Free Your Mind
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| Single by En Vogue from the album Funky Divas |
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| Released | September 24, 1992 (US) | ||||
| Format | CD single Airplay Cassette single |
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| Genre | Pop rock | ||||
| Length | 4:52 | ||||
| Label | East West Records (Atlantic/WEA) | ||||
| Writer(s) | Denzil Foster Thomas McElroy |
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| Producer | Denzil Foster Thomas McElroy |
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"Free Your Mind" is the name of a Grammy Award-nominated hit single released by the all-female R&B group En Vogue in September 24, 1992 from their critically-acclaimed album Funky Divas. The anti-prejudice rock-like song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #16 on the UK Singles Chart.
"Free Your Mind" debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart the week of September 12, 1992, at #89. Within one week, it jumped to #45, then to #25, and continued to make impressive strides until it eventually peaked at #8 the week of October 31, 1992. Altogether, "Free Your Mind" spent sixteen weeks in the Billboard Top 40.
This song is featured on DANCE! Online, a multiplayer online casual rhythm game.
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[edit] Song information
"Free Your Mind" was released due to the 1992 race-related riots that took place in Los Angeles, California from 29 April to 4 May 1992 following the acquittal of the police officers who had beaten Rodney King. The song is known for its very ground-breaking award winning music video, directed by Mark Romanek. "Free Your Mind" used the chorus line of a George Clinton song with his permission[citation needed]. It was certified gold by the RIAA in the end of 1992. It is one of several songs to feature all four members of the group on lead vocals.
The opening line: "Prejudice! Wrote a song about it! Like to hear it? Here it go!", is a line originally used by the character Calhoun Tubbs from FOX's In Living Color.
Janet Jackson included the video in the Countdown of her twenty-five favorite videos of all-time at number eleven. [1]
[edit] Awards and nominations
[edit] Grammy Awards of 1993
- Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group (nominated)
- Best Music Video, Short Form (nominated)
[edit] MTV Video Music Awards 1993
- Video of the Year (nominated)
- Best Group Video (nominated)
- Best R&B Video (won)
- Best Dance Video (won)
- Viewer's Choice Award (nominated)
- Best Direction – Mark Romanek (nominated)
- Best Choreography – Travis Payne, Frank Gatson, and Lavelle Smith (won)
- Best Cinematography – (nominated)
[edit] Charts
| Year | Chart | Peak Position |
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| 1992 | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #8 |
| 1992 | U.S. Billboard Mainstream Top 40 | #13 |
| 1992 | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | #39 |
| 1992 | U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | #23 |
| 1992 | UK Singles Chart | #6 |
| 2002 | German Single Chart | #50 |
[edit] See also
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A part from Free Your Mind was sampled by artists Twiztid and put on a song entitled "2nd hand smoke" which can be found on Twiztid's first album entitled Mostasteless.
