Looking for Freedom (song)

"Looking for Freedom"
Single by Marc Seaberg
from the album California Gold
B-side"Shorty"
ReleasedAugust 1978
GenrePop, soft rock
Length3:54
LabelAriola
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jack White
Marc Seaberg singles chronology
"Looking for Freedom"
(1978)
"California Gold (Part 1 & 2)"
(1979)
Music video
"Looking for Freedom" on YouTube
"Auf Der Straße nach Süden"
Single by Tony Marshall
from the album Meine Wunschmelodien
LanguageGerman
English titleOn the South Road
B-side"Egal, Wohin Der Wind Uns Weht"
ReleasedNovember 1978
GenrePop, soft rock
Length3:55
LabelAriola
Songwriter(s)
  • Jack White
  • Jon Athan
Producer(s)Jack White
Tony Marshall singles chronology
"Bora Bora"
(1978)
"Auf Der Straße nach Süden"
(1978)
"Ich Will Mit Dir Spielen "
(1979)
Audio
"Auf Der Straße nach Süden" on YouTube

"Looking for Freedom" is a song written by German music producer Jack White, originally released in 1978 by German singer Marc Seaberg and featured on his 1979 album California Gold.[1] It was covered in German later that year under the name "Auf der Straße nach Süden" by Tony Marshall.[2] Both versions became hits in Germany.

Ten years later, American actor and singer David Hasselhoff covered the song as the lead single from his third studio album of the same name (1989). It became Hasselhoff's biggest international hit, reaching number one in Germany (for eight weeks), in Switzerland (for four weeks) and Austria (for one week). It also reached number four on the European Hot 100 Singles; the top-twenty in France and Belgium; and the top-forty in the Netherlands. "Looking for Freedom" was eventually certified Platinum in Germany, and became the best-performing single of 1989 in Germany and Switzerland. White returned to produce both cover versions.

  1. ^ "Marc Seaberg - Looking For Freedom". discogs.com. 1978. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. ^ Bill Brioux (2008), Truth and rumors, pp. 94–96, ISBN 9780275992477