You Make Me Feel So Free

Infobox Single
Name = You Make Me Feel So Free


Caption =
Type =
Artist = Van Morrison
alt Artist =
Album = Into the Music
A-side = "You Make Me Feel So Free"
B-side = "Full Force Gale"
Published =
Released = 1980
track_no =
Recorded = Spring 1979
Genre = Celtic
Folk rock
Pop rock
Length = 4:09
Writer = Van Morrison
Composer =
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Producer = Van Morrison
Chart position =
Last single ="Full Force Gale"
(1979)
This single ="You Make Me Feel So Free"
(1980)
Next single ="Cleaning Windows"
(1982)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Into the Music
Type = studio
prev_track = "Rolling Hills"
prev_no = 5
this_track = "You Make Me Feel So Free"
track_no = 6
next_track = "Angelou"
next_no = 7"You Make Me Feel So Free" is a song written by Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and recorded on his 1979 album, "Into the Music".

Biographer Johnny Rogan writes about the song "It seems that the surer the singer is of his message, the clearer is his enunciation, and that he is more prone to chew on his words when he is less confident in the song itself. This seems true of "You Make Me Feel So Free", though the message of the title seems clear enough. There are musical compensations in David Hayes' bubbling bass and Pee Wee Ellis' saxophone solo." [Rogan, No Surrender, p. 150]

Appearance on other albums

*A live version was included on his 1994 album, "A Night in San Francisco".

Personnel on original release

*Van Morrison: vocals
*Herbie Armstrong: guitar
*Pee Wee Ellis: tenor saxophone
*David Hayes: bass guitar
*Mark Isham: trumpet
*Mark Jordan: piano
*Katie Kissoon: backing vocals
*Peter Van Hooke: drums

Covers

*Sinéad O'Connor performed the song on the Van Morrison tribute album "".

Notes

References

*Rogan, Johnny (2006). Van Morrison:No Surrender, London:Vintage Books ISBN 9780099431831

External links

* [http://www.vanmorrison.co.uk/?m=Content&Content(record_id)=b2950180e54389f3cf9d93ad908ac00e Lyrics and audio samples] Into the Music 1970s