Free the People (Sherbet song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Free the People

| cover = Free the people sherbet Australian single side-A.png

| alt = side-A label

| caption = Side A of the Australian single

| type = single

| artist = Sherbet

| album = Time Change... A Natural Progression

| B-side = All Our Yesterdays

| released = October 1971

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Rock

| length = 2:43

| label = Infinity Records, Festival Records

| writer = Barbara Keith

| producer = Pat Aulton

| prev_title = Can You Feel It, Baby?

| prev_year = 1971

| next_title = You're All Woman

| next_year = 1972

}}

"Free the People" is a song by Australian band Sherbet. It was released in October 1971 as the second single from Sherbet's debut studio album Time Change... A Natural Progression.[http://www.45cat.com/record/ink4405 Sherbet - Free The People at 45cat] The song charted at number 33 on Go-Set and number 18 on the Kent Music Report.[http://australianmusicdatabase.com/recordings/free-the-people-by-sherbet Sherbet - Free The People at Australian Music Database]

Written by American singer-songwriter Barbara Keith, the song has been recorded by Keith (1970), Delaney & Bonnie (1970), Barbra Streisand (1971), and Olivia Newton-John (1974), amongst others.{{Cite web|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/work/122503/versions#nav-entity|title = Cover versions of Free the People written by Barbara Keith | SecondHandSongs| website=SecondHandSongs }}