Freestate

Freestate
Song Artist Depeche Mode Album Ultra Songwriter Martin L. Gore Produced by Depeche Mode Tim Simenon Recorded at Abbey Road Eastcote Westside Strongroom RAK (London) Electric Lady (New York City) Larrabee West (Los Angeles) Label Mute Records Length (mm:ss) 6:44 Tempo 95 BPM Time signature 4/4 Key A Minor Programming Kerry Hopwood Engineering Q Engineering assistance Paul Hicks Guy Massey Lee Fitzgerald Tom Rixton Gary Forde Lee Phillips Jamie Campbell Jim Greg Audie Chamberlain Robbie Kazandjian Mixing Tim Simenon Q Mastering Mike Marsh Keyboards Dave Clayton Additional vocal engineering Gareth Jones Vocal coach Evelyn Halus Art direction Anton Corbijn Colour prints Brian Dowling Sleeve design Area Recorded January, 1996 - February, 1997 Originally released April 14, 1997 Played live 0 times * Total live plays 0 times *

Notes

Tim Simenon said in the Depeche Mode special of Classic Pop Magazine, published on 2019-08-01:

"There must have been seven or eight versions of 'Freestate'. We were throwing so many ideas at it, then we thought, "Hang on, let's put the faders up and work out what's working and what isn't." It's amazing what you can do by turning things up or down!"

Lyrics

Freestate

I can hear your soul crying

Listen to your spirit sighing

I can feel your desperation

Emotional deprivation

Let yourself go

Let yourself go

Let your feelings show

Picking up the conversation

Deep in your imagination

Tune into the lonely voices

Talking of their only choices

Let yourself go

Let yourself go

Let your spirit grow

Step out of your cage

And onto the stage

It's time to start

Playing your part

Freedom awaits

Open the gates

Open your mind

Freedom's a state

I can taste the tears falling

The bitterness inside you calling

Yearning for a liberation

Emotional emancipation

Let yourself go

Let yourself go

Let your senses overflow

Step out of your cage

And onto the stage

It's time to start

Playing your part

Freedom awaits

Open the gates

Open your mind

Freedom's a state

Songwriter: Martin L. Gore
Publishing Information: ©1997 Grabbing Hands Music Ltd/EMI Music Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.

Dates where Freestate was played

Freestate has never been played live.

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