Free to Decide


"Free to Decide" is a 1996 song recorded by the Irish band The Cranberries, the second single from their third studio album To the Faithful Departed. The song achieved minor chart success in most of the European countries where it was released, but it saw its greatest success in Canada, peaking at number two on the RPM Top Singles chart. On the US charts, it peaked at number twenty-two on the Billboard Hot 100 and number eight on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.
In 2017, the song was released as an acoustic version on the band's Something Else album.

Music video

The music video was directed by Marty Callner and was shot in a desert. Dolores O'Riordan escapes from the press and drives in her jeep as her band performs with yellow walls behind them. Dolores appears in a white outfit singing the song in a birdcage and dancing by a giant picture frame. At the end of the video, the last 30 seconds plays the interlude where the whole video reverses back to the beginning.

Track listings

UK CD single
  1. "Free to Decide" – 4:25
  2. "Salvation" – 2:23
  3. "Bosnia" – 5:37
Spain CD single
  1. "Free to Decide" – 4:25
  2. "Cordell" – 3:41
  3. "The Picture I View" – 2:29
Europe CD single
  1. "Free to Decide" – 4:25
  2. "Salvation" – 2:22
  3. "Sunday" – 3:13
  4. "Dreaming My Dreams" – 4:34

    Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts