"Free" is the theme song for Sonic Free Riders. It was composed by Jun Senoue, written by Johnny Gioeli, and performed by Chris Madin.
Background[]
A Crush 40 version of the song appeared on the game's official soundtrack, Break Free, and on The Best of Crush 40: Super Sonic Songs. The original song appeared as an unlockable in the console/PC version of Sonic Generations. A remixed instrumental version was featured as the boss theme for Jet the Hawk in the Sonic at the Olympic Games mobile game.
Lyrics[]
Chris Madin[]
- I’m falling free in the wind, in the wind
- Free to be me in the wind, in the wind
- What would it feel like to be speed of light
- And rule the night and day
- Watch as it passes by you, the masses try you
- But they just can’t keep up
- Into the free, into the me
- Into the ever knowin'
- Felt so refrained,
- Felt so constrained
- But now I’m breaking out and
- I’m falling free in the wind, in the wind,
- Free to be me in the wind, in the wind
- Beg, borrow, steal, you made your deal
- And with no hesitation
- Crawl, walk, or run, you’ve had your fun
- Of which is very certain
- Into the free, into the me
- Into the ever knowin'
- Felt so constrained, felt so to blame
- But now I’m breaking out and
- I’m falling into the free, to the free
- Free to be me I am free, I am free
- I'm free
- Free
- I’m falling free in the wind, in the wind
- Free to be me in the wind, in the wind
- What would it take for you to make
- A simple speed transition
- Into the known, from the unknown
- And feed this wild temptation
- Into the free, been starving me
- Into the ever knowin'
- Felt so constrained, felt so ashamed
- But now I’m breaking out and
- I’m living in, in the free, in the free
- Free to be me, I am free, I am free
- I’m falling free in the wind, in the wind
- Free to be me in the wind, in the wind
- I'm falling free in the wind, in the wind
- Free to be me in the wind, in the wind
- I’m free
Crush 40 Version[]
- I'm falling free
- In the wind, in the wind
- Free to be me
- In the wind, in the wind
- What would it feel like to be speed of light and rule the night and day?
- Watch as it passes by you, the masses try you but they just can't keep up
- Into the free, into the me, into the ever-knowing
- Felt so refrained, felt so constrained – but now I'm breaking out and
- I'm falling free
- In the wind, in the wind
- Free to be me
- In the wind, in the wind
- I'm breaking out (I'm breaking out)
- Beg, borrow, steal – you've made your deal, and with no hesitation
- Crawl, walk, or run, you've had your fun, of which is very certain
- Into the free, into the me, into the ever-knowing
- Felt so constrained, felt so to blame – but now I'm breaking out and
- I'm falling free
- In the wind, in the wind
- Free to be me
- In the wind, in the wind
- I'm breaking out (I'm breaking out, I'm breaking out)
- I'm free (Free, free, free, free, free, free)
- I'm free and breakin' out
- Free (Free, free, free, free, free, free)
- I'm free and breakin' out
- (breakin', breakin', breakin', breakin', breakin', breakin', breakin' out)
- What would it take for you to make a simple speed transition?
- Into the known from the unknown, and feed this wild temptation
- Into the free, been starvin' me, into the ever-knowin'
- Felt so constrained, felt so ashamed – but now I'm breakin' out and
- I'm livin' in (Free, I'm breakin' breakin' I'm free, I'm breakin', breakin', I'm free)
- In the free, in the free (I'm breakin' breakin' I'm free, I'm breakin' breakin' out)
- Free to be me (Free, I'm breakin' breakin' I'm free, I'm breakin', breakin', I'm free)
- I am free, I am free (I'm breakin' breakin' I'm free, I'm breakin' breakin' out)
- I'm falling free (Free, I'm breakin' breakin' I'm free, I'm breakin', breakin', I'm free)
- In the wind, in the wind (I'm breakin' breakin' I'm free, I'm breakin' breakin' out)
- Free to be me (Free, I'm breakin' breakin' I'm free, I'm breakin', breakin', I'm free)
- In the wind, in the wind (I'm breakin', breakin', I'm free, I'm breakin', breakin' out)
- I'm breakin, I'm breakin'
- I'm breakin, I'm breakin'
- I'm breakin, I'm breakin'
- I'm breakin' out and free!
Alternate remixes[]
| Song Name | Music | Length | Composer/Performer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Boss - Jet" | 4:09 | Jun Senoue |
Connections to Game/Characters[]
- What would it feel like to be speed of light and rule the night and day? - The riders being all the faster on their Extreme Gear.
- I'm falling free in the wind - The riders feeling free while riding the wind on their gear.
- Beg, borrow, steal, you've made your deal and with no hesitation - Eggman or Metal Sonic willing to do whatever it takes to trump their enemies.
- The use of the words "beg" and "borrow" in that order references the lyric, If you beg or if you borrow from Live and Learn.
- Free - Referring to the game itself.
- What would it take for you to make a simple speed transition? - Jet wanting his competitors to be better than what they are.
- Into the known from the unknown - Upon finding out that the true mastermind is Metal Sonic, the riders are not surprised to find that their data was copied or that Eggman tricked them.
- Shadow says "The doctor's schemes are hardly anything new."
- Sonic says "My job would be easier if you shot down your own plots like this more often."
- Rouge says "I'd be lying if I said I didn't see any of this coming."
- Omochao says "Wait, King Doc is actually Dr. Eggman? That...actually explains a lot."