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"Closer to Free" is a 1993 song by American rock band BoDeans featured on their fifth studio album, Go Slow Down. It is the band's biggest hit,[1] peaking at number 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 11 in Australia, and number one in Canada after its re-release in 1996. It was featured as the theme of the TV series Party of Five.

"Closer to Free"
Single by BoDeans
from the album Go Slow Down
Released1993
Length3:09
Label
  • Slash
  • Reprise
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)T-Bone Burnett
BoDeans singles chronology
"Feed the Fire"
(1993)		 "Closer to Free"
(1993)		 "Hurt by Love"
(1996)

Track listing


US 7-inch, CD, and cassette single (1995, 1996)[2][3][4]

  1. "Closer to Free" (studio album version) – 3:09
  2. "Closer to Free" (live album version) – 3:54

Australian CD single (1994)[5]

  1. "Closer to Free"
  2. "Texas Ride Song"
  3. "Idaho"

European and Australian CD single (1996)[6]

  1. "Closer to Free"
  2. "She's a Runaway"
  3. "Don't Be Lonely"

Charts




"Closer to Free" was featured as the theme of the TV series Party of Five[17] and was featured on the show's accompanying soundtrack. The song was also played in the 1994 film Milk Money and during the opening credits of the 1995 film Heavyweights.


References


  1. Atashian, John (September 19, 2018). "Concert Connection: BoDeans coming to Infinity Hall Hartford". The Middletown Press.
  2. Closer to Free (US 7-inch single vinyl disc). BoDeans. Slash Records, Reprise Records. 1995. 7-17674.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. Closer to Free (US CD single disc notes). BoDeans. Slash Records, Reprise Records. 1996. 9 17674-2, 2-17674.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. Closer to Free (US cassette single sleeve). BoDeans. Slash Records, Reprise Records. 1996. 9 17674-4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. Closer to Free (Australian CD single liner notes). BoDeans. Slash Records, Liberation Records. 1994. D11560.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. Closer to Free (European & Australian CD single liner notes). BoDeans. Slash Records, London Records, Polydor Records (Australia). 1996. 850 655-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. "BoDeans – Closer to Free". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
  8. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2969." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
  9. "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 2964." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
  10. "BoDeans Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  11. "BoDeans Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  12. "BoDeans Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  13. "BoDeans Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  14. "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1996". ARIA. Archived from the original on November 2, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2019 – via Imgur.
  15. "RPM Year End Top 100 Hit Tracks". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
  16. "Billboard Top 100 – 1996". Billboardtop100of.com. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  17. "50 TV Theme Songs That Made the Billboard Charts: Listen". Billboard.


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