"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
GenreFreestyle[1]
Length4:07
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
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)
Music video
"Baby I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley" by Will to Power on YouTube

"Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley (Free Baby)" is a song by American dance-pop band Will to Power. The song combines elements of two previously recorded rock songs: "Baby, I Love Your Way", a number-12 Billboard Hot 100 hit from 1976 by British-born singer Peter Frampton,[2] and "Free Bird" by American Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, which reached number 19 on the Hot 100 chart in 1975.[3] Suzi Carr is the female vocalist and a producer for the song.[4]

In the United States, the medley spent one week at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and also peaked at number two on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. Internationally, the song topped the Canadian, Norwegian, and Portuguese charts and reached the top 20 in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and West Germany. In March and April 2009, VH1 ran a countdown of the 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s, placing it at number 97 on the countdown despite the group having another US top-10 hit in 1991 with a cover version of the 1975 10cc hit "I'm Not in Love."

Track listings

7-inch and cassette single[5][6]
No.TitleLength
1."Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley (Free Baby)"4:07
2."Anti-Social"4:20
UK 12-inch and CD single[7][8]
No.TitleLength
1."Baby, I Love Your Way/Free Bird"4:07
2."Anti-Social"4:20
3."Dreamin'" (new mix)7:40
European 12-inch and mini maxi-single[9][10]
No.TitleLength
1."Baby, I Love Your Way/Free Bird"4:07
2."Anti-Social"4:20
3."Say It's Gonna Rain"3:53

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[25] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Peter Frampton Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  3. ^ "Lynyrd Skynyrd Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Will to Power – Baby I Love Your Way - Free Bird". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  5. ^ Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley (Free Baby) (US 7-inch single vinyl disc). Will to Power. Epic Records. 1988. 34-08034.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley (Free Baby) (US cassette single sleeve). Will to Power. Epic Records. 1988. 34T 08034.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ Freebaby (Baby, I Love Your Way/Free Bird) (UK 12-inch single vinyl disc). Will to Power. Epic Records. 1988. 653094 6.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ Freebaby (Baby, I Love Your Way/Free Bird) (UK CD single liner notes). Will to Power. Epic Records. 1988. 653094 2.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ Freebaby (Baby, I Love Your Way/Free Bird) (European 12-inch single vinyl disc). Will to Power. Epic Records. 1988. EPC 653183 6.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ^ Freebaby (Baby, I Love Your Way/Free Bird) (European mini maxi-single liner notes). Will to Power. Epic Records. 1988. 653183 3.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ^ "Will to Power – Baby I Love Your Way - Free Bird" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  12. ^ "RPM 100 Singles – January 14, 1989" (PDF). RPM. Vol. 49, no. 11. January 14, 1989. p. 6. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  13. ^ "Canadian Singles Chart from Nanda Lwin; Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide (2000)"
  14. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 6, no. 4. January 28, 1989. p. 31. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  15. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Baby I Love Your Way". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  16. ^ "Will to Power – Baby I Love Your Way - Free Bird" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  17. ^ "Will to Power – Baby I Love Your Way - Free Bird". Top 40 Singles.
  18. ^ "Will to Power – Baby I Love Your Way - Free Bird". VG-lista.
  19. ^ "Top 3 Singles in Europe". Music & Media. Vol. 6, no. 9. March 4, 1989. p. 26.
  20. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  21. ^ "Will to Power Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  22. ^ "Will to Power Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  23. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Will to Power – Baby I Love Your Way - Free Bird" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  24. ^ "1989 The Year in Music: Top Pop Singles" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 101, no. 51. December 23, 1989. p. Y-22. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  25. ^ "American single certifications – Will to Power – Baby I Love Your Way". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
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