"Love is Free" is a song written and recorded by American

United States

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 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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 Sheryl Crow

Sheryl Crow

Sheryl Suzanne Crow is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and actress. Her music incorporates elements of rock, folk, hip hop, country and pop...

. It was released as the second single from Crow's sixth studio album

Studio album

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 Detours

Detours

Detours has been praised by music critics and her fans, scoring a 75 on the website Metacritic. Many deem this album as marking Crow's return to prominence, linking the tracks to her original sound as heard on The Globe Sessions.-Track listing:...

. Its predecessor "Shine over Babylon

Shine over Babylon

"Shine over Babylon" is a song written and recorded by American rock singer Sheryl Crow. It was the first single released from Crow's album Detours...

" was airplay only.

On her website, Crow states that she was inspired by the floods in New Orleans

Effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans

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. "What struck me about it is the stoicism of the New Orleans people, they are very spiritually based. You can see it in their eyes that they aren't going to give up, they are going to rebuild."

Music video

The music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 shows Crow singing with an acoustic guitar in a boat while coming across all kind of characters. It was directed by The Malloys

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.

The video for "Love Is Free" was added to the popular video sharing site YouTube

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 on 17 January 2008 and has had over 880,000 views.

Track listing

Maxi CD

1. "Love Is Free" (Album Version) - 3:23
2. "Drunk With the Thought of You" (Live Acoustic Version) - 2:46
3. "Shine Over Babylon
   Shine over Babylon
   "Shine over Babylon" is a song written and recorded by American rock singer Sheryl Crow. It was the first single released from Crow's album Detours...
   
   " (Live Acoustic Version) - 4:01
4. "Love Is Free" (Enhanced Music Video
   Music video
   A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
   
   )

Chart performance

Chart (2008)	Peak position
Canadian Hot 100 Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...	46
Japan Hot 100	10
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Romanian Top 100	56
Austria Singles Top 75	57
Belgium Singles Top 50	50
Germany Top 100 Singles	49
U.S. Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	77
U.S. Billboard Adult Pop Songs	17
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	63
U.S. Billboard Hot Digital Songs Hot Digital Songs The Hot Digital Songs chart ranks the best-selling digital singles in the United States, according to Billboard.Beginning in February 2005, digital sales have been incorporated into many of Billboards music single charts. It was decided to do so mainly because of the dramatic rise in popularity of...	45
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	76
World Adult Top 20 Singles	8

Year-end charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
U.S. Hot Triple A Artists	4
U.S. Hot Triple A Songs	18