Freedom (Alice Cooper song)

"Freedom" is a song by American rock musician Alice Cooper, released in 1987 as the only single from his tenth solo album, Raise Your Fist and Yell. It was written by Alice Cooper and Kane Roberts.
Freedom is a protest song, aimed at the Parents Music Resource Center, co-founded by Tipper Gore in 1985, who published a "Filthy Fifteen" list of morally objectionable songs and stuck Parental Advisory stickers on albums with explicit lyrics.

Overview

"Freedom" is aimed at the Parents Music Resource Center, co-founded by Tipper Gore in 1985, who published a "Filthy Fifteen" list of morally objectionable songs and stuck Parental Advisory stickers on albums with explicit lyrics.
Cooper told Metal Hammer in 1988:

Music video

The music video, made to promote the single, features a large metal tower being lowered on a concert stage. Alice Cooper appears and sings as his band plays around him.

Personnel

Alice Cooper – vocals
Kane Roberts – guitar
Kip Winger III – bass
Paul Horowitz – keyboards
Ken K. Mary – drums

Reception

The song did not chart in the US when released in late 1987; however, it reached #50 on the UK charts in early 1988. The single's B-side in both countries is the album track "Time to Kill". This was Cooper's last single released by MCA Inc. until 1992 when Geffen Records released the Guns N' Roses song "The Garden" from Use Your Illusion I as a single, Cooper being a guest on that track.