"This Time I'm Free" is a song by Sweden-based musician and producer Dr. Alban, released in 1995 by

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from his fourth studio album, '' Born in Africa'' (1996). It features vocals by singer Martina Edoff and was co-written by Alban with Ari Lehtonen and Jorge Vasconcelo. Douglas Carr and Peo Häggström produced the song. It charted in many European countries, peaking at number two in Finland, number three in Sweden, number ten in Denmark and number eleven in Norway. On the

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, it reached number 22 in September 1995.

Music video

The accompanying music video for "This Time I'm Free" was directed by Jonathan Bate. It was made in black-and-white and starts with the message "last year in Africa alone more than 12.000 people were held prisoner without charges - amnesty 1995". In the end the message "freedom is a right and not a privilege" appear. The video was later made available on Dr. Alban's official

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Track listing

* CD single, France #"This Time I'm Free" (Credibility Mix) – 3:49 #"This Time I'm Free" ( StoneBridge & Nick Nice Anthem Mix) – 3:47 * CD maxi, Germany #"This Time I'm Free" (Credibility Mix) – 3:49 #"This Time I'm Free" (Credibility Extended Mix) – 5:29 #"This Time I'm Free" (StoneBridge & Nick Nice Big Mix) – 11:13 #"This Time I'm Free" (StoneBridge & Nick Nice Anthem Mix) – 6:56 #"This Time I'm Free" (Alternative Breakbeat Mix) – 5:37

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

La Cream version

In 1999, Swedish

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band La Cream released a cover on the song, as "Free". It was released as the fourth single from their debut album, ''Sound & Vision'' (1998). Dr. Alban produced the song with Ferari Zand, and this version peaked at number 12 in Sweden, with a total of six weeks on the chart. The accompanying music video sees the singer, Tess Mattisson, escaping from prison.

Charts

References

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