Set Your Loving Free

"Set Your Loving Free" is a song recorded by British singer Lisa Stansfield for her 1991 album, Real Love. It was written by Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andy Morris, and produced by Devaney and Morris. The song was released as the fourth European single on 25 May 1992. It included "Whenever You're Gone," featured on the Japanese edition of Real Love only. The Nick Brandt-directed music video, starring Linus Roache, was also released. The song reached number twenty-eight in the United Kingdom and number twenty on the Hot Dance Club Songs in the United States, where it was released as B-side of "A Little More Love." "Set Your Loving Free" was remixed by Masters at Work (Little Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez).

"Set Your Loving Free"
Single by Lisa Stansfield
from the album Real Love
Released25 May 1992 (1992-05-25)
Recorded1991
Genre
Length5:03
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Ian Devaney
  • Andy Morris
Lisa Stansfield singles chronology
"Time to Make You Mine"
(1992)		 "Set Your Loving Free"
(1992)		 "A Little More Love"
(1992)
Music video
"Set Your Loving Free" on YouTube

In 2003, it was included on Biography: The Greatest Hits. In 2014, the remixes of "Set Your Loving Free" and "Whenever You're Gone" were also included on the deluxe 2CD + DVD re-release of Real Love and on People Hold On ... The Remix Anthology (also on The Collection 1989–2003).

Critical reception

The song received positive reviews from many music critics. AllMusic editor Alex Henderson noted it as "sleek".[1] Asbjørn Bakke from Norwegian newspaper Arbeiderbladet described it as "magnificent".[2] Lennox Herald called the song "another hit".[3] Scott Sterling from The Michigan Daily said that "this high-energy workout rivals even the O'Jays at their best."[4] Robbert Tilli from Music & Media wrote that Stansfield's "soulful voice—a UK equivalent of Mariah Carey's and Whitney Houston's—is made for slow love songs" like "Set Your Loving Free".[5] Music Week commented, "After the pent-up passion of Time To Make You Mine, it's a much lighter and immediately accessible song, perfectly suited to lazy, summer days."[6] James Hamilton from Record Mirror stated that the song is "sexily teased and crooned" by the singer.[7] In his review of Real Love, Stephen Holden from Rolling Stone described it as "the inspirational lover's promise".[8]

Track listings

European 7" single

  1. "Set Your Loving Free" (Edit) – 4:09
  2. "Whenever You're Gone" – 4:06

European CD maxi-single

  1. "Set Your Loving Free" (Edit) – 4:09
  2. "Whenever You're Gone" – 4:06
  3. "Set Your Loving Free" (Kenlou 12") – 7:26

European 12" single

  1. "Set Your Loving Free" (Kenlou 12") – 7:26
  2. "Set Your Loving Free" (Extended Version) – 6:00
  3. "Make Love to Ya" (The Floor Mix) – 6:26
  4. "Make Love to Ya" (Light Me Up Mix) – 5:02

European promotional CD single

  1. "Set Your Loving Free" (Kenlou 12") – 7:26
  2. "Set Your Loving Free" (Extended Version) – 6:00
  3. "Make Love to Ya" (The Floor Mix) – 6:26
  4. "Make Love to Ya" (Light Me Up Mix) – 5:02
  5. "Set Your Loving Free" (Dubmaster Edit) – 4:41
  6. "Set Your Loving Free" (Lowlife Mix) – 5:46
  7. "Set Your Loving Free" (Dub "Masters at Work") – 7:26
  8. "Set Your Loving Free" (Mellow Mix) – 4:52

Charts

References
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  2. Bakke, Asbjørn (13 November 1991). "Stilren disco". Arbeiderbladet (in Norwegian). p. 40. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
  3. "SINGLE REVIEWS". Lennox Herald. 5 June 1992. page 20. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  4. "Records: Lisa Stansfield - Real Love". The Michigan Daily. 15 January 1992. p. 8. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  5. Tilli, Robbert (9 November 1991). "Spotlight: Lisa Stansfield" (PDF). Music & Media. p. 16. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  6. "Mainstream: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 23 May 1992. p. 8. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  7. "DJ Directory: Out On Monday" (PDF). Record Mirror. 30 May 1992. p. 5. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  8. "Lisa Stansfield - Real Love". Rolling Stone. 9 January 1992. Archived from the original on 10 September 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  9. "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 12 July 2016". Imgur.com. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  10. "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  11. "Lisa Stansfield - Set Your Loving Free" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  12. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 26, 1992" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  13. "Dutchcharts.nl – Lisa Stansfield – Set Your Loving Free" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  14. "Notowanie nr549" (in Polish). LP3. 28 August 1992. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  15. "Lisa Stansfield: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  16. "Top 60 Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 6 June 1992. p. 18. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  17. "Lisa Stansfield Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  18. "Jaarlijsten 1992" (in Dutch). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
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