Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley

"Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley (Free Baby)" is a song by the American dance-pop band Will to Power. The song combines elements of two previously recorded rock songs: "Baby, I Love Your Way", a #12 Billboard Hot 100 hit from 1976 by the British-born singer Peter Frampton; and American Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd's song "Free Bird", which hit #19 on the Hot 100 chart in 1975. Will to Power's medley of these two songs had more of a synthesized dance beat (as opposed to the rock ballad-like nature of the two original songs). It spent one week at #1 on the Hot 100 chart dated December 3, 1988.[2] It also peaked at #2 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart.[3] Additionally, in the "Freebird" section, the line "and the bird you cannot change" in the original version was changed to "and this bird will never change".

"Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley"
US retail cassette single
Single by Will to Power
from the album Will to Power
B-side"Anti-Social"
ReleasedAugust 1988[1]
Format7', 12', CD, K7
Recorded1987, 1988
GenrePop, soft rock
Length4:07
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Peter Frampton
Allen Collins
Ronnie Van Zant
Producer(s)Bob Rosenberg
Will to Power singles chronology
"Say It's Gonna Rain"
(1988)		 "Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley"
(1988)		 "Fading Away"
(1989)

In March and April 2009, VH1 ran a countdown of the 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s. Will to Power's "Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley" placed at #97 on the countdown despite the fact the group having another Top 10 hit in 1991 with a cover version of the 1975 10cc hit "I'm Not in Love."

Tracks
Netherlands 12 "Single
No.TitleLength
1."Baby I Love Your Way / Freebird"4:07
2."Anti-Social"4:20
3."Say It's Gonna Rain"3:53

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (1988–1989) Peak
Position
Australia (ARIA)[4] 20
Canada The Record Top Singles[5] 1
Canada RPM Top Singles 1
Germany (Official German Charts)[6] 18
Ireland (IRMA)[7] 3
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[8] 26[9]
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[10] 6
Norway (VG-lista)[11] 1
UK (The Official Charts Company)[12] 6
US Billboard Hot 100[13] 1
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[13] 2

Year-end charts
Chart (1989) Position
United States (Billboard)[14][15] 9

Certifications
Country Certification Date Sales certified
US[16] Gold January 23, 1989 500,000

See also

References
  1. http://www.45cat.com/record/3408034
  2. Bronson, Fred (1992). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits – revised & enlarged. New York: Billboard Books. p. 715. ISBN 0-8230-8298-9.
  3. Billboard AC chart info Billboard.com. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
  4. "Australian-charts.com – Will To Power – Baby I Love Your Way – Free Bird". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  5. "Canadian Singles Chart from Nanda Lwin; Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide (2000)"
  6. "Offiziellecharts.de – Will to Power – Baby I Love Your Way – Free Bird". GfK Entertainment Charts.
  7. Jaclyn Ward. "The Irish Charts – All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  8. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Will To Power" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  9. Steffen Hung. "Dutch Charts". dutchcharts.nl. Archived from the original on 2016-02-20. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  10. "Charts.nz – Will To Power – Baby I Love Your Way – Free Bird". Top 40 Singles.
  11. "Norwegiancharts.com – Will To Power – Baby I Love Your Way – Free Bird". VG-lista.
  12. "Will to Power: Artist Chart History". Official Charts History. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  13. "Will to Power – Will to Power | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  14. "1989 The Year in Music: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. 101 (51): Y-22. December 23, 1989.
  15. "Billboard Top 100 – 1989".
  16. U.S. certifications riaa.com Archived June 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved August 15, 2009)
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