{{For|the Robyn & La Bagatelle Magique extended play|Love Is Free (EP)}} {{Infobox song | name = Love Is Free | cover = Sheryl Crow - Love Is Free.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Sheryl Crow | album = Detours | released = January 2008 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = | length = 3:23 | label = A&M | writer = Sheryl Crow, Bill Bottrell | producer = Bill Bottrell | prev_title = Shine over Babylon | prev_year = 2007 | next_title = Now That You're Gone | next_year = 2008 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|_-5JqBr_Eis|"Sheryl Crow - Love Is Free"}}}} }}
"'''Love Is Free'''" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow. It was released as the second single from Crow's sixth studio album ''Detours''. Its predecessor song, "Shine over Babylon", was for airplay only.
On her website, Crow states that she was inspired by the floods in New Orleans. "What struck me about it is the stoicism of the New Orleans people, they are very spiritually based. You can see it in their eyes that they aren't going to give up, they are going to rebuild."
==Music video== The music video shows Crow singing with an acoustic guitar in a boat while coming across all kinds of characters. It was directed by The Malloys.
The video for "Love Is Free" was added to the popular video-sharing site YouTube on 17 January 2008 and has had over 1,000,000 views.
==Track listing==
'''Maxi CD''' #"Love Is Free" (Album Version) - 3:23 #"Drunk With the Thought of You" (Live Acoustic Version) - 2:46 #"Shine Over Babylon" (Live Acoustic Version) - 4:01 #"Love Is Free" (Enhanced Music Video)
==Chart performance== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (2008) !Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Austria|57|artist=Sheryl Crow|song=Love is Free}} |- |Belgium (Belgium Singles Chart)<ref name="acharts">[http://acharts.us/song/31501 "Sheryl Crow - Love Is Free worldwide chart positions and trajectories"]. ''aCharts.us''. Retrieved May 25, 2024.</ref> |align="center"|50 |- |Canada (Canadian Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/sheryl-crow/chart-history/can/|title=Sheryl Crow Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> |align="center"|46 |- |Germany (Media Control Charts)<ref name="acharts"/> |align="center"|49 |- |Japan Hot 100 (''Billboard Japan'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://billboard-japan.com/artists/detail/338114|title=Sheryl Crow|language=ja|publisher=Billboard Japan|access-date=January 30, 2026}}</ref> |align="center"|9 |- |Quebec (ADISQ)<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151129063315/http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/palmares/2010-Anglo-Allophone/Anglo-Compilation_succes_ordre_alpha_interpretes.pdf|url=http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/palmares/2010-Anglo-Allophone/Anglo-Compilation_succes_ordre_alpha_interpretes.pdf|title=Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec|publisher=BAnQ|date=2008-02-23|access-date=January 6, 2026|archive-date=November 29, 2015|language=fr|url-status=dead}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|22 |- |Romania (Top 100) |align="center"|56 |- {{single chart|Switzerland|51|artist=Sheryl Crow|song=Love is Free}} |- {{single chart|UK|76|date=20080301|refname="sheryluk"}} |- |US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/sheryl-crow/chart-history/hsi/|title=Sheryl Crow Chart History (Hot 100)|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> |align="center"|77 |- |US Adult Top 40 (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/sheryl-crow/chart-history/atf/|title=Sheryl Crow Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> |align="center"|17 |- |US ''Billboard'' Pop 100<ref name="Billboard">[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=sheryl crow|chart=all}} "Sheryl Crow - Artist Chart History"]. ''Billboard''. Retrieved March 1, 2008.</ref> |align="center"|63 |- |US Adult Alternative Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/sheryl-crow/chart-history/aaa/|title=Sheryl Crow Chart History (Adult Alternative Songs)|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> |align="center"|4 |- |}
===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable" !Chart (2008) !Peak<br>position |- |U.S. Hot Triple A Songs |align="center" |18 |- |}
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