Privilege (Set Me Free)

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“Privilege (Set Me Free)”
“Privilege (Set Me Free)” cover
Single by Patti Smith Group
from the album Easter
B-side "25th Floor" (Live)
Released 1978 (1978)
Format Vinyl (7")
Recorded Record Plant Studios
Genre Rock
Length 3:27
Label Arista
Writer(s) Mel London, Mike Leander, Psalm 23
Producer Jimmy Iovine
Patti Smith singles chronology
"Because
the Night"
(1978)		 "Privilege
(Set Me Free)"
(1978)		 "Frederick"
(1979)
This article is about the song. For the film, see Privilege (film). For other uses, see Privilege (disambiguation).

"Privilege (Set Me Free)" is a song written by Mel London and Mike Leander, and released as a second single from Patti Smith Group 1978 album Easter.

[edit] Charts

Chart (1978)[1][2] Position
UK Singles Chart 72
Irish Singles Chart 13

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ UK chart. Retrieved on 2008-03-05.
  2. ^ Irish charts. Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved on 2008-03-05.

[edit] External links

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Patti Smith
Studio albums
Horses (1975) · Radio Ethiopia (1976) · Easter (1978) · Wave (1979) · Dream of Life (1988) · Gone Again (1996) · Peace and Noise (1997) · Gung Ho (2000) · Trampin' (2004) · Twelve (2007)
Other albums
Hey Joe / Radio Ethiopia (1977) · Set Free (1978) · The Patti Smith Masters (1996) · Land (2002) · Horses/Horses (2005) · iTunes Originals (2008) · The Coral Sea (2008)
Singles
"Hey Joe" (1974) · "Gloria" (1976) · "Pissing in a River" (1976) · "Pumping (My Heart)" (1976) · "Ask the Angels" (1977) · "Because the Night" (1978) · "Privilege (Set Me Free)" (1978) · "Frederick" (1979) · "Dancing Barefoot" (1979) · "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" (1979) · "People Have the Power" (1988) · "Looking for You (I Was)" (1988) · "Up There Down There" (1988) · "Summer Cannibals" (1996) · "E-Bow the Letter" (1996) · "1959" (1997) · "Glitter in Their Eyes" (2000) · "Jubilee" (2004) · "Gimme Shelter" (2007)
Books
Seventh Heaven (1972) · Witt (1973) · Babel (1978) · Woolgathering (1992) · Early Work (1994) · The Coral Sea (1996) · Patti Smith Complete (1998) · Strange Messenger (2003) · Auguries of Innocence (2005)
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