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"All Right Now"
Single by Free
from the album Fire and Water
B-side(s)	"Mouthful of Grass"
Released	May, 1970
Format	7"
Genre	Hard Rock
Length	5:29 4:13
Label	A&M
Writer(s)	Fraser/Rodgers
Producer(s)	Free
Chart positions
#4 (U.S.) #1 (U.K.)
Free singles chronology
"I'll Be Creeping" (1969)	"All Right Now" (1970)	"The Stealer" (1970)

"All Right Now" is a rock single by the English band Free. The song, released in the summer of 1970, hit #1 on the UK rock music charts and #4 on the U.S. charts. "All Right Now" originally appeared on the album Fire And Water, which Free recorded on the Island Records label, formed by Chris Blackwell.

"All Right Now" was a #1 hit in over 20 territories and was recognised by ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) in 1990 for garnering 1,000,000 plus radio plays in the US by late 1989, and in 2000 an Award was given to Paul Rodgers by the British Music Industry when "All Right Now" passed 2,000,000 plus radio plays in the UK.

The song has recently found a home as part of the encore set for Queen + Paul Rodgers. Sandwiched in between "We Will Rock You" and "We Are The Champions", it offers the fans one more chance to sing along. Curiously, one of the engineers during the recordings of "All Right Now" was Roy Thomas Baker, who would later become Queen's producer (he mixed "Killer Queen", "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Don't Stop Me Now" among others).

Contents 1 Credits 2 In pop culture 3 Mixes 4 Cover versions 5 Trivia 6 See also 7 External links

• Written by Andy Fraser and Paul Rodgers
• Produced by Andy Fraser, Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke and Paul Kossoff

• Paul Rodgers -- Lead Vocals
• Paul Kossoff -- Lead Guitar
• Andy Fraser -- Bass Guitar
• Simon Kirke -- Drums

"All Right Now" has made several notable pop culture appearances. A short list follows.

• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
• The Sopranos (Season 6, episode 74: "The Ride")
• Entourage (Season 2, episode 2: "My Maserati Does 185")
• Supernatural (Season 1, episode 6: "Skin")
• Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
• American Beauty
• Now and Then
• Wonderland
• Outside Providence
• Desperado
• FOX coverage of the 2006 World Series
• House
• Heartbeat (2006)

The song is also part of the repertoire of the house bands of late-night talk shows on NBC and CBS.

There are (at least) two mixes of Free's "All Right Now". The most popular version heard on album rock stations is 5:29 and a shorter mix is 4:13. On first glance, the shorter one appears to be simply an edited version of the longer mix, but on closer inspection you will notice the lead-in, signature guitar riffs are a bit more complex. The difference appears in the first seven seconds of the two tracks before Rodgers' "Whoa, whoa, whoa". The jazzier riff is apparent throughout the entire recording.

"All Right Now" has been covered by many bands and artists, the most popular are by The Runaways in 1978 , Rod Stewart in 1985, ex-Wham! backing singers Pepsi & Shirlie in 1987, and by Scottish girl band Lemonescent in 2003. It has also been sampled in Tone-Loc's song "Funky Cold Medina" in 1989.

"All Right Now" was also adopted by the Stanford Band as its signature tune. Their version of "All Right Now" debuted as part of a halftime show held at the Rose Bowl on January 1, 1972 and in subsequent years displaced "Come Join The Band" as Stanford's de facto fight song.

"All Right Now" Is used to advertise Swansea City A.F.C's Games on BBC Wales

The University of Southern California Spirit of Troy marching band also uses the song after the Trojans gain possession of the ball off a turnover. The University of Pennsylvania Band uses the song only after the Quakers win a game and has also recorded their own version of "All Right Now."

"All Right Now", recorded by Mike Oldfield (produced by Tom Newman), with vocals by Wendy Roberts and Pierre Moerrlen, was issued as a one-sided promotional blue flexi-disc 7" single in 1979. The single was given only to Virgin Records executives and was never issued to the public, making it one of the most elusive collectors' items in the Oldfield catalogue. Its catalogue number is "Virgin TT-362". Because of its scarcity, bootleg recordings varying in quality from listenable to poor.

• The opening riffs of Steve Miller's "Rock 'N Me" (1976), sound very similar to that of "All Right Now" (1970)

• Return of the Champions
• Super Live in Japan

• Allrightnow.com Approved Fan club for Free, Bad Company and Paul Rodgers
• History of 'All Right Now' from the Stanford Band
• MP3 of the Stanford Band's version of All Right Now from http://www.fightmusic.com
• 'All Right Now' as played by the Penn Band

Free
Members
| Paul Rodgers • Paul Kossoff • Andy Fraser • Simon Kirke
Discography
Studio albums: - Tons of Sobs • Free • Fire and Water • Highway • Free at Last • Heartbreaker
Live albums: - Free Live!
Compilation album: - The Free Story • The Best of Free • Free And Easy, Rough And Ready • Completely Free • The Best of Free: All Right Now • Molten Gold: The Anthology • Free: All Right Now • Songs of Yesterday • Chronicles •

Fight Songs of the Pacific Ten Conference
All Right Now (Stanford) • Bear Down Arizona (Arizona) • Bow Down to Washington (Washington) • Fight for California (California) • Fight On (Southern California) • Hail to Old OSU (Oregon State) • Maroon and Gold (Arizona State) • Sons of Westwood and Mighty Bruins (UCLA) • Mighty Oregon (Oregon) • WSU Fight Song (Washington State)