Playing via Spotify Playing via YouTube
Skip to YouTube video

Loading player…

Scrobble from Spotify?

Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.

Connect to Spotify

Dismiss

Rockin' in the Free World

Play track

  • Listeners

    346.4K

  • Scrobbles

    1.7M

  • Listeners

    346.4K

  • Scrobbles

    1.7M

Play track
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User

Join others and track this song

Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account

Sign Up to Last.fm
Play album
Skip to YouTube video

Replace video

Length
13:07
Lyrics

There's colors on the street

The song was first performed live on February 21, 1989 in Seattle with Young's band The Restless. The book Shakey by Jimmy McDonough claims the song originated when Young was on tour in the late 1980s. He and Frank "Poncho" Sampedro saw newspaper photos of the Ayatollah Khomeini's body being carried to his grave as mourners were burning American flags in the street. Sampedro commented, "Whatever we do, we shouldn't go near the Mideast. It's probably better we just keep on rockin' in the free world." Young asked if Sampedro intended to use… read more
The song was first performed live on February 21, 1989 in Seattle with Young's band The Restless. The book Shakey by Jimmy McDonough claims the … read more
The song was first performed live on February 21, 1989 in Seattle with Young's band The Restless. The book Shakey by Jimmy McDonough claims the song originated when Young was on tou… read more

Related Tags

Add tagsView all tags

Featured On

Greatest Hits

440,481 listeners

89 more albums featuring this track

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Similar Tracks

  1. Decade Play track

  2. Harvest Play track

  3. Greatest Hits Play track

  4. Greatest Hits Play track

  5. Greatest Hits Play track

  6. Greatest Hits Play track

  7. Greatest Hits Play track

  8. Greatest Hits Play track

  9. Greatest Hits Play track

  10. The Best Of The Guess Who Play track

  11. Greatest Hits Play track

  12. Highway 61 Revisited Play track

Scrobble Stats

What is scrobbling?

Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile.

Learn more

Recent Listening Trend

Day Listeners
47
69
45
48
47
59
57
48
44
53
52
54
70
66
51
66
44
45
48
46
59
56
55
49
41
46
62
47
50
53
41
49
57
57
51
59
52
72
56
65
56
62
62
58
61
50
71
49
50
54
62
46
48
35
42
60
48
114
60
53
52
49
37
45
59
42
52
51
54
66
60
54
47
53
46
59
61
57
56
55
50
92
116
82
59
52
63
61
54
55
53
67
61
51
56
53
45
42
49
46
28
51
56
60
59
56
62
65
59
63
63
55
54
59
51
48
61
55
55
57
60
56
47
45
60
49
61
63
52
63
57
60
78
63
54
467
509
609
526
470
468
437
386
390
417
399
393
392
377
329
289
352
378
392
365
366
342
320
340
324
311
360
369
322
292
382
352
333
372
397
377
322
432
414
374
360
387
362
343
371
363

Play this track

External Links

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Shoutbox

Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Go directly to shout page

About This Artist

Artist images

215 more

Neil Young

2,156,747 listeners

Related Tags

Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian singer, guitarist, songwriter, and social activist who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation, particularly as Neil Young & Crazy Horse. Young was born in Toronto, but he moved to the family home of Winnipeg as a child, which is where his music career began. Young began performing as a solo artist in Canada in 1960, before moving to California in 1966, where he co-founded the band Buffalo Springfield along with Stephen Stills and Richie Furay. Having success on his own for a bit, he… read more
Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian singer, guitarist, songwriter, and social activist who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generati… read more
Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian singer, guitarist, songwriter, and social activist who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation, particularly as Neil Young & Crazy Hor… read more

View full artist profile

Similar Artists

  1. 458,772 listeners

    Avatar for Neil Young & Crazy Horse

  2. 1,117,977 listeners

    Avatar for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

  3. 38,528 listeners

    Avatar for The Stills-Young Band

  4. 1,333,378 listeners

    Avatar for Buffalo Springfield

  5. 3,372,518 listeners

    Avatar for Bob Dylan

  6. 269,695 listeners

    Avatar for Stephen Stills

View all similar artists

Trending Tracks

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

View all trending tracks

API Calls