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FreedomSimply Red

Released: September 30, 1991

Songwriter: Mick Hucknall

Producer: Stewart Levine

How long we gonna last
How long everybody has to ask

Freedom to joke
Freedom to hope
Freedom to win
Freedom to be in

How long are we going to last
How long are we going to have to ask

Freedom to joke
Freedom to hope
Freedom to win
Freedom to be in

How long, how long

Simply Red

Simply Red is a British soul and pop band. The first incarnation of the band was a punk group called The Frantic Elevators, whose seven-year run produced limited releases on local labels and ended in 1984 upon critical acclaim for their final single, “Holding Back the Years”.

By early 1985, Mick Hucknall and manager Elliot Rashman had assembled a band of local session musicians and begun to attract record company attention. The group adopted the name “Red” (after Hucknall’s nickname, denoting his hair colour) but then Mick decided it would sound better with the addition of the word ‘Simply.’

Since the mid 1980s, the band has sold more than 50 million albums.

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