Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 1970


Good Morning Freedom

Buy Good Morning Freedom now from Amazon

First, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it.

Wikipedia article




"'Good Morning Freedom'" is a song by British pop group Blue Mink, released as a single in March 1970. It was released as a non-album single, but was included on the US album 'Real Mink'. It peaked at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart.

Track listing



'7"'

# "Good Morning Freedom" 2:49

# "Mary Jane" 3:14

Personnel



* Madeline Bell vocals

* Roger Cook vocals

* Roger Coulam keyboards

* Alan Parker guitar

* Herbie Flowers bass guitar

* Barry Morgan drums

Charts



Popular culture and covers



* In May 1970, American band Daybreak released a cover of the song as their only single and it peaked at number 94 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100.

*In 1971, Australian guitarist John Williams covered the song on his album 'Changes'.

* In 1973, British duo Peters and Lee covered the song on their debut album 'We Can Make It'.

* In 1994, a cover by Elton John, recorded in 1970, was released on the compilation album 'Chartbusters Go Pop'.

* In 2000, American singer Madeline Bell released her own cover of the song on her album 'Blessed'.

* In 2009, the song featured prominently in the 'Breaking Bad' episode "4 Days Out".

* In 2011, the song featured in an advert for skin care brand Freederm.

* In 2013, Albert Hammond released a version on his live album 'Songbook 2013 Live in Wilhelmshaven'.

References



Category:1970 singles

Category:1970 songs

Category:Songs written by Roger Cook (songwriter)

Category:Songs written by Roger Greenaway

Category:Songs written by Albert Hammond

Category:Songs written by Mike Hazlewood

Category:Philips Records singles

Buy Good Morning Freedom now from Amazon

<-- Return to songs from 1970



This work is released under CC-BY-SA. Some or all of this content attributed to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1088500613.