(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free/One

"(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be) Free/One"
Single by Lighthouse Family
from the album Whatever Gets You Through the Day
Released 12 November 2001
Format CD, 12"
Recorded The Beach, Olympic and Air Lyndhurst
Genre Pop, soul
Length 4:26
Label Wildcard/Polydor
Songwriter(s) Billy Taylor, Dick Dallas, Bono & U2
Producer(s) Kevin Bacon, Jonathan Quarmby
Lighthouse Family singles chronology
"Postcard from Heaven"
(1999)		 "(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be) Free/One"
(2001)		 "Run"
(2002)

"Postcard from Heaven"
(1999)		 "(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free/One"
(2001)		 "Run"
(2002)

"(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free/One" is a song by Lighthouse Family, released as their first single from their third album, Whatever Gets You Through the Day, released in 2001. The song was originally written by Billy Taylor, with lyrics by Dick Dallas. Best known for its 1967 version by Nina Simone, and as the instrumental theme (performed by the Billy Taylor Trio) to the BBC Film... TV show, this version was produced by Kevin Bacon and Jonathan Quarmby.

Content

"(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free/One" is a cover song of Billy Taylor's "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" and U2's One.

Track listing and formats

# Title Length
UK CD single
1."(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free/One" (single version)4:26
2."You're a Star"4:35
3."(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free/One" (Phats & Small vocal mix)7:34
4."(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free/One)" (music video)

Chart performance

"(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free/One" was also successful in the UK where it reached to #6 in the UK Singles Chart in November 2001 and stayed in the charts for 9 weeks. It reached #14 in Austria and stayed in the charts for 13 weeks, and #85 in the Netherlands and stayed in the charts for 8 weeks. In Switzerland, the song #26 in January 2002 and stayed in the charts for 14 weeks.

Charts

Chart (2001/2002) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[1] 92
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2] 14
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[3] 12
Brazil (ABPD)[4] 98
Germany (Official German Charts)[5] 10
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[6] 9
Ireland (IRMA)[7] 26
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8] 85
Portugal (Portuguese Singles Chart)[9] 3
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[10] 16
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 26
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[12] 6

References

  1. ↑ "Pandora Archive (ARIA Charts) The ARIA Report - Week Commencing: 26th November 2001 - Issue No: 613- ARIA Top 100 Singles (page 4 of 33)" (PDF). Pandora.nla.gov.au. 2001-11-26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2002. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
  2. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Lighthouse Family – (I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free/One" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  3. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Lighthouse Family – (I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free/One" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  4. ↑ "Brazil" (PDF). ABPD. 6 October 2001. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "Musicline.de – Lighthouse Family Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  6. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
  7. ↑ "Irish Singles Chart – Search for song". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  8. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Lighthouse Family – (I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free/One" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  9. ↑ "Top40-charts.com". Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  10. ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Lighthouse Family – (I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free/One" Canciones Top 50.
  11. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Lighthouse Family – (I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be) Free/One". Swiss Singles Chart.
  12. ↑ "Lighthouse Family: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.


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