| 词条 | Free World (song) | ||||||
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| name = Free World | cover = Kirsty MacColl Free World 1989 Single Cover.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Kirsty MacColl | album = Kite | B-side = Closer to God? | released = February 1989[1] | format = 7", 12", CD single | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = | length = 2:35 | label = Virgin | writer = Kirsty MacColl | producer = Steve Lillywhite | prev_title = Fairytale of New York | prev_year = 1987 | next_title = Days | next_year = 1989 }} "Free World" is a song by British singer and songwriter Kirsty MacColl, released in 1989 as the lead single from her second studio album Kite. It was written by MacColl and produced by Steve Lillywhite.[2] "Free World" reached No. 43 in the UK and remained in the charts for seven weeks.[3] A music video was filmed to promote the single.[4] Speaking to the Evening Times in 1989, MacColl said of the song: "It's really about greed. But it's all part of the great divide between North and South. This Government has probably done more than any other to worsen it." She added in an interview with New Musical Express: ""Free World" is very direct and simple; hopefully it'll make people think a bit. The subject matter is Thatcherite Britain – you know, grab whatever you can and sod the little guy. That's a fashionable way of looking at things, and I don't agree with it."[5] Critical receptionIn a review of Kite, Steve Hochman of Rolling Stone felt the song "slams home a warning of women's frustration in the world with U2-like frenzy".[6] CD Review considered the song to be "U2-influenced".[7] Stewart Mason of AllMusic described the song as one of MacColl's "most combative songs".[2] In the 2003 book The Rough Guide to Rock, authors Peter and Jonathan Buckley said of the song: ""Free World" is an unusually melodic example of an anti-Thatcherite diatribe. It's not the MacColl that casual visitors to the charts would recognize, but then that was her all over."[8] The Trouser Press Guide to '90s Rock described the song as having a "full-bodied pop style".[9] Track listing
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References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JQ8ZCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA180&dq=%22kirsty+maccoll%22+%22free+world%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiAhu6AnajcAhWPTsAKHbaqCJYQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q=%22kirsty%20maccoll%22%20%22free%20world%22&f=false |title=The Sound Of The Crowd - a Discography of the '80s (Third Edition) - Steve Binnie - Google Books |publisher=Books.google.co.uk |date=2014-11-27 |accessdate=2018-07-18}} 2. ^1 {{cite web|author=AllMusic Review by Stewart Mason |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/kite-mw0000653711 |title=Kite - Kirsty MacColl | Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2018-07-18}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/8841/kirsty-maccoll/ |title=KIRSTY MACCOLL | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company |publisher=Officialcharts.com |date=2012-12-31 |accessdate=2018-07-18}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfvVslecjwI |title=Kirsty MacColl - Free World |publisher=YouTube |date=2012-06-20 |accessdate=2018-07-18}} 5. ^https://www.kirstymaccoll.com/media/interviews/interviews-1989/ 6. ^{{cite web|author=Kirsty MacColl |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108122722/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/kirstymaccoll/albums/album/179857/review/5942690/kite |title=Kirsty MacColl: Kite : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone |publisher=Web.archive.org |date=1990-05-31 |accessdate=2018-07-18}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_zs9AQAAIAAJ&q=%22kirsty+maccoll%22+%22free+world%22&dq=%22kirsty+maccoll%22+%22free+world%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjeyfrWnajcAhVXBIgKHZPpDz04ChDoAQgpMAE |title=CD Review - Google Books |publisher=Books.google.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2018-07-18}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Fie47qSuTsoC&pg=PA1716&dq=%22kirsty+maccoll%22+%22free+world%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiAhu6AnajcAhWPTsAKHbaqCJYQ6AEIPDAE#v=onepage&q=%22kirsty%20maccoll%22%20%22free%20world%22&f=false |title=The Rough Guide to Rock - Rough Guides (Firm) - Google Books |publisher=Books.google.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2018-07-18}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nH9oejneZtQC&q=%22kirsty+maccoll%22+%22free+world%22&dq=%22kirsty+maccoll%22+%22free+world%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiAhu6AnajcAhWPTsAKHbaqCJYQ6AEIUDAI |title=The Trouser Press Guide to '90s Rock: The All-new Fifth Edition of The ... - Google Books |publisher=Books.google.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2018-07-18}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/rqNAwvJ.jpg|title=The Irish Charts – All there is to know > Search results for 'Kirsty' (from irishcharts.ie)|publisher=Imgur.com (original source published by Fireball Media)|accessdate=4 September 2016}} External links
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