I Want to Break Free

~ Recording by Queen

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1I Want to Break Free4:15QueenNow That’s What I Call Music! 1984Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1993-08-23
Box Music (UK label), PolyGram, Virgin EMI (80s–early 00s UK compilations)7243 8 27062 2 9, CDNOW 1984
1.1I Want to Break Free4:12QueenTop Gear 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)MOOD CD 41
1.1I Want to Break Free4:14QueenNow That’s What I Call Music! 1984: The Millennium SeriesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1999-06-21
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 5 20265 2 4, NOWMIL 1984
2.1I Want to Break Free4:14QueenCapital Gold: LegendsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2001-06-11
Virgin TVVTDCD382
1.1I Want to Break Free4:15QueenCapital Gold: Platinum LegendsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2005-11-14
Box Music (UK label), EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)00946 3 41292 2 0, VTDCD 766
2.1I Want to Break Free4:18QueenThe Complete College Classics CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)
1.1I Want to Be Free4:13QueenRTL 2 - Pop Rock Party 80Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Music France (1994–2013)
1.1I Want to Break Free4:13QueenNow That’s What I Call Music! 25 YearsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2008-10-27
NOW (bogus label for the UK series; please use the actual record company logos)CDNOWX25
1.1I Want to Break Free4:16QueenNOW 100 Hits: 80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2019-01-23
NOW (bogus label for the UK series; please use the actual record company logos), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Universal Music on DemandCDNNNOW80
1.1I Want to Break Free (single version)4:19QueenNOW That’s What I Call PrideVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2022-05-20
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”)
1.1I Want to Break Free4:19QueenNOW That’s What I Call PrideVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2022-05-20
Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)B0035317-02
1.1I Want to Break Free?:??QueenNOW That’s What I Call PrideVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2022-05-20
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”)B0035318-01
1.1I Want to Break Free (single version)4:19QueenNOW Yearbook Extra ’80–’84: The Final ChapterVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2023-02-03
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)CDYBENOW8084
1.5I Want to Break Free4:13QueenBest of QueenQueenAlbum + Compilation
1.1I Want to Break Free4:16QueenNOW 100 Hits: 80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Bootleg
1.15I Want to Break Free4:15Queen'80 Dance ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
D-750206
(unknown)
1.1I Want to Break Free?:??QueenTop Gear 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)MOOD C 41

Relationships

recording of:I Want to Break Free

Related works

I Want to Break Free

lyricist and composer:John Deacon
publisher:EMI Music Ltd.
EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!)
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Queen Music Ltd.
later translated parody versions:Ich möcht’ umsonst brechen
later translated versions:Qimatsilunga
Yo quiero salir ("I Want to Break Free")
included in:We Will Rock You (Queen musical)
We Will Rock You (German version of the Queen musical)