(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be) Free / One

(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be) Free / One

Infobox Single
Name = (I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be) Free / One


Artist = Lighthouse Family
from Album = Whatever Gets You Through the Day
Released = 19 November, 2001
Format = CD, 12" [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Lighthouse+Family]
Recorded = The Beach, Olympic and Air Lyndhurst
Genre = Pop
Length = 4:26
Label = Wildcard / Polydor
Writer = Billy Taylor, Dick Dallas
Producer = Kevin Bacon, Jonathan Quarmby
Last single = "Postcard from Heaven"
(1999)
This single = "(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be) Free / One"
(2001)
Next single = "Run"
(2002)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Greatest Hits
Type = Greatest hits
prev_track = "Loving Every Minute"
prev_no = 6
this_track = "(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be) Free / One"
track_no = 7
next_track = "Question of Faith"
next_no = 8

"(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be) Free / One" is a song by The Lighthouse Family, released as their first single from their third album, "Whatever Gets You Through the Day", released in 2001. The song was originally written by Billy Taylor, with lyrics by Dick Dallas. Best known for its 1967 version by Nina Simone, and as the instrumental theme (performed by the Billy Taylor Trio) to the BBC TV show Film Night, this version was produced by Kevin Bacon and Jonathan Quarmby. It was their first single release in nearly three years and was released in November 2001 and reached the top 10 in Portugal, the United Kingdom and Germany; the top 20 in Austria and Spain; the top 30 in Switzerland; and the top 50 in the United World Chart.

"(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be) Free / One" is a cover song of Billy Taylor's "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free" and U2's One.

Track listing and formats

Chart performance

After the release of "(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be) Free / One" in Portugal, it reached to #3 in the Portugal Singles Chart in November 2001 and stayed in the charts for 19 weeks. The single also reached to #28 in the 2002 Year-End Charts. [http://top40-charts.com/chart2.php?cid=20&cat=ye2002]

"(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be) Free / One" was also successful in the UK where it reached to #6 in the UK Singles Chart in November 2001 and stayed in the charts for 9 weeks.

In Germany, "(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be) Free / One" reached to #10 in December 2001 and stayed in the charts for 13 weeks. (I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be) Free / One also reached to #14 in Austria and stayed in the charts for 13 weeks.

"(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be) Free / One" reached to #16 in Spain and #85 in the Netherlands and stayed in the charts for 14 and 8 weeks respectively.

In Switzerland, "(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be) Free / One" reached to #26 in January 2002 and stayed in the charts for 14 weeks and also reached to #75 in the 2002 Year-End Charts. [http://top40-charts.com/chart2.php?cid=23&cat=ye2002]

"(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be) Free / One" also had success in the United World Chart and reached to #48.

Charts

External links

* [http://top40-charts.com/songs/full.php?sid=2454&sort=chartid Chart performance of Lighthouse Family's "(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be) Free / One" in Austria, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the UK]
* [http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=29523 Chart Stats - UK chart performance of Lighthouse Family's "(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be) Free / One"]
* [http://www.mediatraffic.de/track-titles.htm United World Chart - peak position o


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