Privilege (Set Me Free)

1978 single by Patti Smith Group

"Privilege (Set Me Free)"

Single by Patti Smith Group
from the album  Easter
B-side| "25th Floor" (Live)
Released| 4 August 1978
Recorded| Record Plant Studios
Length| 3:27
Label| Arista
Songwriter(s)| Mel London, Mike Leander, Psalm 23
Producer(s)| Jimmy Iovine
Patti Smith singles chronology
| ""Because
the Night""
(1978)  | ""Privilege
(Set Me Free)""
(1978)  | "Frederick"
(1979)

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"Privilege (Set Me Free)" is a song by the Patti Smith Group and released as the second single from their 1978 album Easter. The original version of the song was titled "Free Me" and was written by Mel London and Mike Leander for the 1967 film Privilege. Patti spoke sections of Psalm 23 over the instrumental bridge among other lyrical additions. During the beginning recoding process, Wayne Kramer of MC5 played guitar on "Privilege (Set Me Free)". Although reportedly there was friction during the recording sessions with Smith expressing dissatisfaction with Kramer's guitar playing. This led to Kramer leaving the studio, along with his involvement in the record disappearing.

## Liner notes

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The following is quoted from the album:

the title track from the john hayman-peter watkins production of the film privilege. a movie that
merged the rock martyr (paul jones) with all the sacristal images of the sixties...the cross..
the christ..the whip and the lashes that served to veil velvet weeping balls-the eyes
of jean shrimpton.

## Charts

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Chart (1978)[1][2] | Position

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UK Singles Chart | 72
Irish Singles Chart | 13

## Notes

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1. ^ "UK chart". Official Charts. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
2. ^ "Irish charts". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 2008-03-05.

## External links

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* Lyrics[dead link]

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Patti Smith

Studio albums|

* Horses
* Radio Ethiopia
* Easter
* Wave
* Dream of Life
* Gone Again
* Peace and Noise
* Gung Ho
* Trampin'
* Twelve
* Banga

Live albums|

* Horses/Horses
* The Coral Sea

Compilations|

* The Patti Smith Masters
* Land (1975–2002)
* iTunes Originals
* Outside Society

EPs|

* Hey Joe / Radio Ethiopia
* Set Free

Singles|

* "Hey Joe"
* "Gloria"
* "Pissing in a River"
* "Pumping (My Heart)"
* "Ask the Angels"
* "Because the Night"
* "Privilege (Set Me Free)"
* "Frederick"
* "Dancing Barefoot"
* "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star"
* "People Have the Power"
* "Up There Down There"
* "Summer Cannibals"
* "E-Bow the Letter"
* "Gimme Shelter"

Promotional singles|

* "1959"
* "Glitter in Their Eyes"
* "When Doves Cry"

Other songs|

* "Piss Factory"
* "Redondo Beach"
* "Free Money"
* "Rock N Roll Nigger"

Books|

* Seventh Heaven
* Early Morning Dream
* Witt
* Ha! Ha! Houdini!
* Babel
* Woolgathering
* Early Work
* The Coral Sea
* Patti Smith Complete
* Strange Messenger
* Auguries of Innocence
* Just Kids
* M Train
* Devotion
* Year of the Monkey

Band members|

* Lenny Kaye
* Jay Dee Daugherty
* Ivan Král
* Richard Sohl

Related articles|

* Discography
* Patti Smith: Dream of Life
* Cowboy Mouth
* Fred "Sonic" Smith
* Robert Mapplethorpe
* 50 Photographs

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