Nina Simone-I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free + Lyrics

[2209Mayra]

you sing like A man

[smokieWTF]

I wish I met Nina.

[jbartlettcoys]

How many fantastic versions of this song are there!? This is right up there with Derek Trucks live version, what a performance from nina

[Geimerman]

Ghosts of Mississippi

:)

[xBunnyLove95x]

...My crush brought me here, that's weird XD :D Facebook really connects me with beautiful, amazing music :)

[xBunnyLove95x]

Making people happy makes you happy and this song made me happy. Thumbs up if you agree :D

[redbaronblue]

this is BLISS

[NovaScotiaChick]

Quelle voix...

[TheBoyozzy]

TELL IT !!!

[Saxmass]

Thank you for posting - I have lived this song

[CJDiggs]

Bill Clinton's top 20

[AlanAnthonyDoyle]

*****

[tryftryf1994]

AMAZING SONG

[thebigzanmi]

just can't get enough of this song 0:00 

[XtremeCoderX1]

Im happy now :D

[MultiGarbear]

A very beautiful person that I was with and loved for almost four years just took his life recently after battling very serious manic-depression. I happened to hear this song and couldn't help crying tears of joy because he now knows "how it feel to be free". Nina Simone is fantastic and can sing deep in her soul and you can feel it. Bless all those who are now free.

[ismaelildts]

Muuuito bom som da Nina Simone!

[matejastojasb]

timeless...and surely all applicable...

[LaurenBabes118]

pure talent <3

[Coreageous]

Uplifting!!! I love Nina Simone:)

[dasmegabyte]

Off Silk & Soul. Buy it, it's beautiful.

[optimalsparky]

Great Song....I'm 46 and I just dicovered it a few weeks ago......

[TheMadGamer93]

Dislikes should be banned for great pieces of music like this

[novestige]

@TheMadGamer93 seriously--those two must have been an accident.

[MsFemale111]

I wish I knew who's this moron who disliked it

[63chiara]

adorable Nina!



[Artecia12]

this song make me have feelings

[moonshdw30]

Glad its not just me that stands behind invisible bars - this song gives me the courage to push them aside and be happy. :-)

[beatrice8780]

This song explains exactly how I feel. I love Nina Simone and can't stop singing to this song.

[TheMrMrinvalidify]

I wish i could say how i love this song

[charlyW34]

Don't worry about total views. People with taste each count for 100,000 average youtubers.

[doncatalog]

@charlyW34 Very true statement. I think it goes for good music in general. True music fans follow their artist and true music fans is what's left after those who jump on the next big thing have gone. Anyhow this is a thinking persons song.

[frazadoodl]

This one brings me up, no matter what day. It's mine and Tash's song, even though she can't here it now. <3

[Darkblaze4000]

love this song

[SwampyGuitar]

Derek trucks band did a great cover of this song!

[shanjok]

how cn the 1 person doesnt like this its actually about the slaves in Africa transported to america to b forced 2 work like 24/7 u actually knw how hard tht is wwith low amout of food!! who ever disliked this is selfish with no feelings 4 others wat a arrogant person! im not african though i only commneted cuz i did about slavery 2 day in history n teacher told us to write things about this song :D

[Lefolieadeuxx]

soy el visitante 121306 y me encanta, en realidad me encanta!

[londonblock]

Soy el visitante 119,844 y me gusta esta canción

[Ohnonomomono]

Made me clap! :-)

[Sweetbabyvixen]

This used to be played a lot in my elementary school class, along with Young, Gifted and Black.

[duckapoo]

So beautiful!

[GlenAnne99]

Such a gentle power in her voice...it sneaks right up on you :) Lovely!

Thank You for the wonderful share :) XOXO

Annie

[nicoksanti]

Soy el visitante 114114 y me encanta esta version.

[existenceful]

Feel sorry for the ppl arguing about the genre this song falls under.

It is classic, moving and beautiful.

[danielcullens]

arghhh i was finding this song for so long i hear it when im 5 so i cant remember the lyrics... i can remember the lyrics

[soulfullsongbird88]

baby free has so many meanings honey, like free to not worry about your bills,free to not be in such a state of work, free to be who u are, let this song be our song of hope.... n most important to celebrate our freedom what ever that might be to each n every1 of us... thank god

[WeaponSpree]

oh and by the way i didn't just look it up on the internet, we are doing blues music in Music and school

[WeaponSpree]

Sorry i think its gospel

[WeaponSpree]

@dylankesha17

It's blues music which originated from West Africa, they were brought to america as slaves and the sang music to express their pain and it grew in the south as a popular type of song which is blues music. I like it because it is the only genre of music which makes me smile :) correct me about the history part if im wrong.

[dylankesha17]

@WeaponSpree u act like im an idion but i dnt no me and its sad obiously i know why this song was created but still it just doesn't apeal to me okay i donthva to like eveny thing that has 2 do with black history damn ... i bet other races like it okay

[MsBradford24]

@dylankesha17

reported

[MsBradford24]

@dylankesha17

reported thats really rude

[MsBradford24]

@dylankesha17

reported thats really rude about black history

[dylankesha17]

r all u guys like 80 ??? like im blak an all but still wtf is this???

[kklustra]

@dylankesha17

You are ignorant and you have lost all touch with your soul if this does not move you.

Go read some history books. That may help an idiot such as yourself.

OOPS! I think I just went off!

[dylankesha17]

@kklustra yaa u did and i u dont hav the right to call me ignorant i dont hvae to LOVE this song i was putting out mi opinion and if u dont like it 2 bad

[bluesboy25000]

This is real music. I love Nina's voice so much. It makes the soul rattle and smile at the same time

[Goddessofmydestiny]

I love this song

[sara69soso]

me 2

[thisisjustme1]

This is everybody's song !

[thisisjustme1]

This is pure soul !!! From the heart. This woman had guts !

[jnmklo9]

One of the best songs ever

[orangethrone]

Damn this woman knows what's in my head!

[ilciucco1]

semplicelmente fantastica 

[twowheelsgood28]

This is such a great song. I love Nina Simone. She was a force of nature.

[ripkid1]

john legend brought me here.

[barber4ever]

@ripkid1 me2

[umtemaisoutrote]

@ripkid1 it should've been, at least, lighthouse family... then you would've been a more cultured person some years ago...

[janeysh]

@umtemaisoutrote It doesn't matter what brings someone to such a great music! John's remake also brought me here, and that's what he (+Roots) wanted to do - to remind people the great music from the past....or to show them something they didn't know before...I'm grateful they did!

[itshomietime]

God this is amazing

[martiguide]

adam buxton sent me here!:)

[eagleswing44]

Beautiful rendition!

[imthedorf1964]

Excellent song, and what a voice!! This should be mandatory listening for all inner city kids who think gangsta (c)rap and booty shaking is cool.

[eagleswing44]

@imthedorf1964 You are so right! They need to know the price that was paid for them. This song says it all!

[NOrleansbro]

I've searchedddddd for this ....thanks a million.

[kendavis100]

You should be singing this song, it’s your song, I hope and wish you get to end one day…

[psensale69]

Nina! The best version of this song... and so powerfully sung.

[mizzterE]

I love how gradually and perfectly the intensity of this song grows. There is no separation of Nina's soul and Nina's music.

[goblinpug]

Coke used this song in an ad? Fuckers. Colombian and Pakistani coke bottling workers, who face death threats and actual assasination for organizing a union, should have adopted it as their anthem.

[crayrail]

she should have sued coke and everyone else that ripped her off in her life. Her message lives on Everyone Should be Free!

[tsunchoo]

@bookworm266 - i feel sorry for you if this makes you think of 'coke adverts'

i saw a film where this was played over the end credits - same version as this but it went on past the fade on this one for at least another minute.

[jordan1213]

This is real music uhhh it's so good!

[bookworm266]

This song always make me think of those coke adverts.

[iwannaeatyou666]

@bookworm266

Hey, it reminds me of the coke adverts too :-)

And tbh, if it weren't for that advert... I would never have looked up and found this song :-).

[mtheadedwally]

Faboulous. A gorgeous song with such simple, but at the same time such powerful words. I couldn't carry a tune if it was stapled to my hands, but I love singing along, even if I do it badly!

[ADyingFaith]

Same here.

[HolbyCityHospital]

this is possibly my favourite version, if not the ray charles or the jools holland cover.

[DiamondBlue88dalejr]

does anyone know what year this was recorded?

[xmandelpi]

@DiamondBlue88dalejr 1967, and was wrote by Billy Taylor.

[DiamondBlue88dalejr]

thank you!

[mmm413]

@xmandelpi Thanks. I knew when I heard it, but I didn't who it was by. It is a keeper.

[AnkaMechaniczka]

beautifully ;)

[millvalleyrn]

unforgetable

[TheJazzMan61]

Best Jazz eva

[Rose3780]

Magnifique... !!!! quel rythme.

[emotaze]

Awesome...so moving...love Nina Simone.

[dvar21]

the best she truly is the best

[aprimic]

What are the names of all the people who sung this song?

[rp1816]

Billy Taylor Trio (1967) Illinois Jacquet (1968) Denver, Boise & Johnson (1968) The Smothers Brothers and Harry Belafonte, on Season Three of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1968) The Ray Charles Singers (1969) Shirley Scott (1969) Cold Blood (1969) John Denver (1969) Glenn Yarbrough (1970) Mary Travers (1971) Jools Holland (1997) Leontyne Price (1997) Marc Shaiman (1997) Solomon Burke (1999)

[rp1816]

Marlena Shaw (2000)

Lighthouse Family (2002)

Sharlene Hector (2004)

Martin Taylor (2005)

Irma Thomas (2006)

The Derek Trucks Band (2006)

Human Highway (2008)

Levon Helm Band (2009)

[aprimic]

Which of them are by a female artist.. which was in an advert.. lol.. or maybe it was rerecorded for their advert meh..

But which one.. out of those is your favourite?

[rp1816]

Probably the one I didn't mention - Nina's!  That was the first one recorded with lyrics (1967) though it was written and recorded in an instrumental version by Billy Taylor.

[TheJazzMan61]

My favourite song.Nina Simone is a genious

[aprimic]

What are the names of all the people who sung this song?

[3babbyy]

<3 luuuuuushh x

[MartaBtrp]

Very good!

[Warwickcain]

I don't understand why this doesn't have 6 million views :~)

[SeaSharkGull]

@Warwickcain Nor do I! 6 million would be a low estimate.

[eagleswing44]

@Warwickcain You are soooo right! People don't want to hear nothing but junk music that has no meaning!

[Zenman1976]

@Warwickcain Dont you mean BILLION.. Anthemic to the end, sublime from the get go.. Nina at her best :)

[nikeoBluto]

@Warwickcain i came here under the impression of the lyrics 'I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free', but it doest to my expectaion... :((

[MorangoCapoeira]

@Warwickcain because people do Not apreciate good music anymore my friend!Nor beautiful feelings!

[DaveJongsma]

One word-inspiring! Takes you back in time really connects with the soul.

[RockGod5000]

thanks :) its a ausome song

[voar617]

Thank you for sharing this powerful and beautiful song.

[KissMyFeetButtMunch]

Thanks for this :) Love this song!