Nina Simone - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free (Audio)

[@sskullee]

This song was played at my grandads funeral. May he rest in peace

[@cameronjones4400]

Sorry for your loss,but this was a beautiful tribute to him.

[@MrHoustoned]

I’d like it played at mine someday. Your pops had some seriously good taste ♥️♥️♥️

[@JonathantheDominican]

R.I.P sorry to hear that, I love this song I heard this in Tyler perry acrimony sound great

[@not2trust443]

So sad

[@TheGloveny]

It was played at mine as well

[@angelariddick1884]

Wow! How many of my ancestors must have felt these words! Thank You Lord for freedom.

[@ShubhamBhushanCC]

Thank your ancestors for fighting and dying for freedom. No Lord have them their freedom they delivered themselves from their own chains

[@Mrpachuko13]

@@ShubhamBhushanCC very true. I don't know why black people still thank jesus, lord or a god. Cant they see that religion and god is what laws were written around of. You know... like slavery. Also adultery is illegal because ... the bible

[@Mrpachuko13]

Thank your ancestors for pushing. While figures of their imagination sat there and watched them struggle... if they exist...

[@joesphclifton9730]

@@ShubhamBhushanCC Well put sir I couldn't of said it any better!

[@DavidJones-og1bo]

Don't think you have to be a person of colour to appreciate this song .it is for all of us who have struggled with having nothing . X

[@gabrielaraujo7658]

One of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard in my life.

[@mike67able]

Gabriel Araujo I agree this and God only knows

[@PHlophe]

Gabrielito the meaning is more important than the melody.

[@claresamorris6731]

Me too This is a Beautiful Masterpiece.

[@fifilasinge1560]

oh yes

[@keisi1574]

@@mike67able Nah. This and Funkytown. Better than any cheesy god songs.

[@DEATH_TO_TYRANTS]

This song never fails to make me sad and happy all at the same time. I'm crying and smiling as I write this comment. I love you Ms Simone and I hope you have found peace.

[@kathleenburns7732]

I always feel it very deeply.

[@cathyachambers3073]

Yes, I did see Acrimony! One of the best movies I've ever seen. Tiraji is one of the greatest African American actors that is performing at this time. Where are her accolades?

[@DEATH_TO_TYRANTS]

@@cathyachambers3073 Acrimony?

[@cricrituttie9203]

Listen to this is almost like a spiritual experience.

[@marka.d.williams2428]

Almost?! :)

[@rockysjewel]

it completely is

[@jasminejones9261]

I wish she lived lived long enough to know how much her music was appreciated

[@rockysjewel]

I'm sure she's singing in heaven and knows

[@nadiajoline]

This song touches me deeply.

[@BigNes445]

Nadia Joline then call special victims unit

[@xxivy_dabestxx9615]

It's amazing. Check out Lighthouse Family's version too. She sings through Tunde Baiyewu!

[@ΜυρτώΟικονόμου]

@@xxivy_dabestxx9615 I

[@spicyhot2552]

Me too .

[@zandilemkhize4368]

It reaches my soul in a way I can't explain

[@mattstockton2433]

What a perfect perfect song

[@victoriawood5439]

This was sung at the memorial service for the 33 year old son of our friends yesterday. Very moving.

[@trishdundas2643]

White girl here! Absolutely love this small piece of history...say it loud!!

[@jasminejones9261]

She has a dark mellow voice

[@VictorJanota]

I WISH YOUR VOICE STAY IN MY HEART FOREVER ❤ GREAT QUEEN SHINE FOR ETERNITY🙏

[@leannbrown3560]

We sung this song in the 5th grade. I'll never forget this song!!

[@lanpar7647]

....no one delivers like nina....starts slow and builds towards something epic that awakens your soul....peace :)

[@70sobsession5]

lanpar , amen!

[@jchong7164]

I just "discovered" this 1967 version today although I know of the other version covered by Lighthouse Family in 2001. Even listening to this today for the first time, 55 years after its release, I am in awe with the deeply soul touching rendition by Nina Simone. The lyrics and tune are just beautiful. Brings tears to my eyes.

[@mikewilliams4499]

This says most of what is to be said...RIP all those who die unjustly...wherever😔

[@samuelmuiruri4704]

i wonder if brother trump knows this song. i died laughing when dr cornel west called him brother trump. the world is effed up right now

[@tishhill9561]

Amen, sir. Amen.

[@sandrakenney567]

What words From A great Artist .Her songs Had meaning in times of troubles just of a different colour.rest in peace Nina your free now.and free at last.godbless you amen🙏🤞👍🦋🕊🕊🕊🕊💙🌹🌹🌷🦋🦋🕊✌

[@koahsongogabriel6724]

Je découvre ce chef d'œuvre dans une interview de Nathalie Yamb. C'est magnifique ! La Partie ou la mort, nous vaincrons !

[@kalinabozhkova5655]

This song is about me today in 2021 With all the mess in the world I just long to love and to be free

[@pamelaeden7132]

At the end of my prayer time today..I said LORD you know how I love to hear from you..and straight away this song came up on my phone...FREEDOM..is what I want....from what ?...good question...free to be me..free to fly..free to stand on a mountain top and breath in the unpolluted air..free to be bubble inside a bottle of pop...that when it's shook up..to explode with extatic joy...A bird set free from her guilded cage...but first must LEARN..how..to fly.

[@shayMint7795]

💖🙏

[@QueerAndUnplugged]

Nina Simone's style of singing owes it's beauty, in large part. to her phraseology which means how long she holds or delays the melody before going to the next phrase. Her style is EXQUISITE.

[@msbcheet6041]

Her talent is SUPERB

[@divestedkonservativekarame4269]

The way she sings is identical to men who are tenor. I don't mind her voice though but now I get what the chart is saying

[@QueerAndUnplugged]

@@divestedkonservativekarame4269 What's there to MIND?

[@scottnapier943]

One of the greatest songs ever written...❤🎶🎹❤

[@Josetta]

I began singing this song today while making my dessert for the 4th. I think I learned it in grade school. I'm not so much into celebrating America right now. Seems we are and will be losing our freedoms. None of us are free until ALL of us are free.

[@suite42014]

It's a great to hear your aches sang out loud.

[@sandrarobinson4437]

This song reminds me so much of my dad. He loved Nina. Now I love her music. It makes me so happy. I can always see my dancing to this. 💖💖💖

[@Marigold976]

What a gift your Dad gave you. May he rest in peaceful music with Nina Simone

[@sarisan3257]

Just discovered this amazing song. Love, love ,love

[@callummoodley6311]

Current soundtrack for the state of the world

[@MARYANNE269]

I woke with this in my head this morning x has to listen. Love Nina x ❤️

[@samuelmuiruri4704]

ple like mayfield bob Marley, bob Dylan Hugh masekela and Nina Simone sing in a way that will be relevant for ever coz of their subject matter as well as talent as musicians. who else can u cite here?

[@staysmuth]

samuel muiruri RATM !

[@dawsoncollett4503]

samuel muiruri you’re literally free you’re not a slave stfu

[@pingchoi9205]

Yes! Agree 100%

[@jamesprevard6555]

I'm so glad I new of her music when I was young gifted & black! Back in the 60tys!!!

[@dahuterschuter]

This song is beauty

[@husrevhac3311]

One of the most underrated song!!!!

[@mxjay-jnoah4291]

Utter bliss. Truth to power Nina! ☮️

[@margaretforde3068]

I never tire off hearing this!

[@thehopeofeden597]

For years, when I think of the constant struggle for equality, I come to Ms. Simone.

[@daniele231078]

a song and a universal and eternal artist! Thanks Nina

[@ellay4514]

God I LOVE this!

[@keisi1574]

One of the most beautiful songs of all time. A song for the entire world.

[@Mafaldadissy]

I just discovered this song on the radio. Made me cry

[@spicyhot2552]

Classic !💥💥💥💥💥

[@MARYANNE269]

Just shows we could move on there is so much good in the world.. Just leaves the ignorant.. Its those that can't be helped. Nina's music should be played from the rooftops! ❤️ Untill everyone listens and hears what's she is saying!

[@markdoris4186]

I dedicate this song to everyone who would have been unjustly treated by people who thought they knew what love is and what it means

[@QueerAndUnplugged]

I heard this on "Good Lord Bird" and it set my soul free to fly so high to the Heavens.

[@ellkim5753]

I wish I knew how It would feel to be free I wish I could break All the chains holdin' me I wish I could say All the things that I should say Say 'em loud, say 'em clear For the whole 'round world to hear I wish I could share All the love that's in my heart Remove all the thoughts That keep us apart I wish you could know What it means to be me Then you'd see and agree That every man should be free I wish I could give All I'm longin' to give I wish I could live Like I'm longing to live I wish I could do All the things that I can do And though I'm way over due I'd be startin' a new Well I wish I could be Like a bird in the sky How sweet it would be If I found I could fly I'd soar up to the sun And look down at the sea And I'd sing 'cause I know yeah And I'd sing 'cause I know yeah And I'd sing 'cause I know I'd know how it feels I'd know how it feels to be free, yeah-yeah I-I'd know how it feels Yes, I'd know I'd know how it feels, how it feels To be free, no no no

[@dogukan7406]

Thank you!

[@norbertdori6040]

I love this song

[@joemcghee69]

Thanks for the lyrics. ❤

[@reneedubuc3712]

I believe she says “Remove all the bars that keep us apart”

[@monteduma]

@@reneedubuc3712 She does! The rest looks good!

[@davidbosquette6604]

One of those songs you think was just written for you. The measure of greatness indeed. It's sad that I identify with the entire sentiment of the song and every lyric therein. Nina Simone is not a singer, she's a poet. ♥️

[@kathleenburns7732]

What fabulous human being wrote this? I feel it every time I hear it. Wish it every time I hear it. Wish we all could really be free and that no one ever was chained up in any way.

[@kmartinpa]

Dr. Billy Taylor

[@jopacker5541]

Written by Billy Taylor but Nina Simone sung it best.

[@Princess-xq8ks]

Thank you Ms.Nina💙

[@realzneo]

Thank you Nina!

[@knutsellevold8196]

Wonderful song and performance

[@slyeguy4828]

This is one of my tops at the moment, she's got that super soul and it's great

[@kaholee3756]

Wonderfully written. Must be one of the most well-written songs of all time.

[@meghanomalley3090]

I am really glad I found this brilliant peace of art

[@agnidas5816]

man I really dig this over the festival version - though she put on a real jazz show there, this is the 'song' itself ;P

[@shayMint7795]

I got this song from the highly recommended book 'If only i could tell you' No regrets ❤️

[@tyronemckeiver1674]

We sang this at a black history play in the 3rd grade, 1974! Always loved this song!

[@kaseyainsworth6523]

This is the only song I've ever heard that made me kinda get choked up. The lyrics are so amazing and touching.

[@nicktrofimov496]

I listened about this song from book: Three days of happiness Thanks for that song...

[@Badie20]

I’m supposed to finish my school work, but Nina Simone is taking my attention 🤣❤️❤️

[@trekkie8434]

Haha our English homework is to listen to this song, bless her and my teacher

[@edwinmartin5499]

One of a kind! Genius of heart and brain!

[@joannkelly7994]

Nina Simone, Thank you. Rest In Peace.

[@andresfernandes5906]

Amazing. Just hearing this for the very first time ever. Tears in my eyes. Thank you so very much for posting. And thank you forever Ms. Nina.

[@reneedubuc3712]

This song was used as the intro to Freedom: A History of Us. I had to watch that series in junior year American History class and fell in love with this song. Almost 6 years later, I couldn’t remember the name of the series or song or the artist or lyrics. Still managed to find it just now, thanks to KZbin ads showing PBS titles to buy on DVD. Never thought an ad would actually help me find something!

[@Shivadamadam]

May all these wishes come true.

[@enzombeleg8527]

I'm just trynna count the amount of time I cried over Nina Simone's songs : impossible

[@floramanieson7534]

This Song Touches the Very Universal Core of me, . And Woke Up singing it. To me it's a Poem a Hymn and an Anthem!! God Bless Nina Simon Always!! 💕 💕 🙏 🙏 💐 💐

[@seven7eleven11]

wish id be free too... know its probably be a dream only but the hope and the wish uniting us gives me new hope - thank u nina simone!

[@yansendelacuesta555]

ITS BEAUTIFUL

[@gracemoore6138]

This song resonates so strongly with me... brings me to tears everytime

[@RobBob555]

Yeah yeah..let me guess.. REPARATIONS 😠👋👏🖕

[@JaydenReacts81]

I can relate to this song so much.. I wish I was free from my social anxiety :( I love this song Rest in peace Nina, thank you for your beautiful music that will live on forever 💙🥺

[@RobBob555]

Social anxiety??? Lol grow up

[@octanemain1988]

@@RobBob555 bruh this guy is just writing a nice comment about how he likes this song

[@LisaRSArt]

Great uplifting song! ❤️. Love Nina Simone!

[@Tagekora]

Thank you Sugaru Miaki for referencing this gem of a song in your work. I never would have found it without you.

[@ShonnysLab1995]

Her live performance of this is everything!! I love me some Nina Simone, from vinyls to modern adaptations of her timeless work.

[@ixlnxs]

If you mean this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6SogWNjbbt0pdk Then I agree wholeheartedly, Rashon.

[@jeffryhammel3035]

She has one of the most varied repertoires of any singer out there.

[@raynagaines5565]

I love it

[@elizabethmarinas2475]

This is my favorite song of all time it’s like magic

[@tfderpin]

Makes me cry when I hear this song. What a voice.

[@bettypierce552]

Ms.Nina Samone, you are so miss, but we have your beautiful music, rest in peace. Blessings Amen.💖

[@akrongjosephanyetei9019]

Very very moving song. Timeless

[@marjoriespeicher.9319]

The voice ,the words,the leyboard,is so inspirational to the Mind,spirit and soul. 🙏👌❤

[@LincolnKennedy-DrLK]

So much loving and sincere emotions in the way she sings this song. A remarkable song, as Nina keeps it full of life to this day. I've always loved this song. Blessed Love all.

[@MrNevenon]

smooth, but with a most powerful message within :)

[@JazzPublicist]

This song was written by Billy Taylor as an instrumental, then Nina (I think) put lyrics to the song. And the words are so apropos. HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!

[@nathanadams4720]

Had such a heavy crush on my soul sista Nina, what a super talent.

[@anastasiasaenz200]

Una delicia para los oídos y para el alma que conocí viendo el capítulo 13 de la serie This si Us ❤️

[@ericbravo7013]

Literally just discovered this beautiful song right now at 12:58 am we'd, Jun 10th and I wish I knew what it feels like to be free ♥️

[@anathimatshaya9909]

Lol 00:44 I guess I found out sooner

[@akauthewarrior7547]

I heard it on my pandora playlist a week ago. It moved me to tears, and has been stuck in my head ever since. I love the song and Ms. Simone.

[@kaseyb.4440]

Brings me to tears!!!

[@KlldbyCuriosity]

This song is still relevant sadly, but it makes it all the more beautiful

[@eternalseeker6820]

Man, this lady really takes you 'There'!

[@uzzunov]

Nina, you're an angel!

[@anthonycaserta8556]

Tears of joy

[@juliaoko2208]

The motorbility ad brought me here. Such a sweet song, I just wondered who it was by. Nina Simone, what a surprise.

[@swaggerguru]

I needed this today. 🕊

[@emanuela4711]

Balsamo per l'anima!

[@banishedheir9940]

Like a Sunday Song in a church I used to go to... 😭💐🤸‍♀️

[@mythoughtsindividual9463]

Yep Nina Simone❤️,,

[@jazzfan4546]

Will use this for the second time in church on Sunday. Expresses so much!

[@stefaniecayless7728]

Feral williams

[@michaelrogowski7476]

Psalm 91...

[@CP-gk5ud]

When the Covid-19 global pandemic insolation ends I will gather all my friends and play this song together. We can be broke, but we are free

[@Ygam7]

Thank you Nina

[@fionaa6209]

GENTLEWOMEN... I WISH I COULD FEEL HOW IT WOULD BE TO BE FREE NINA SIMONE....... SHE STILL BREATHES SO MUCH EMOTION INTO YOUR LIFE OUTSTANDING.. 💞💞💋💯😘

[@steveharrison3468]

Let love rise high above all of the hate. Watch it rise, watch it flow across the world and unite us as one.

[@oshguru]

Timeless track. Beautiful!

[@meganoconnor3069]

Nothing better than Nina's music

[@Mrpachuko13]

The impressions Bob dylan Al green Nat king cole...