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"Free Your Mind" is a song by American female group En Vogue from their second album, Funky Divas (1992). The track was composed and produced by Foster and McElroy . [ citation needed ] They were inspired by the Funkadelic song " Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow ."
The video for the single consists of clips from previous En Vogue videos "Giving Him Something He Can Feel", "Free Your Mind", as well as two of their 1990 videos "Lies" and "You Don't Have to Worry". A second edition of the album containing the later hits "Runaway Love" and "Whatta Man" (with Salt-N-Pepa) was released in the UK in 1994.
The music video for "Free Your Mind" earned the group three MTV Video Music Awards for Best Choreography, Best Dance Video, and Best R&B Video. They were honored with Soul Train's Entertainer of the Year Award. In addition to this, the group was featured in Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, and Essence, and other major publications.
The accompanying music video for "Give It Up, Turn It Loose" was directed by German feature film director and producer Marcus Nispel. [15] It is made in black-and-white and features the group performing in a beauty parlor while clips of life in the city play throughout the video.
Free Your Mind may refer to: Free Your Mind (Cut Copy album), 2013; Free Your Mind (Maliq & D'Essentials album), 2007; Free Your Mind (MTV award), an award granted by MTV "Free Your Mind" (song), a 1992 song by En Vogue; Free Your Mind, a 2009 EP by Anarbor; Free Your Mind 33, a 1998 album by Dragon Ash; Free Your Mind... and Your Ass Will ...
The album and its title track, a feedback-drenched number taking a third of the album's length, introduces the subversion of Christian themes explored on later songs, describing a mystical approach to salvation in which "the Kingdom of Heaven is within" and achievable through freeing one's mind, after which one's "ass" will follow.
"Free Your Mind" won two MTV Video Music Awards, for "Best R&B Video" and "Best Dance Video". En Vogue released an EP in the fall of 1993, entitled Runaway Love. In 1994, Herron went on maternity leave and temporarily left the group. Due to her brief absence from En Vogue, Herron did not record on the single "Freedom (Theme from Panther ...
Best of En Vogue is the first greatest hits compilation album by the American R&B/pop group En Vogue. It was released in 1999 on East West Records. The album comprises nearly all of their hit singles released between the years of 1990 and 1998. The compilation features hit songs from their albums; Born to Sing (1990), Funky Divas (1992), and ...