I'll Set You Free

Infobox Single
Name = I'll Set You Free


Cover size =
Border = yes
Caption = British cover.
Artist = The Bangles
Album = Everything
A-side = "I'll Set You Free"
B-side = "Watching the Sky"
Released = Start date|1989
Format = 7", 12", CD
Recorded =
Genre = Rock, pop
Length = 4:51
Label = flagicon|UK CBS flagicon|Australia Liberation
Writer = David Eric Lowen Daniel Navarro Susanna Hoffs
Producer = Davitt Sigerson
Chart position =
* #74 (UK Singles Chart)
* #81 (AUS ARIA Charts)
Audio sample? =
Certification =
Last single = "Be with You" (1989)
This single = "I'll Set You Free" (1989)
Next single = "Everything I Wanted" (1990)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Australian release
Type = single


Lower caption = "I'll Set You Free" is a song by The Bangles. It first appeared on their third album "Everything" in 1988, and was later released as its fourth single in the United Kingdom, Australia and Austria in 1989.

Credits

The song was composed by guitarist and vocalist Susanna Hoffs with David Eric Lowen and Daniel Navarro, [ [http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/bangles/20193116/lyric.jhtml VH1.com] ] and produced by Davitt Sigerson.

The track was remixed by Bernard Edwards for release as a single, with additional engineering by Larry Alexander. [http://www.discogs.com/release/640897 Discogs] ] The album version of the song runs to 4 minutes 27 seconds, and the single mix lasts 24 seconds longer. As well as a thicker sound than the original recording, the single version has a more forceful introduction and a different lead vocal by Hoffs.

ingle

In the UK its primary B-side was "Watching the Sky", another album track from "Everything". The British 12" and CD singles also included a remix of "Walking Down Your Street" by David Kahne as a bonus track. In Australia the song was backed by "Everything I Wanted" [ [http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=324629 eil.com] ] — later released as a single in its own right in 1990 — and was housed in a different picture sleeve (see below).

Unlike the preceding three singles from "Everything", all of which had reached the UK Top 40, "I'll Set You Free" only reached number 74 in the United Kingdom. [http://www.thebangles.info/discography.php The Bangles] ] It was also a minor hit in Australia, reaching number 81. No promotional film was made for the single, as the band had all but broken up.

The single version of "I'll Set You Free" was included on "Greatest Hits" (1990) and "Best of The Bangles" (1999).

Reception

Writing in "Rolling Stone" in 1988, Jimmy Guterman wrote: "On numbers like "I'll Set You Free" and "Make a Play for Her Now", their harmonies are the clearest and most evocative they've ever been – their voices float, coalesce and soar". [" [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thebangles/albums/album/134716/review/5943868/everything Rolling Stone] "]

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