Get Free (Major Lazer Song)
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"Get Free" is a song by musical project
Major Lazer Major Lazer is an American electronic dance music and DJ trio, which includes record producer Diplo, and DJs Walshy Fire and Ape Drums. They were founded in 2008 by Diplo and Switch, with Switch leaving after three years in 2011. He was the ...
from their second studio album ''
Free the Universe ''Free the Universe'' is the second full-length studio album released by Major Lazer. The album was released on April 16, 2013, and features appearances by Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig, Dirty Projectors' Amber Coffman, Santigold, Peaches, ...
'' (2013). The song was released as a digital download on May 18, 2012. The song features vocals from American singer and musician
Amber Coffman Amber Dawn Coffman (born June 15, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles, California, formerly based in Brooklyn, New York (state), New York. She was formerly a guitarist for Sleeping People, and was later a guitarist and voca ...
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Music video

A
lyric video A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to promote the sale of m ...
to accompany the release of "Get Free" was first released onto YouTube on 15 April 2012 at a total length of five minutes. The official video, directed by
So Me Bertrand Lagros de Langeron, known professionally as So Me, is a French graphic designer, animator, director and music producer. He is the art director for Ed Banger Records and also releases his own tracks on that label. He has created videos f ...
, was released on 23 August 2012. Filmed in
Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long spit (landform), sand spit which connects the town of Por ...
, "Get Free" takes the viewer on a candid journey of Jamaican culture. Both Coffman and Diplo make appearances.


Newton Faulkner cover

In 2015, English singer
Newton Faulkner Sam Newton Battenberg Faulkner (born 11 January 1985) is an English singer-songwriter and musician from Reigate, Surrey. He is known for his percussive style of guitar playing. In 2007 Faulkner's debut studio album ''Hand Built by Robots'' was ce ...
recorded "Get Free" for his fifth studio album, ''
Human Love ''Human Love'' is the fifth studio album by British singer-songwriter Newton Faulkner. It was released on 20 November 2015 through BMG. Promotion The album was promoted by a cover of Major Lazer's song " Get Free", which was released as the l ...
''. The cover of the song was released as the lead single from the album on 27 November 2015, while a music video was released on 15 September 2015.


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Popular culture

"Get Free" was featured over the end credits of Barely Lethal (2015), and in the 2017 movie
Baywatch ''Baywatch'' is an American Drama (film and television), drama television series about lifeguards who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California, and Hawaii, starring David Hasselhoff. It was created by Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz ...
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{{authority control 2012 singles Major Lazer songs Songs written by Diplo 2011 songs Songs written by Switch (songwriter)