Free the World

"Free the World"
"Free the World"
Single by La Toya Jackson
from the EP Starting Over
Released	November 2004
Genre	Pop
Length	3:43 (album version)
Label	Ja-Tail Records
Songwriter(s)	Jeffré Phillips; La Toya Jackson; Peter Roberts;
Producer(s)	Jeffré Phillips
La Toya Jackson singles chronology

"Free the World" is a single by American singer La Toya Jackson. Jackson spent six years in seclusion after divorcing her abusive late ex-husband and manager, Jack Gordon, in 1997. After her years in exile, the September 11th attacks inspired Jackson to write "Free the World". She recorded and performed it for friends, who immediately fell in love with it.^[2] This led to the revival of Jackson's 25-year-old music career.

This song led Jackson to begin work on her Startin' Over album, which included "Just Wanna Dance" as the lead single. "Free the World" was released as a follow-up and charted in March 2005. The single peaked at #24 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play charts.

The song is an appeal to free the world from segregation, discrimination and years of war. VH1 described the ballad as the "most appropriate song for the world."^[3] About.com dubbed Jason Randolph's remix a "trippily hypnotic treat" with a "churning rhythm track and mesmerizing synth."^[4]

Chart

Chart (2005)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs	24

Track listings

US promotional CD

Extended House Mix
Radio Remix
Dub Mix
Album Version
Original Album Remix

US 12" vinyl #TOY2 ^[1]

"Free The World" (Radio Remix)
"Free The World" (Dub)
"Free The World" (Extended House Mix)

References

^ ^a ^b "La Toya Jackson - Free The World". Discogs. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
^ King, Larry (March 9, 2003). "Transcripts: CNN Larry King Weekend - Encore Presentation: Interview With La Toya Jackson". CNN. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
^ "La Toya Jackson". VH1. AMG. 2007. Archived from the original on March 10, 2008. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
^ Tambwekar, Anil (June 11, 2010). "La Toya Jackson - Free the World". About Entertainment. Archived from the original on September 18, 2005. Retrieved July 5, 2010.

[discogs-1] "La Toya Jackson - Free The World". Discogs. Retrieved November 29, 2016.

[2] King, Larry (March 9, 2003). "Transcripts: CNN Larry King Weekend - Encore Presentation: Interview With La Toya Jackson". CNN. Retrieved November 29, 2016.

[3] "La Toya Jackson". VH1. AMG. 2007. Archived from the original on March 10, 2008. Retrieved July 5, 2010.

[4] Tambwekar, Anil (June 11, 2010). "La Toya Jackson - Free the World". About Entertainment. Archived from the original on September 18, 2005. Retrieved July 5, 2010.

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Discography
Albums	La Toya Jackson My Special Love Heart Don't Lie Imagination La Toya Bad Girl No Relations Formidable From Nashville to You Stop in the Name of Love
Extended plays	Starting Over
Bibliography	La Toya: Growing Up in the Jackson Family Starting Over
Singles	"If You Feel the Funk" "Night Time Lover" "Stay the Night" "I Don't Want You to Go" "Bet'cha Gonna Need My Lovin'" "Heart Don't Lie" "Hot Potato" "Private Joy" "Baby Sister" "He's a Pretender" "Imagination" "Oops, Oh No!" with Cerrone "Yes, I'm Ready" "(Ain't Nobody Loves You) Like I Do" "(Tell Me) She Means Nothing To You At All" "You're Gonna Get Rocked" "Such a Wicked Love" "You Blew" "Bad Girl" "You and Me" "Sexual Feeling" "Why Don't You Want My Love?" "Oops, Oh No! (Remix)" "Sexbox" "Let's Rock the House" "I Can't Help Myself" "Don't Break My Heart" with Tom Beser "Just Wanna Dance" "Free the World" "Home" "Feels Like Love" "Trouble"
Promotional singles	"I Don't Play That"
Notable collaborations	"We Are the World" "Stop the Madness"
Related articles	Jackson family The Jacksons Life with La Toya Jack Gordon Gordon v. Gordon
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