All Right Now

{{Other uses|Alright Now (disambiguation){{!}}Alright Now}}{{Short description|1970 single by Free}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = All Right Now

| cover = Free all right now.png

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Free

| album = Fire and Water

| B-side = Mouthful of Grass

| released = {{Start date|df=yes|1970|5|15}} (UK){{Cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Free&titel=All+Right+Now&cat=s|title=Free - All Right Now|first=Steffen|last=Hung|website=Hitparade.ch|access-date=7 June 2025}}

| recorded = January 1970

| studio = {{hlist|Trident, London|Island, London}}

| venue =

| genre = {{hlist|Hard rock{{cite book|title=Billboard|date=10 March 1973|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|page=20}}}}

| length = {{Duration|m=4|s=14}} (single version)
{{Duration|m=5|s=31}} (album version)

| label = Island

| writer = {{hlist|Andy Fraser|Paul Rodgers}}

| producer = Free

| prev_title = Fire and Water

| prev_year = 1970

| next_title = The Stealer

| next_year = 1970

| misc = {{External music video|header=Live video|

{{YouTube|vqdCZ0yHNa4|"All Right Now"}}}}

}}

"All Right Now" is a song by English rock band Free, released on their third studio album, Fire and Water (1970). It was released by Island Records, a record label founded by Chris Blackwell. Released as the album's second single, "All Right Now" peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.{{cite web|url=http://tsort.info/music/kj446z.htm |title=Obsolete song title page |website=Tsort.info |date=2007-10-08 |access-date=2016-10-02}} In July 1973, the song was re-released, peaking at number 15 on the UK chart. In 1991, a Bob Clearmountain remix of the song was released, reaching number eight on the UK chart.

"All Right Now" was a number-one hit in over 20 countries{{cn|date=January 2023}} and was recognised by American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers in 1990 for accumulating over 1,000,000 radio plays in the U.S. by late 1989. In 2006, the BMI London awards included a Million Air award for 3 million air plays of "All Right Now" in the USA.{{cite web|url=http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/534276 |title=2006 BMI London Awards | News |website=BMI.com |date=2006-10-03 |access-date=2016-10-02}} The song remains as a staple track of classic rock radio.

It was covered by artists such as Mike Oldfield,{{cite web |url=http://amarok.ommadawn.net/mike/discog/extras/raretracks.htm |title=Rare Tracks |publisher=Amarok (Ommadawn.net) |access-date=2008-08-14 |archive-date=8 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208105947/http://amarok.ommadawn.net/mike/discog/extras/raretracks.htm |url-status=dead}} Witch Queen,{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=282}} Rod Stewart,{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|title=Reviews|date=December 15, 1984|access-date=2023-02-10|page=72|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RiQEAAAAMBAJ&q=reviews}}Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}} Pepsi & Shirlie (All Right Now),{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19871213/7501/%7B%7Bbare-url-inline/|title=Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com|access-date=18 December 2022}} and GNR.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2025650-GNR-Rock-In-Rio-Douro|title=GNR - Rock In Rio Douro|website=Discogs.com|date=15 June 1992 |access-date=26 December 2022}} A version arranged by the Stanford Band is the de facto fight song of Stanford University athletic teams.{{cite web|url=http://www.gostanford.com/fanfest/fb-fan-fest-tradition.html |title=Stanford Football Fan Fest |access-date=2013-01-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329180605/http://www.gostanford.com/fanfest/fb-fan-fest-tradition.html |archive-date=29 March 2013}}

Composition

According to drummer Simon Kirke, "All Right Now" was written by Free bassist Andy Fraser and singer Paul Rodgers in the Durham Students' Union building, Dunelm House.{{Cite news

| last = Mckay

| first = Neil

| title = All Right Now for Free tribute show

| newspaper = The Journal

| location = Newcastle

| date = 5 November 2008

| url = http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2008/11/05/all-right-now-for-free-tribute-show-61634-22185571/

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151224000226/http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/right-now-free-tribute-show-4492999

| archive-date=24 December 2015

| access-date = }}

He said: "'All Right Now' was created after a bad gig in Durham. We finished our show and walked off the stage to the sound of our own footsteps. The applause had died before I had even left the drum riser. It was obvious that we needed a rocker to close our shows. All of a sudden the inspiration struck Fraser and he started bopping around singing 'All Right Now'. He sat down and wrote it right there in the dressing room. It couldn't have taken more than ten minutes."{{Citation| title= Free: All Right Now |last= Allsworth |first= Steve|date= June 2011 | magazine= Guitar Techniques | page= 14 }} Fraser has agreed largely with this history.{{Cite web|url=https://www.songwritingmagazine.co.uk/how-i-wrote/all-right-now-free-andy-fraser|title=How I wrote 'All Right Now' by Free's Andy Fraser|date=2 December 2013}}{{Cite journal|last=Snow|first=Mat|date=5 March 1991|title=Out Of It|journal=Q Magazine|volume=55|pages=15}}

Reception

Billboard called it a "funky beer blues swinger" that's a "mover from start to finish."{{cite magazine|title=Spotlight Singles|magazine=Billboard|date=August 15, 1970|page=78|access-date=2023-04-25|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1970/Billboard%201970-08-15.pdf}} Record World said that the song "lays a hunk of heaviness on your head" and "will establish [Free] once and for all."{{cite magazine|title=Single Reviews|magazine=Record World|date=July 11, 1970|page=8|access-date=2023-04-26|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/70/RW-1970-07-11.pdf}}

Chart history

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=Weekly charts=

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!Chart (1970–1971)

!Peak
position

Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|first= David |last= Kent |author-link= David Kent (historian) |title= Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 |publisher= Australian Chart Book |location= St Ives, N.S.W. |year= 1993 |isbn= 0-646-11917-6}}

| style="text-align:center;"|44

{{singlechart|Italy|56|artist=Free|song=All Right Now|access-date=23 December 2020}}
{{singlechart|Austria|6|artist=Free|song=All Right Now|access-date=30 November 2013}}
Canada RPM Top Singles{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.3712&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.3712.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.3712 |title=Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada |website=Bac-lac.gc.ca |date=17 July 2013 |access-date=2016-10-03}}

| style="text-align:center;"|4

Denmark (Tracklisten){{cite magazine | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wCkEAAAAMBAJ | title=Hits of the World | magazine=Billboard |date=September 1970 | volume=82 | issue=38 | page=61|access-date=30 November 2013}}

|align=center|1

{{singlechart|Flanders|10|artist=Free|song=All Right Now|access-date=30 November 2013}}
France (SNEP){{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Bilan_F.php |title=Le Dictionnaires des Tubes |access-date=2013-06-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920093356/http://www.infodisc.fr/Bilan_F.php |archive-date=20 September 2013}}

|align=center|4

{{singlechart|Germany|5|artist=Free|song=All Right Now|songid=158|access-date=10 October 2018}}
{{singlechart|Ireland2|5|song=All Right Now|access-date=20 February 2019}}
{{singlechart|Dutch40|9|year=1970|week=30|access-date=29 September 2018}}
{{singlechart|Dutch100|8|artist=Free|song=All Right Now|access-date=30 November 2013}}
{{singlechart|Norway|9|artist=Free|song=All Right Now|access-date=30 November 2013}}
Sweden (Radio Sweden){{cite magazine | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gSkEAAAAMBAJ | title=Hits of the World | magazine=Billboard |date=October 1970 | volume=82 | issue=43 | page=68|access-date=30 November 2013}}

|align=center|1

{{singlechart|Switzerland|4|artist=Free|song=All Right Now|access-date=30 November 2013}}
{{singlechart|UK|2|date=19700704|access-date=29 September 2018}}
U.S. Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/free-mn0000193216/awards |title=Artist Search for "free" |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2016-10-02}}

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U.S. Cash Box Top 100{{Cite web|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19701031.html|title=Cash Box Top 100 10/31/70|website=cashboxmagazine.com}}

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable"
Chart (1970)

! style="text-align:center;"|Rank

Canada {{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.3740&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.3740.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.3740|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada|work=collectionscanada.gc.ca|date=17 July 2013}}

| style="text-align:center;"|42

UK {{cite web|title=All the Number One Singles: 1970|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all-the-number-ones-singles-list/_/1970/|publisher=The Official Charts Company|access-date=16 June 2012}}

| style="text-align:center;"|7

U.S. Billboard Hot 100{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1970.htm|title=Top 100 Hits of 1970/Top 100 Songs of 1970|website=Musicoutfitters.com|access-date=1 June 2021}}

| style="text-align:center;"|27

U.S. Cash Box {{Cite web |url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1970YESP.html |title=Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 26, 1970 |access-date=17 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722145703/https://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1970YESP.html |archive-date=22 July 2019 |url-status=dead }}

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Free|title=All Right Now|award=Platinum|relyear=2006|certyear=2024|id=11508-655-1|access-date=2 April 2024}}

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Personnel

See also

References

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