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Wikipedia article
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| type = single
| artist = Free
| album = Fire and Water
| B-side = Mouthful of Grass
| released = (UK)
| recorded = January 1970
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| label = Island
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| producer = Free
| prev_title = Fire and Water
| prev_year = 1970
| next_title = The Stealer
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"'All Right Now'" is a song by English rock band Free. It originally appeared on the band's third album 'Fire and Water' (1970), which Free recorded on the Island Records label, formed by Chris Blackwell. Released as the album's second single, "All Right Now" hit number 2 on the UK Singles Chart and number 4 on the US 'Billboard' Hot 100 singles chart. In July 1973, the song was re-released, reaching number 15 on the UK chart. In 1991, a Bob Clearmountain remix of the song was released, reaching number 8 on the UK chart.
"All Right Now" was a number 1 hit in over 20 territories and was recognised by ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) in 1990 for garnering 1,000,000 plus radio plays in the U.S. by late 1989. In 2006, the BMI London awards included a Million Air award for 3 million air plays of "All Right Now" in the USA. The song also remains as a staple of classic rock radio.
Composition
According to drummer Simon Kirke, "All Right Now" was written by Free bassist Andy Fraser and singer Paul Rodgers in the Durham Students' Union building, Dunelm House.
He said: "'All Right Now' was created after a bad gig in Durham. We finished our show and walked off the stage to the sound of our own footsteps. The applause had died before I had even left the drum riser. It was obvious that we needed a rocker to close our shows. All of a sudden the inspiration struck Fraser and he started bopping around singing 'All Right Now'. He sat down and wrote it right there in the dressing room. It couldnt have taken more than ten minutes." Fraser has agreed largely with this history.
Chart history
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Certifications
Personnel
Free
* Paul Rodgers vocals* Paul Kossoff guitar
* Andy Fraser bass, piano
* Simon Kirke drums
Cover versions
"All Right Now", recorded by Mike Oldfield (produced by Tom Newman), with vocals by Wendy Roberts, Pierre Moerlen and Tom Newman, was issued as a one-sided promotional blue 7" single flexi-disc in 1979. The single was given only to Virgin Records executives and never issued to the public, making it one of the most elusive collectors' items in the Oldfield catalogue (number Virgin TT-362).
Also in 1979, studio disco group Witch Queen released a disco version of the song, as a double A-side with a cover of T. Rex's "Bang a Gong". It peaked at number eight on the US 'Billboard' disco chart.
Since 1972, "All Right Now" as arranged by the Stanford Band has been the 'de facto' fight song of Stanford University athletic teams.
Rod Stewart recorded the song and released it as a single in the U.S., reaching number 72 in the winter of 1985.'Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990' -
Pop duo Pepsi & Shirlie recorded it for their 1987 debut album, also called All Right Now.
See also
* Return of the Champions
* Super Live in Japan
* List of 1970s one-hit wonders in the United States
* Free discography
References
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