Free the People (Sherbet song)

"Free the People"
Side A of the Australian single
Single by Sherbet
from the album Time Change... A Natural Progression
B-side	"All Our Yesterdays"
Released	October 1971
Genre	Rock
Length	2:43
Label	Infinity Records, Festival Records
Songwriter(s)	Barbara Keith
Producer(s)	Pat Aulton
Sherbet singles chronology
"Can You Feel It, Baby?" (1971) "Free the People" (1971) "You're All Woman" (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.^[1] The song charted at number 33 on Go-Set and number 18 on the Kent Music Report.^[2]

Written by American singer-songwriter Barbara Keith, the song has been recorded by Keith (1970), Delaney and Bonnie (1970), Barbra Streisand (1971), and Olivia Newton-John (1974), amongst others.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Free the People"	Barbara Keith	2:43
2.	"All Our Yesterdays"	Clive Shakespeare	2:43

Charts

Chart (1971)	Peak Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4]	18
Australia (Go-Set)[5]	33

Personnel

• Alan Sandow – drums, percussion, bongoes, chimes
• Daryl Braithwaite – lead vocals, tambourine, tabla
• Clive Shakespeare – guitar, vocals
• Garth Porter – keyboards, clavinet, piano, lead vocals, backing vocals, Hammond organ, electric piano, synthesiser

References

1. Sherbet - Free The People at 45cat
2. Sherbet - Free The People at Australian Music Database
3. "Cover versions of Free the People written by Barbara Keith | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.
4. Kent, David (1971). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 271. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
5. "GO Set Chart w/c 12 February 1972". Pop Archives. 12 February 1972. Retrieved 24 August 2016.