Get Free

Get Free

Single infobox
Name = Get Free


Released = June 17, 2002
Artist = The Vines
from Album = Highly Evolved
Format = Single
Recorded = 2001
Genre = Garage rock Grunge Alternative rock
Length = 2:06
Label = EMI/Capitol Records
Producer = Rob Schnapf
Last single = "Highly Evolved" (2002)
This single = "Get Free" (2002)
Next single = "Outtathaway!" (2002)|

"Get Free" is a song by the garage rock band The Vines off of their debut album "Highly Evolved". The song was released in late 2002, and remains the Vines' highest charting single (#7 Billboard Modern Rock, #24 UK Singles Chart) [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=358393&model.vnuAlbumId=764900] . The song was written by Vines' frontman Craig Nicholls. It was covered by "Weird Al" Yankovic in his song Angry White Boy Polka. It was also featured in the introduction video for Topspin, a tennis video game by XSN Sports. And, Also, was used in the movies "Agent Cody Banks" as well as "School for Scoundrels".

CD Single Track List

# "Get Free" (02:06)
# "Down at the Club (Zen Demo)" (02:54)
# "Hot Leather (Zen Demo)" (01:57)

7" Vinyl Track List

# "Get Free" (02:06)
# "Blues Riff (Zen Demo)" (03:43)

Song

Whereas previous Vines songs were driven by chord structure riffs, this one has Nicholls strumming the 5th and 3rd frets for the main riff. The song opens with the resounding riff, a drum-build up and then the song breaks in. However, the song does not follow a verse-chorus-verse structure, going from verse-chorus-solo-verse-bridge-middle-verse-chorus. Get Free was playing at the 2007 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

Music videos

There were two promotional videos shot for "Get Free". The more commonly known music video, directed by Roman Coppola, shows the band standing, surrounded by huge spotlights, on a hill with a lightning storm brewing above. As the video develops, lightning bolts begin to strike the ground with increasing intensity. Eventually, during the final chorus, lightning strikes the drummer Hamish Rosser's cymbal, bassist Patrick Matthews and then Nicholls sending Matthews and Nicholls flying in different directions while the drummer sits behind his set.

Live performances

There have been vast numbers of 'Get Free' live performances, though the most infamous was on a 2002 Late Show with David Letterman on which Nicholls came on stage and performed under the influence of some kind of narcoticFact|date=May 2007. During the solo, Nicholls rolled around on the floor with feed back squealing out from his guitar, causing the instrument to detune. At the climax of the show, Nicholls jumped on to Rosser's kit, dismantled it (much to the drummer's dismay) before leaping over an armchair and running back for a final 'Whoo!' He then tumbled offstage. A similar incident occurred early the following year on Australian show Rove.

Awards and accolades

'Get Free' was nominated several times for awards in 2002 and 2003. It walked away with "Best Song" at the NME Awards 2003. It was also ranked at No 10 on the NME's best songs of 2002 as well as No 49 on Kerrang's chart of Moshpit Kings


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