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Closer to Free

{{Short description|1993 single by BoDeans}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Closer to Free

| cover = Closer to Free single.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = BoDeans

| album = Go Slow Down

| released = 1993

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 3:09

| label =

| writer =

| producer = T-Bone Burnett

| prev_title = Feed the Fire

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = Hurt by Love

| next_year = 1996

}}

"Closer to Free" is a 1993 song by American rock band BoDeans featured on their fifth studio album, Go Slow Down. It is the band's biggest hit,{{cite web|url=https://www.middletownpress.com/entertainment/article/Concert-Connection-BoDeans-coming-to-Infinity-13239897.php|title=Concert Connection: BoDeans coming to Infinity Hall Hartford|first=John|last=Atashian|date=September 19, 2018|website=The Middletown Press}} peaking at number 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 11 in Australia, and number one in Canada after its re-release in 1996. It was featured as the theme of the TV series Party of Five.

Track listings

US 7-inch, CD, and cassette single (1995, 1996){{cite AV media notes|title=Closer to Free|others=BoDeans|year=1995|type=US 7-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=Slash Records, Reprise Records|id=7-17674}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Closer to Free|others=BoDeans|year=1996|type=US CD single disc notes|publisher=Slash Records, Reprise Records|id=9 17674-2, 2-17674}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Closer to Free|others=BoDeans|year=1996|type=US cassette single sleeve|publisher=Slash Records, Reprise Records|id=9 17674-4}}

  1. "Closer to Free" (studio album version) – 3:09
  2. "Closer to Free" (live album version) – 3:54

Australian CD single (1994){{cite AV media notes|title=Closer to Free|others=BoDeans|year=1994|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Slash Records, Liberation Records|id=D11560}}

  1. "Closer to Free"
  2. "Texas Ride Song"
  3. "Idaho"

European and Australian CD single (1996){{cite AV media notes|title=Closer to Free|others=BoDeans|year=1996|type=European & Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Slash Records, London Records, Polydor Records (Australia)|id=850 655-2}}

  1. "Closer to Free"
  2. "She's a Runaway"
  3. "Don't Be Lonely"

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!Chart (1996)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|11|artist=BoDeans|song=Closer to Free|rowheader=true|access-date=November 25, 2018}}
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|1|chartid=2969|rowheader=true|access-date=November 25, 2018}}
{{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|16|chartid=2964|rowheader=true|access-date=November 25, 2018}}
scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1996-05-04/|title=Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=May 4, 1996|access-date=October 21, 2023}}

|16

scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1996-03-02/|title=Adult Contemporary|magazine=Billboard|date=March 2, 1996|url-access=subscription|access-date=October 21, 2023}}

|31

scope="row"|US Adult Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-pop-songs/1996-05-04/|title=Adult Pop Airplay|magazine=Billboard|date=May 4, 1996|url-access=subscription|access-date=October 21, 2023}}

|3

scope="row"|US Top 40/Mainstream (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/pop-songs/1996-04-27/|title=Pop Airplay|magazine=Billboard|date=April 27, 1996|url-access=subscription|access-date=October 21, 2023}}

|6

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=Year-end charts=

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!Chart (1996)

!Position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/t1PYbhG.jpg|title=The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1996|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102010347/http://i.imgur.com/t1PYbhG.jpg|archive-date=November 2, 2015|access-date=January 13, 2019}}

|85

scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite magazine|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9730&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9730.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9730|title=RPM Year End Top 100 Hit Tracks|magazine=RPM|via=Library and Archives Canada|access-date=November 25, 2018}}

|35

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://billboardtop100of.com/1996-2/|title=Billboard Top 100 – 1996|website=Billboardtop100of.com|access-date=February 25, 2021}}

|67

scope="row"|US Adult Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=The Year in Music: Hot Adult Top 40 Singles & Tracks|magazine=Billboard|volume=108|issue=52|page=YE-86|date=December 28, 1996}}

|23

scope="row"|US Top 40/Mainstream (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=Airplay Monitor Best of '96: Top 40/Mainstream Titles|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=4|issue=53|page=30|date=December 27, 1996}}

|26

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In popular culture

"Closer to Free" was featured as the theme of the TV series Party of Five{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/photos/6715284/50-tv-theme-songs-on-billboard-charts-hannah-montana-friends-cheers-the-x-files|title=50 TV Theme Songs That Made the Billboard Charts: Listen|magazine=Billboard}} and was featured on the show's accompanying soundtrack. The song was also played in the 1994 film Milk Money and during the opening credits of the 1995 film Heavyweights. The song also used in Melrose Place, Riverdale.

References

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Category:1993 singles

Category:1993 songs

Category:1996 singles

Category:Reprise Records singles

Category:RPM Top Singles number-one singles

Category:Slash Records singles

Category:Song recordings produced by T Bone Burnett

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