All Right Now

All Right Now

Infobox Single
Name = All Right Now


Artist = Free
from Album = Fire and Water
B-side = "Mouthful of Grass"
Released = May, 1970
Format = 7" 45 RPM
Recorded =
Genre = Hard Rock
Length = 5:29
4:13 (single version)
Label = Island, A&M (US/Canada)
Writer = Fraser/Rodgers
Producer = Free
Misc = Extra album cover
Upper caption = Extra cover
Background = khaki


Lower caption = 7" single cover
Last single = "I'll Be Creeping"
(1969)
This single = "All Right Now"
(1970)
Next single = "The Stealer"
(1970)
Misc = Extra musicsample |filename=All Right Now.ogg|title= All Right Now |format=Ogg |Type=song

"All Right Now" is a rock single by the English band Free. The song, released in the summer of 1970, hit #1 Fact|date=July 2007 on the UK rock music charts, #2 on the UK singles chart and #4 on the U.S. charts. "All Right Now" originally appeared on the album "Fire And Water", which Free recorded on the Island Records label, formed by Chris Blackwell. In 1991, the song was remixed and re-released, reaching #8 on the UK singles chart.

"All Right Now" was a #1 hit in over 20 territories and was recognised by ASCAP "(American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers)" in 1990 for garnering 1,000,000 plus radio plays in the US by late 1989, and in 2000 an Award was given to Paul Rodgers by the British Music Industry when "All Right Now" passed 2,000,000 plus radio plays in the UK.

The song has recently found a home as part of the encore set for Queen + Paul Rodgers. Sandwiched in between "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions", it offers the fans one more chance to sing along. Curiously, one of the engineers during the recordings of "All Right Now" was Roy Thomas Baker, who would later become Queen's producer (he mixed "Killer Queen", "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Don't Stop Me Now" among others).

According to drummer Simon Kirke, "All Right Now" was written by bassist Andy Fraser in the Durham Students' Union building, Dunelm HouseFact|date=April 2008. However, Paul Rodgers has stated unintentionally whilst performing with Queen that he wrote the lyrics to "All Right Now". This remark can be heard on the Queen + Paul Rodgers CD, "Return of the Champions", when "All Right Now" starts.

Versions / Mixes

There are (at least) two mixes of Free's "All Right Now". The most popular version heard on album rock stations is 5:29 and a shorter mix is 4:13. On first glance, the shorter one appears to be simply a slickly edited version of the longer mix, but on closer inspection reveals that the lead-in, signature guitar riffs are slightly more complex. The difference appears in the first seven seconds of the two tracks before Rodgers' "Whoa, whoa, whoa". The jazzier riff is apparent throughout the entire recording; there are also several slight variants to the bassline.

Furthermore, there are two mixes of the common 4:13 version. The first is the original '1970s' version; this was later remixed using exactly the same vocal track, but replacing the guitars and drums with heavier, rockier sounding ones.

Credits

*Written by Andy Fraser and Paul Rodgers
*Produced by Andy Fraser, Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke and Paul Kossoff

*Paul Rodgers -- Lead Vocals
*Paul Kossoff -- Lead Guitar
*Andy Fraser -- Bass Guitar
*Simon Kirke -- Drums

In pop culture

"All Right Now" has made several notable pop culture appearances. A short list follows.
* "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning"
* "The Sopranos" (Season 6, episode 74: "The Ride"
* "Entourage" (Season 2, episode 2: "My Maserati Does 185")
* "Supernatural" (Season 1, episode 6: "Skin")
* ""
* "American Beauty"
* "Now and Then"
* "Wonderland"
* "Outside Providence"
* "Lord of War"
* "Desperado"
* FOX coverage of the 2006 World Series
* "House"
* Heartbeat (2006)
* "Snow Cake"
* "Heroes"
* American Idol (season 7) ~ David Cook
* "Rock Band Series" Downloadable Content (October 7, 2008)

Cover versions

"All Right Now" has been covered by many bands and artists; the most popular are by The Runaways in 1978, Rod Stewart in 1985, ex-Wham! backing singers Pepsi & Shirlie in 1987, and by Scottish girl band Lemonescent in 2003. It has also been sampled in Tone-Loc's song "Funky Cold Medina" in 1989. Sawyer Brown covers "All Right Now" as a part of their 2008 tour.

"All Right Now", recorded by Mike Oldfield (produced by Tom Newman), with vocals by Wendy Roberts and Pierre Moerrlen, was issued as a one-sided promotional blue flexi-disc 7" single in 1979. The single was given only to Virgin Records executives and was never issued to the public, making it one of the most elusive collectors' items in the Oldfield catalogue. Its catalogue number is "Virgin TT-362" [cite web |url=http://amarok.ommadawn.net/mike/discog/extras/raretracks.htm |title=Rare Tracks |publisher=Amarok (Ommadawn.net) |accessdate=2008-08-14] .

See also

* Return of the Champions
* Super Live in Japan

External links

* [http://www.stanford.edu/group/lsjumb/arn.html History of 'All Right Now' from the Stanford Band]
* [http://fightmusic.com/mp3/pac10/Stanford__All_Right_Now.mp3 MP3 of the Stanford Band's version of "All Right Now" from http://www.fightmusic.com]
* [http://www.stwing.upenn.edu/~kgupta/band/sounds/23-1989%20Penn%20Band%20-%20All%20Right%20Now.mp3 'All Right Now' as played by the Penn Band]


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