Free the People (Sherbet song)

"Free the People" is a song by Australian band Sherbet. It was released in October 1971 as the second single from Sherbet's debut studio album Time Change... A Natural Progression. The song charted at number 33 on Go-Set and number 18 on the Kent Music Report.

Written by American singer-songwriter Barbara Keith, the song has been recorded by Keith (1970), Delaney and Bonnie (1970), Barbra Streisand (1971), and Olivia Newton-John (1974), amongst others.

Personnel

 * Alan Sandow – drums, percussion, bongoes, chimes
 * Daryl Braithwaite – lead vocals, tambourine, tabla
 * Clive Shakespeare – guitar, vocals
 * Garth Porter – keyboards, clavinet, piano, lead vocals, backing vocals, Hammond organ, electric piano, synthesiser