Free to Decide

"Free to Decide"
Single by the Cranberries
from the album To the Faithful Departed
B-side"The Picture I View"
Released1 July 1996 (1996-07-01)[1]
Length4:26
LabelIsland
Songwriter(s)Dolores O'Riordan
Producer(s)Bruce Fairbairn, the Cranberries
The Cranberries singles chronology
"Salvation"
(1996)
"Free to Decide"
(1996)
"When You're Gone"
(1997)
Music video
"Free to Decide" on YouTube

"Free to Decide" is a song by Irish rock band the Cranberries, released as the second single from their third studio album, To the Faithful Departed (1996), on 1 July 1996. The song achieved minor chart success in Europe but became a top-10 hit in Canada, peaking at number two on the RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart. In the United States, it peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number eight on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. In 2017, the song was released as an acoustic version on the band's Something Else album.[2]

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 29 June 1996. p. 31. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  2. ^ "The Cranberries Announce New Acoustic Album Something Else, Share "Linger": Listen". Pitchfork. March 14, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017.