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Produced by Bob Thiele, also What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong), Rave On (Buddy Holly) and Big Nick (Duke Ellington)
Released on Flying Dutchman, also The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Expansions (Lonnie Liston Smith & the Cosmic Echoes) and Lady Day and John Coltrane
Mixed by Bob Simpson, also The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Lady Day and John Coltrane and Home Is Where the Hatred Is
Written by Brian Jackson, also The Get Out of the Ghetto Blues, Pieces of a Man and I Think I’ll Call It Morning
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Bob Simpson mixed 9 of Gil Scott‐Heron’s top 10 songs
Bob Thiele produced 9 of Gil Scott‐Heron’s top 10 songs
Bob Thiele produced 196 songs on fono
Gil Scott‐Heron wrote 69 songs on fono
Credits
All 13 credits
- Written by
- Brian Jackson and Gil Scott‐Heron
- Produced by
- Bob Thiele and Lillian Seyfert
- Performed by
- Bernard “Pretty” Purdie, Brian Jackson, David Spinozza, Gil Scott‐Heron, Hubert Laws and Jerry Jemmott
- Mixed by
- Bob Simpson
- Part of
- Free Will
- Released on
- Flying Dutchman
- Written by
- Brian Jackson and Gil Scott‐Heron
- Produced by
- Bob Thiele and Lillian Seyfert
- Performed by
- Bernard “Pretty” Purdie, Brian Jackson, David Spinozza, Gil Scott‐Heron, Hubert Laws and Jerry Jemmott
- Mixed by
- Bob Simpson
- Part of
- Free Will
- Released on
- Flying Dutchman
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Bob Thiele
Same mixer: Bob Simpson
Same writer: Brian Jackson
Same producer: Lillian Seyfert
Same producer: Bob Thiele
Same mixer: Bob Simpson
Same writer: Brian Jackson
Same label: Flying Dutchman
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Free Will was performed by Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
Free Will was performed by Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Free Will was performed by Brian Jackson
Free Will was performed by Brian Jackson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Free Will was performed by David Spinozza
Free Will was performed by David Spinozza
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Free Will was performed by Gil Scott‐Heron
Free Will was performed by Gil Scott‐Heron
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Free Will was performed by Hubert Laws
6MusicBrainz Free Will was performed by Jerry Jemmott
Free Will was performed by Jerry Jemmott
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Free Will was produced by Bob Thiele
8MusicBrainz Free Will was produced by Lillian Seyfert
Free Will was produced by Lillian Seyfert
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Free Will was written by Brian Jackson
10MusicBrainz Free Will was written by Gil Scott‐Heron
Free Will was written by Gil Scott‐Heron
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Free Will is part of the release Free Will
Free Will is part of the release Free Will
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz Flying Dutchman is the label of the song Free Will
Flying Dutchman is the label of the song Free Will
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz Free Will was mixed by Bob Simpson
14MusicBrainz Free Will was released on 1972