You Make Me Feel So Free
1980 single by Van Morrison
"You Make Me Feel So Free" | ||||
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Single by Van Morrison | ||||
from the album Into the Music | ||||
A-side | "You Make Me Feel So Free" | |||
B-side | "Full Force Gale" | |||
Released | 1980 | |||
Recorded | Spring 1979 | |||
Genre | R&B Funk rock Pop rock | |||
Length | 4:09 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Songwriter(s) | Van Morrison | |||
Producer(s) | Van Morrison | |||
Van Morrison singles chronology | ||||
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"You Make Me Feel So Free" is a song written by Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and recorded on his 1979 album, Into the Music.
Biographer Johnny Rogan writes about the song "It seems that the surer the singer is of his message, the clearer is his enunciation, and that he is more prone to chew on his words when he is less confident in the song itself. This seems true of "You Make Me Feel So Free", though the message of the title seems clear enough. There are musical compensations in David Hayes' bubbling bass and Pee Wee Ellis' saxophone solo."[1]
Appearance on other albums
- A live version was included on his 1994 album, A Night in San Francisco.
Personnel on original release
- Van Morrison: vocals
- Herbie Armstrong: guitar
- Pee Wee Ellis: tenor saxophone
- David Hayes: bass guitar
- Mark Isham: trumpet
- Mark Jordan: piano
- Katie Kissoon: backing vocals
- Peter Van Hooke: drums
Covers
- Sinéad O'Connor performed the song on the Van Morrison tribute album No Prima Donna: The Songs of Van Morrison.
Notes
- ^ Rogan, No Surrender, p. 150
References
- Rogan, Johnny (2006). Van Morrison: No Surrender, London: Vintage Books ISBN 978-0-09-943183-1
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Van Morrison singles
- 1967
- "Brown Eyed Girl"
- "Ro Ro Rosey"
- "Spanish Rose"
- 1970
- "Come Running"
- "Crazy Love"
- "Domino"
- 1971
- "Blue Money"
- "Call Me Up in Dreamland"
- "Wild Night"
- 1972
- "Tupelo Honey"
- "(Straight to Your Heart) Like a Cannonball"
- "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)"
- "Redwood Tree"
- 1973
- "Gypsy"
- "Warm Love"
- "Bein' Green"
- 1974
- "Bulbs"
- "Caldonia"
- "Gloria"
- 1977
- "The Eternal Kansas City"
- "Moondance"
- 1978
- "Wavelength"
- 1979
- "Bright Side of the Road"
- "Full Force Gale"
- 1980
- "You Make Me Feel So Free"
- 1982
- "Cleaning Windows"
- "Scandinavia"
- 1984
- "Dweller on the Threshold"
- 1985
- "Tore Down a la Rimbaud"
- 1986
- "Ivory Tower"
- 1987
- "Did Ye Get Healed?"
- "Someone like You"
- 1989
- "Have I Told You Lately"
- "Whenever God Shines His Light"
- "Orangefield"
- 1990
- "Coney Island"
- "Gloria"
- "Real Real Gone"
- 1991
- "Enlightenment"
- "I Can't Stop Loving You"
- "Why Must I Always Explain?"
- 1993
- "Gloria"
- 1995
- "Have I Told You Lately"
- "Days Like This"
- "Perfect Fit"
- 1996
- "That's Life"
- 1997
- "The Healing Game"
- "Rough God Goes Riding"
- 1999
- "Precious Time"
- "Back on Top"
- 2002
- "Hey Mr. DJ"