Free Yourself (song)











































"Free Yourself"
Freeyourselfsingle.jpg

Single by Fantasia featuring Missy Elliott
from the album Free Yourself
Released June 1, 2005
Format


  • CD single

  • digital download


Recorded 2004
Genre


  • R&B

  • soul


Length 4:18
Label J
Songwriter(s)


  • Missy Elliott

  • Craig X. Brockman



Fantasia singles chronology





"Baby Mama"
(2004)
"Free Yourself"
(2005)
"Ain't Gon' Beg You"
(2005)


Missy Elliott singles chronology





"Lose Control"
(2005)
"Free Yourself"
(2005)
"Teary Eyed"
(2005)



"Free Yourself" is the fourth single and the title track from Fantasia's debut album of the same name. Single was officially released on June 1, 2005 in United States. It features American rapper Missy Elliott (which she sings background with). The song peaked at number forty-one on US Billboard Hot 100, number three on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number one on the US Adult R&B Airplay chart. "Free Yourself" was nominated for two Grammy Awards (Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance), and is the winner of an ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Award.[1]


In October 2007, "Free Yourself" reappeared on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs recurrent chart at number 29, indicating the songs' continuous airplay years later.




Contents






  • 1 Commercial performance


  • 2 Music video


  • 3 Charts


  • 4 Awards and nominations


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Commercial performance


"Free Yourself" was released as the fourth single from Fantasia's debut album Free Yourself on June 1, 2005 in United States. It peaked at number forty-one on US Billboard Hot 100, number three on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number one the US Adult R&B Airplay chart. It received two Grammy nominations in 2006: for Best R&B Song and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. It won an ASCAP award (ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Award) for Most Performed Song in 2006.


"Free Yourself" was one of many collaborations between Fantasia and Missy Elliott.



Music video


The music video for "Free Yourself" was released in 2005 to promote the song, and, as of July 2016, it has over thirteen million views.[2]



Charts



















Chart (2005)
Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100
41
US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
3
US Billboard Hot Adult R&B Airplay Songs
1










Chart (2007)
Peak
position
US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
29


Awards and nominations
























Year
Award
Category
Result
2006

Grammy Award

Best R&B Song
Nominated

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Nominated

ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Award
Most Performed Song
Won


References





  1. ^ "Fantasia (4) – Free Yourself (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 2004-11-23. Retrieved 2012-01-15..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Official music video on YouTube




External links



  • Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics








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