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  • Wow! I remember listening to this when I was a kid..... Mom nd dad dancing.... Good times. :)

  • lovely, simply lovely.

  • I absolutely love this song...

  • Cool! beuatiful voice, beatiful song.

  • This song is a class by it self. It caress you with warm melody and soul that takes you away to that place. Denice sing with so much control on all levels, you can fell her soul, pain and happniess in her music.

  • this that song..Just want 2 be free.remix they got HIV...HIV..HIVVVVVlmaoo

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  • I want to listen to this laying in a warm sunny meadow filled with flowers and when I stand up, the ocean is ahead and I feel the sea breeze on my face...

  • This song put her on the map

  • WTF???? 12 dislikes???? who are these people?

  • @martybgodwin Bieber fans, probably.

  • @martybgodwin Just nutty. Thats all.

  • ms williams ,angela bofill , minnie riperton all had voices that will makes rnb singers shut nowdays shut up

  • Deniece Williams has the voice of an angel.is is real music. Nothing doctored up. Artists need to go back to making real music. I'm officially hooked on this song

  • 11 people (dislikes) are not free (in slavery) :)

  • I want this played at my funeral. Beautiful LUV YA NIECY.

  • If the song is called "Free", 11 ppl are still paying for it #dummies

  • Loved this song since I was 16. Romantic hearts beat together in unison.

  • This song came out when I was 17. It put tears in my eyes... I am listening to it now at 51 and feel just like I did when I was 17. Great music, great song, great times. I wish our young people could have experienced this kind of music....Love it.

  • you have the best natural voice in the business, and I love all your music !(Marissa)

  • No dislike here! What a voice. Listen to that range. This was one of few love songs I dug when I was in high school in '77. It's so, so smooth. Niecey sounds like she's really singing to her lover. But keeping it real, the fact that she is ONE FINE, FINE sista is what got me listening back then.

  • Freedom is a state of mind~Love this song

  • This was the first song I learnt word for word,I loved It so much I just needed to love It more.Still Love It to this day.

  • 11 Dislikes...Open your fucking ears smh

  • How could 11 people be dumb and not like this song

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  • i remember when i was in kindergarten my dad use to play this on the way to school EVERY mornin' .. those were the good ole days </3

  • I just want to be free from a 9 to 5 job

  • how did we get this to nicki minaj and rihanna ?? tell me??

  • Heard this song at a club in Mammoth Mtn, Ca.as a slow jam back in '77. With the great voice and sound system there this song just musically stays in your memories of good times.

  • One of THE PRETTIEST SONGS I'VE EVER HEARD............ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFULLLLL.......

  • Denice was being backed up by EWF here. I can hear Maurice White's amazing voice on those beautiful backing vocals. I swear I 've got goose bumps listening to this. lol

  • she sounds like a angel from heaven singing

  • Get the audio from this song at thetunify doht cohm.

  • I absolutely love Ms. Williams. She is a beautiful and talented woman of God, as a teenager, I look up to her because she's not afraid to give it all to God. She is just so amazing.

  • This song, like the singer and her voice, simply gets better with age. Timeless! Niecey, when are you coming to the UK?

  • Brings back so many memories of UK and all my old mates in the day. Awesome voice that no one can beat. Saw her a few years back in NZ - man just the same!

  • I am sorry..Rhianna or what ever her name is CAN NOT SING! She should take notes from Neicy.

  • An eternal classic by this great Gary, Indy native.

  • This is when you needed to know how to SING!!! Not this studio bullshit with non talented people who don't play a single instrument!

  • im young, i just found out about this woman but MAN does she put a whole new meaning on singing for me.

  • NOW I know what angels sounds like when they sing! I heard her yearsssssssss ago.... and KNEW what heaven's sound was like.

  • Good music =)

  • @ChicagoMMHFall2K7 no, great music

  • first heard this in the 5th grade. hooked ever since . classic soul for real.

  • who the hell had the nerve to dislike this? ugh lol

  • I had always said that Patti LaBelle & Aretha Franklin were the Best Singers ever until I saw 'UnSung: Deniece Williams' this Sister is Right there w/ Them, if not n a League of Her Own!

  • gonna go ahead and flag that top comment for spam...

  • this sure is pretty..takes me back to when i lived in baltimore in the 70s and 80s

  • this sure is pretty

  • Damn, this song is beautiful...

  • Classic!!!!!!

  • i wish artist comin out now would sound like this her voice is amazing !!

  • I remember first hearing this on March 31st 1977 when I learned that a very close friend had just passed away at just 18 years old. To this day I think of Dawn Burkman when I hear "Free" and in the Spring on certain days. I know Dawn is free as well but always remebered even after 34 years!

  • @wentworth313 (Gives big-assed hug)

  • @wentworth313 That is a sad but beautiful story.....sad that your friend died...but beautiful that the song reminds you of their memory and that they live on through that song....

  • @wentworth313 She jumped out the vehicle right?

  • Timeless classic shes a real singer with a hellava voice!!!

  • Mariah Carey wishes in her dreams that she could hit notes THIS Beautiful ... Deniece has a one in a million voice !! xoxoxo

  • @PeaceFan1 now don't knock on Mariah because Mariah is a damn good singer too, she can hit high notes just the same. Granted she doesn't do it so much anymore, but don't forget her self-debut album and her Emotions album. Mariah knows how to hit those high notes just the same.

  • @blissmermaid The reason why Mariah doesn't do it much anymore is because she CAN'T ...She sounds Horrible Live... and my point was ...and I'm still right ...is that Mariah can't hit those notes as Efffortlessly and beautifully as Deniece ...and it's all here for you to listen to in this song !!! Also , Mariah is very very much STUDIO enhanced and tweeked ... it's all ( her voice ) manipulated in the studio ....yes , she is good but not on Deniece's level ...No Way !! xo

  • @PeaceFan1 thank u.......i wish mariah would mention more of neicys influence on her.

  • I swear, I'm gonna listen to this song all summer long and possibly for life. Music like take me to another place, another zone without even leaving the house. I listen to all types of music but it get no better than this.

  • this lady is one of the best singers ever! 

  • I LOVE DENICE WILLIAMS !! HANK YOU .

  • What a voice, what range.

  • FREE BABY PK YEA HIS WIFEY ARNEA WROTE

  • Denice is one the THE FINEST singers that EVER was!

  • It says 8 people dislike this song. Who in the world are these poor crazy mixed up people. They need hands laid on them

  • *lays down on the night time sand, and closes her eyes to this song* Yes. Let us go there. *dreaming now*

  • I am 35 and this is the type of music that I grew up listening to..I will forever be old school...the crap on the radio today is sad.

  • June Deniece hit #25 in Billboard, 4-16-77. Lookin' forward to seein' her story on Unsung, on TVOne tonight. God bless ya, sister Denieice. Thanx for postin' it!

  • @DaveWollenberg YESSSS I JUST WATCHED IT.. UNSUNG IS THE BEST BIOGRAPHY SHOW EVER!!!!! IT SHOULD WIN SOME AWARDS.. MINNIE RIPERTON WAS MY FAV.. I STILL CRY WHEN I C IT.....

  • @davs1wife TRILL SPILL AKA TOO TRUE !!!

  • 8 dislikes don't want to be free

  • 6 dislikes don't want to be free

  • one of my favorite songs all times and she is looked sexy to

  • Mic Geromino sample Sh*t Is Real 1994.

  • someday we'll ALL be free...God's truth

  • VERY VERY GOOD!!!!!!

  • Hey there again.  I have 2 email accounts. One I use mostly & this one which I don't get to enough. So henceforth the long delay in response. I'll be using this one far more frequently now though. dasaad4@gmail.com. Music, or Sound, can be defined in many ways. It is a reflection of the heart & mind as much as anything else. Moving toward jazz is just growth. Doesn't mean you can't, won't, or shouldn't still like the previous. But you'll come to know, everyone is not growing. Keep growing!

  • やっぱりイイネ! デニス・ウィリアムス FREEEEEEEEEEEEE・・・・・・・・・・・・!

  • wonderful tune! love it :)

  • There are 8 people who clicked "don't like" by mistake right?

  • ive got into arguments with people my age (30) becasue i like rap. i like it mostly because of this!. hip hop /rap is responsible for giving life to music that has since been forgotten. k-dee freshest mc brought me here and i love this and am going to itunes to buy. Life is a cycle. it always comes back around. young t oold and back.

  • This music is so so good. No matter how many times you hear it, still sounds better than ever.

  • freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

  • smh, u spelled her name wrong

  • the world is moving too fast for people to just sit down and reflect on life the way they need to, to make songs like this. every body is in a race against time to get money and is to busy HATIN on eachother instead of showin love to their brothers and sisters

  • what a beautiful song with class

  • I play this music virtually all the time. I adore this music sooooo much.

  • MAN EYE GOTTA SAY DAT SHE HAZ MADE SUM CLASSiCS FASHO iNCLUDiNG BLACK BUTTERFLY/AND SiLLY ME..DiSS 1 iZ MY FAVORiTE THO AS WELL AS MY NUMBA 1 ANTHEM FA LiFE PLUS UMMA BLACK BUTTAFLY YA DiGG....SHE iZ A LEGEND FASHO...DiSS CAN RiDE OUT FA CENTURYZ FASHO.....EYE SEE YA JAZZY PHAE BOi YA MAMA GOT DOWN FASHO

  • God this brings back heavy memories of growing up in the Bronx.That was a great time for music and everything else.

  • i love this shit man. Hearing this brings me tears a little. That's when fucking crack came into the hood and fuck up families. Before my parents use that shit they use to take good care of us and groove to shit like this. But the devil stop that shit. I produce hip hop beat a beginner but the good spirit of soul music like this remains in my blood forever. Peace

  • free at last thank fuck we're free at last

  • Nice Cognac and Cola, This song and a Hot bath = Heaven.

  • Niece, Sweet voice of Tarrytown hope to see you @ the Tolleston in the park.

  • How in the name of all things pure and beautiful can anyone click the dislike button?! I remember I was driving and playing this song and my friend, who had never heard of Denise Williams, said "Who IS this? She sounds like an angel!"

  • this is what i call music! at the age of 13 :)

  • @TheAnetteJ Finally someone my age that has good taste in music other than my twin sister. I am 12 and turning 13 in a few months. Todays music is not music at all it's just whole bunch of crap put together with no feeling or meaning.<3

  • @hotmjj4 WOW, 3 13 year olds same song same taste in Music. I thought it was just me, Anyone like The Temptations or Stevie Wonder?

  • @gangstarsonny Anyone like Diana Ross, Michael Jackson,or Earth Wind and Fire? I like both of what you said.

  • THIS IS THE GOOD OLDE DAYS WHEN MUSIC HAD A MEANING

  • I love this and I'm 22 years old. =)

  • Whoa, this is unreal - Deniece's FREE. There has never been anything like this before, since or after. What an unusual song. The backing music is ooooo, so good. Deniece W. singing style is wow, Fabulous. She is among the greatest female vocalists of all time. Fascinating, high register, tightly wavering (shimmering) vibrato. Alluring. Key in on the vocal run starting at 4:59 - Whoa!

  • <3 this song.! i wish i can be free.

  • I just got be FREEEE!!!! ha ha for real

  • effortless octave scaling wonder. yes, she is free alright. She is now FREE IN JESUS! No better freedom in this world.

  • @yralm07 No BETTER FREEDOM than to be FREE in JESUS in the SOLAR SYSTEM!!!!

  • @SEGWW2 You Know It!

  • yea, free, free, free.....

  • My age, skin color, and gender are all very relevant to my connection to this music. I am a young person who you obviously think hates old music. Well, guess what? You're wrong. I just so happen to like this music.

  • Love This!!!

  • I hate the fact that little wayne is the best the world can give. This song made me cry but, it felt good!

  • The most under rated singer off all time!!!

  • This IS Niecy!!!!!! LOVELY!!!!!!!

  • Great song...i love all kinds of music old skool new skool all...and i hear alot of artists say they took influence 4rm her.....i hear a lot of Aaliyah wen i listen 2 Deniece so im guessin Aaliyah was a fan...and ive even heard Beyonce say she was a fan of ms Deniece.....i love her voice

  • real music!

  • this is for real for real singin....

  • this song is beautifully balanced

    this is pure listening joy

  • this is a realy perfect song...

  • @the246stefanos

    It is one of the most "perfect" songs there is. It used to be my personal anthem in my 20s before I got married. And it's still my anthem in a way. :)

  • great song and great voice. every time i hear this song i think of a the beautiful summer afternoons in the (SF Bay) peninsula.

  • 6 dislikes, are you kidding me. Denise Williams has one of the greatest voices of all time. She is a songtress. Unique once in a life time talent. My God she sounds like a angel. I say no more, my point is made, she is awesome. Got out the game on top of her career.

  • @deon7822 the only explanation is that someone clicked dislike by accident.

  • Is this what Mariah sampled to make "Fly Like a Bird?" A lot of similarities.

  • why are there 6 dislikes to this song!!??

  • @bigboi141

    Because people are ignorant or just want to be hateful, that's why.

  • lol I heard this song @ walmart last night.

  • To Kelleyisapookie,

    I agree, Beyonce is an amazing talent in her own right. I don't classify her with some of the weak music out there today.

  • I love deniece williams and minnie riperton but people need to stop hating on Beyonce she is very talented and her voice is amazing!

  • I am a 18 year old male. This is the kind of music I enjoy more than anything. I will be old school til the day I die. These new artists are great, but I'll be damned if I compare Beyonce to Denice Williams. They didn't have all this new technology to make themselves sound good. They were all natural.

  • @gentlefist18 I second that, as a 19 year old female there is no way in the world that these new singers and rappers could ever compare to the old school artists. I cant even bring myself to call these new folks artists because they aren't, their just singers.

  • @gentlefist18 trust me this is true music !

  • 6 people don't want to be free.

  • i had the privilige of hearing Deniece sing this live and i was backstage....

    she is Striking!!

  • i love this song... it explains who i am... i'm going to b 16 very soon and i wish there was a way for people at my age to listen to what i listen to... to love what i love... music now adays has no meaning to it and i'm tired of women being exploited... as a young teenage girl in this world i am one who is stereotyped by what rappers say and i don't want to be in that category anymore... that's why i listen to old school and neo soul... it's a source of escape and a sense of maturity...

  • @RiRiWillz1 continue to celebrate yourself with that confidence Little Sista....

    its Beautiful.

  • @manwomanboogie thank you :)

  • @RiRiWillz1 You are most welcome ( :

  • @RiRiWillz1 I totally song artist now'adays have no morals it's disgusting.

  • @gangstarsonny it is... and i remember that's all i used to listen to... but now i look back and think "why"?... now adays when i hear those type of songs all i do is turn of the raido...

  • @RiRiWillz1 Hello there child. I say that affectionately. It's 43yrs of age talking back at you. When I was your age I was getting into jazz and everything else of quality and style besides the garbage of the day. Whether it was old school R&B, contemporary pop, or anything else. I'm glad to hear any young person gravitating toward quality in music. Stick with it. It will serve you well beyond what you may anticipate as you grow. And care not what others think about your taste. Be limitless.

  • @dasaad4 hello i'm the girl who made the comment about music and my generation... i made a new account... but i just want to say thank you for motivating me even more for loving what i love... you mentioned how at my age you started listening to jazz.... i have lots of john coltrane, thelonious monk, miles davis, ahmad jamal, and more on my MP3 :)

  • @RiRiWillz1 i grew up in this time great music great time's

  • @RiRiWillz1 - My sister I agree with you, music today is not like the music from yesteryear. It is refreshing to hear a young person like yourself. I wish my teenagers had your sense of maturity. Sister stay strong and always be true to you. God Bless!

  • @RiRiWillz1 - My sister I agree with you, music today is not like the music from yesteryear. It is refreshing to hear a young person like yourself. I wish my teenagers had your sense of maturity. Sister stay strong and always be true to you. God Bless!

  • @higgyrock hi i'm the girl who posted the comment up there ^^ i made a new account.. but i just want to say thank you and your right... music from then is better and i wish my generation as well as future generations would recognize that... but time will tell :)

  • @RiRiWillz1 You go, girl!!! Very impressive.

  • @RiRiWillz1 I'm 17 but I was raised on this type of music b/c my mom is 54 and my dad is 55 so I always listened to anything like this. I don't like today's music to it b/c it holds no love or meaning just sex 

  • @RiRiWillz1 and u r the same as me!!! girl i dont know how u did it but u basically just explained everything i hve been trying to get across peoples minds since i started listening to old skool funk soul jazz and r n b. this IS my music, i play it on instruments, i play it on my ipod, and most importantly, i play it when i feel everything else just doesnt matter. nuthin but the FUNK and soul!! well put :D and by the way ill be 16 next month

  • 6 people didnt like this...6 people dont kno music

  • Wow, does this bring back memories!!

  • This song never gets old. It still sounds fresh.

  • Music to swerve to ;) ALL Good! Grab the one you love and kindle or rekindle. White, black, asian, latino. It's all good!

  • this song reminds me of the Old School KDAY days in Los Angeles...

  • omg i thought this song was minnie ripperton for like ever! whoops!

  • @MZJI99LY2U They both sound similar... i thought the same thing too

  • Damn! This is still one of the best songs to step to. Chitown steppers stand up :P

  • what a class tune..... absolutelly brilliant

  • OOPS NEVER KNOW NOT NEVER NOW..SORRY