Rockin' in the Free World

"Rockin' in the Free World"
"Rockin' in the Free World"
Single by Neil Young
from the album Freedom
B-side	"Rockin' in the Free World (acoustic live)"
Released	November 14, 1989
Recorded	March 10, 1989
Studio	The Barn, Redwood Digital, Woodside, California
Genre	Hard rock; country rock; arena rock;
Length	3:38 (acoustic version); 4:40 (electric version)
Label	Reprise
Songwriter(s)	Neil Young
Producer(s)	Neil Young; Niko Bolas;
Neil Young singles chronology
Audio
	"Rockin' in the Free World" on YouTube

"Rockin' in the Free World" is a song by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Neil Young,^[4] released on Young's seventeenth studio album Freedom (1989).^[5] Two versions of the song bookend the album, similarly to "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" from Young's Rust Never Sleeps album, one of which is performed with a predominantly acoustic arrangement, and the other predominantly electric. Rolling Stone magazine ranked "Rockin' In the Free World" number 214 on its "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".^[6]

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^ Simon, Scott (September 17, 2005). "Neil Young Returns with 'Prairie Wind'". NPR. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
^ Keppler, Nick (February 10, 2019). "Rockin' in the Free World — Neil Young's state of the union address still resonates today". Financial Times. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
^ Buckley, Peter (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-84353-105-0.
^ Buckley, 1206
^ "Rolling Stone - 500 Greatest Songs (Music Database :: Dave Tompkins)". cs.uwaterloo.ca. Retrieved 2022-03-22.