓘ
musicVideoContainsGraphicViolence yes ⓘ
musicVideoCountryOfSetting United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
musicVideoDepicts roundup and execution of red-haired people ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Romain Gavras ⓘ
musicVideoWasBannedOn YouTube ⓘ
surface form: YouTube (initially in some regions)
notableFor graphic music video ⓘ
use of Suicide sample ⓘ
partOfArtistDiscography M.I.A. discography ⓘ
performer M.I.A. ⓘ
precededBySingle XXXO ⓘ
producer Rusko ⓘ
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recordLabel N.E.E.T. Recordings ⓘ
XL Recordings ⓘ
releaseDate 2010-04-23 ⓘ
releaseYear 2010 ⓘ
soundCharacter aggressive ⓘ
tempo fast ⓘ
theme genocide ⓘ
oppression ⓘ
political persecution ⓘ
state violence ⓘ
trackNumberOnAlbum 2 ⓘ
vocalist M.I.A. ⓘ
writer Adrian Breakspear ⓘ
M.I.A. ⓘ
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M.I.A. → notableWork → Born Free ⓘ
Mathangi Arulpragasam → notableWork → Born Free ⓘ
Romain Gavras → notableWork → Born Free ⓘ
this entity surface form: Born Free (music video)