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"Closer to Free"
Single by BoDeans
from the album Go Slow Down
Released1993
Length3:09
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)T-Bone Burnett
BoDeans singles chronology
"Feed the Fire"
(1993) 		"Closer to Free"
(1993) 		"Hurt by Love"
(1996)

"Closer to Free" is a 1993 song by American rock band BoDeans featured on their fifth studio album, Go Slow Down. It is the band's biggest hit,[1] peaking at number 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 11 in Australia, and number one in Canada after its re-release in 1996. It was featured as the theme of the TV series Party of Five.

Track listings[edit]

US 7-inch, CD, and cassette single (1995, 1996)[2][3][4]

  1. "Closer to Free" (studio album version) – 3:09
  2. "Closer to Free" (live album version) – 3:54

Australian CD single (1994)[5]

  1. "Closer to Free"
  2. "Texas Ride Song"
  3. "Idaho"

European and Australian CD single (1996)[6]

  1. "Closer to Free"
  2. "She's a Runaway"
  3. "Don't Be Lonely"

Charts[edit]

In popular culture[edit]

"Closer to Free" was featured as the theme of the TV series Party of Five[19] and was featured on the show's accompanying soundtrack. The song was also played in the 1994 film Milk Money and during the opening credits of the 1995 film Heavyweights.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Atashian, John (September 19, 2018). "Concert Connection: BoDeans coming to Infinity Hall Hartford". The Middletown Press.
  2. ^ Closer to Free (US 7-inch single vinyl disc). BoDeans. Slash Records, Reprise Records. 1995. 7-17674.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ Closer to Free (US CD single disc notes). BoDeans. Slash Records, Reprise Records. 1996. 9 17674-2, 2-17674.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ Closer to Free (US cassette single sleeve). BoDeans. Slash Records, Reprise Records. 1996. 9 17674-4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ Closer to Free (Australian CD single liner notes). BoDeans. Slash Records, Liberation Records. 1994. D11560.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ Closer to Free (European & Australian CD single liner notes). BoDeans. Slash Records, London Records, Polydor Records (Australia). 1996. 850 655-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ "BoDeans – Closer to Free". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
  8. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2969." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
  9. ^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 2964." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
  10. ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. May 4, 1996. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  11. ^ "Adult Contemporary". Billboard. March 2, 1996. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  12. ^ "Adult Pop Airplay". Billboard. May 4, 1996. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  13. ^ "Pop Airplay". Billboard. April 27, 1996. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  14. ^ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1996". ARIA. Archived from the original on November 2, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2019 – via Imgur.
  15. ^ "RPM Year End Top 100 Hit Tracks". RPM. Retrieved November 25, 2018 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  16. ^ "Billboard Top 100 – 1996". Billboardtop100of.com. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  17. ^ "The Year in Music: Hot Adult Top 40 Singles & Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 52. December 28, 1996. p. YE-86.
  18. ^ "Airplay Monitor Best of '96: Top 40/Mainstream Titles". Airplay Monitor. Vol. 4, no. 53. December 27, 1996. p. 30.
  19. ^ "50 TV Theme Songs That Made the Billboard Charts: Listen". Billboard.
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