{"id":43778,"date":"2026-05-08T03:39:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T02:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/?p=43778"},"modified":"2026-05-08T03:39:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T02:39:37","slug":"releases-i-want-to-be-free-45th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/releases-i-want-to-be-free-45th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Releases: I Want To Be Free (45th Anniversary)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week marked the 45th anniversary of the original release of Toyah\u2019s iconic early 80&#8217;s hit <a href=\"https:\/\/cherryred.co\/IWantToBeFree\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>I Want To Be Free<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. Originally released on 1st May 1981, the song was written by Toyah Willcox &amp; Joel Bogen and produced by Nick Tauber.<\/p>\n<p>Last Friday, 45 years to the day, <a href=\"https:\/\/cherryred.co\/IWantToBeFree\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>I Want To Be Free<\/strong><\/em><\/a> was made available as a single on digital and steaming platforms with its two original B-Sides and restored artwork.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cherryred.co\/IWantToBeFree\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"https:\/\/cherryred.co\/IWantToBeFree noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43779 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iwtbf26a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iwtbf26a.jpg 600w, https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iwtbf26a-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week marked the 45th anniversary of the original release of Toyah\u2019s iconic early 80&#8217;s hit I Want To Be Free. Originally released on 1st May 1981, the song was written by Toyah Willcox &amp; Joel Bogen and produced by Nick Tauber. Last Friday, 45 years to the day, I Want To Be Free was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[62,139,149,87],"tags":[3296],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43778"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43778"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43780,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43778\/revisions\/43780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}