Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.2 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Permanent Waves | Rush | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 9100 071 |
| 1.2 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Permanent Waves | Rush | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | SRM-1-4001 |
| 1.2 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Permanent Waves | Rush | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 9111 065 |
| 1.2 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Permanent Waves | Rush | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 25·3P-221 |
| 1.3 | Freewill | 5:23 | Rush | New World Man | Rush | Single |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | RUSH 812 |
| 1.13 | Freewill | 5:25 | Rush | Chronicles | Rush | Album + Compilation | Anthem Records (Canadian rock), Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998) | 838 936-2 | |
| 1.13 | Freewill | 5:25 | Rush | Chronicles | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock) | AN2K-1060 |
| 1.13 | Freewill | 5:25 | Rush | Chronicles | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | P21-38936, P22-38936 |
| 1.13 | Freewill | 5:25 | Rush | Chronicles | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia House (direct-mailing distributor of club editions of releases), Anthem Records (Canadian rock) | 786723T, CAN2K 1060 |
| 1.13 | Freewill | 5:25 | Rush | Chronicles (full metal core) | Rush | Album + Compilation | Anthem Records (Canadian rock), Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions), PolyGram | 838 936-2, D-224059 | |
| 1.2 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Permanent Waves (made in W.Germany by Polygram) | Rush | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 822 548-2 M-1 |
| 1.2 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Permanent Waves (Columbia House Club Edition) | Rush | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), PolyGram | P2-22548 |
| 1.2 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Permanent Waves | Rush | Album |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock) | ANK-1021 |
| 1.2 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Permanent Waves | Rush | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | AMCY-288 |
| 1.13 | Freewill | 5:25 | Rush | Chronicles | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Anthem Records (Canadian rock) | AMCY-327, AMCY-327~8, AMCY-328 |
| 1.4 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Retrospective I: 1974–1980 | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 314 534 909-2 |
| 1.4 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Retrospective I: 1974–1980 | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock) | ANSSD 1087 |
| 1.4 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Retrospective I: 1974–1980 | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 534 909‐2 |
| 1.4 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Retrospective I: 1974–1980 | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock), EastWest | AMCY-2287 |
| 1.2 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Permanent Waves | Rush | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 534 630-2 |
| 1.2 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Permanent Waves (The Rush Remasters) | Rush | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 314 534 630-2 |
| 1.4 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Retrospective I: 1974–1980 | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | P2 34909 |
| 1.7 | Freewill | 5:23 | Rush | The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974–1987 | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock) | 6682510972 |
| 1.7 | Freewill | 5:23 | Rush | The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974–1987 | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 440 063 335-2 |
| 1.7 | Freewill | 5:23 | Rush | The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974–1987 | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 440 063 335-2 |
| 1.3 | Freewill | 5:23 | Rush | Gold | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock), Chronicles (a label under UMG’s Universal Music Enterprises division), Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises) | B0006322-02 |
| 1.3 | Freewill | 5:22 | Rush | Gold | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock) | 6682520082 |
| 1.2 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Permanent Waves | Rush | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | UDCD 772 |
| 1.2 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Permanent Waves | Rush | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | MFSL 1-302 |
| 1.2 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Permanent Waves | Rush | Album |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock), Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | WPCR-13478 |
| 1.3 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Time Stand Still: The Collection | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures), Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | 00600753253458, SPEC2035 |
| 1.7 | Freewill | 5:22 | Rush | ICON | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | B0014654-02 |
| 1.7 | Freewill | 5:23 | Rush | Icon | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | B001465402 |
| 1.7 | Freewill | 5:22 | Rush | ICON 2 | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises) | B0015674-02 |
| 4.2 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Sector 2 | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock) | 001588900 |
| 4.2 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Sector 2 | Rush | Album + Compilation | Anthem Records (Canadian rock), Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises) | B0015889-00 | |
| 3.2 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Sector 2 | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | |
| 1.7 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974–1987 | Rush | Album + Compilation | Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | ||
| 1.7 | Freewill | 5:23 | Rush | The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974–1987 | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | HD440 063 335-2 |
| 1.2 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Permanent Waves (2015 remaster) | Rush | Album |
| Mercury Classics | |
| 1.2 | Freewill | 5:23 | Rush | Permanent Waves (2015 remaster) | Rush | Album |
| UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises) | B0022379-01 |
| 1.2 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Permanent Waves (fortieth anniversary) | Rush | Album |
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| 1.2 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Permanent Waves (fortieth anniversary) | Rush | Album | Anthem Records (Canadian rock), Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises) | B0031583-02 | |
| 1.2 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Permanent Waves (fortieth anniversary) | Rush | Album |
| Anthem Legacy, Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | |
| 1.2 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Permanent Waves (40th Anniversary) | Rush | Album |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock), Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 00602508607226 |
| 1.2 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Permanent Waves (fortieth anniversary) | Rush | Album |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock), Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 00602508607158 |
| 3.2 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Permanent Waves (fortieth anniversary) | Rush | Album |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock), Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 00602508607158 |
| 1.2 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Permanent Waves | Rush | Album |
| Anthem Records (Canadian rock) | ANC-1-1021 |
| 1.2 | Freewill | 5:24 | Rush | Permanent Waves | Rush | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | |
| 1.7 | Freewill | 5:23 | Rush | The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974–1987 | Rush | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | B0011758-02 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.10 | Freewill | 5:25 | Rush | The Best of Rush | Rush | Album + Compilation |
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Relationships
| recording engineer: | Paul Northfield |
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| producer: | Terry Brown (producer) Rush (Canadian rock trio) |
| assistant mixer: | Steve S. Hort (engineer) Geddy Lee Craig Milliner (engineer) Adam Moseley |
| mixer: | Terry Brown (producer) |
| 12 string guitar [12-string acoustic guitar], 12 string guitar [12-string electric guitar], acoustic guitar, bass pedals [Taurus pedals] and electric guitar: | Alex Lifeson |
| bass guitar, bass pedals [Taurus pedal synthesizer], Minimoog and synthesizer [Oberheim polyphonic: OB-1]: | Geddy Lee |
| bell tree, crotales, drums (drum set), timbales, timpani [tympani], triangle, tubular bells, tubular bells [orchestra bells] and wind chime: | Neil Peart |
| vocals: | Geddy Lee |
| arranger: | Terry Brown (producer) Rush (Canadian rock trio) |
| recorded at: | Le Studio in Morin‐Heights, Québec, Canada (from 1979-09 until 1979-10) |
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| mixed at: | Trident Studios (London, UK) in Soho, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1979-11) |
| recording of: | Freewill (from 1979-09 until 1979-10) |
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Related works
Freewill
| lyricist: | Neil Peart |
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| composer: | Geddy Lee Alex Lifeson |
| publisher: | Core Music Publishing |
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