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Freedom! '90 is a Funk act. Their sound grew out of Happy Mondays, James Brown and Soul II Soul. Those roots explain a lot about how Freedom! '90 arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Robbie Williams and Anna Kendrick, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 5 connections around Freedom! '90, reaching back through Happy Mondays and forward to Robbie Williams. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Freedom! '90" is a song written, produced, and performed by English singer-songwriter George Michael, and released in October 1990. The "'90" added to the end of the title is to prevent confusion with a hit by Michael's former band Wham!, also entitled "Freedom". The song's backing beat is a sample from James Brown's song "Funky Drummer".
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Freedom! '90 grew out of Happy Mondays, James Brown and Soul II Soul, went on to shape Robbie Williams and Anna Kendrick. 5 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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