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{{Short description|Swedish ballad sung by Engelbert Humperdinck}}
{{About|the Engelbert Humperdinck song}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox song
| name          = Love Will Set You Free
| cover         = Love_Will_Set_You_Free.jpg
| alt           =
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]]
| album         = Release Me - The Best Of Engelbert Humperdinck
| B-side        = {{ubl|"[[Too Beautiful to Last]]"|"My Way"}}
| released      = 19 March 2012
| recorded      = 2012
| studio        =
| venue         =
| genre         = [[Contemporary pop]]
| length        = 2:58
| label         = [[Conehead UK]]
| writer        = [[Martin Terefe]], [[Sacha Skarbek]]
| producer      = Terefe, Skarbek
| prev_title    = Tell Me Where it Hurts
| prev_year     = 2010
| next_title    =
| next_year     =
| misc          = {{External music video|{{YouTube|pFNv9pjqZkk|"Love Will Set You Free"}}}}
{{Infobox song contest entry|embed=yes
| song           = "Love Will Set You Free"
| image          =
| caption        =
| year           = 2012
| country        = United Kingdom
| artist         = [[Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]]
| language       = English
| languages      =
| composer       = Terefe, Skarbek
| lyricist       = Terefe, Skarbek
| place          = 25th
| points         = 12
| lyrics         =
| prev           = I Can
| prev_link      = I Can (Blue song)
| next           = Believe in Me
| next_link      = Believe in Me (Bonnie Tyler song)
}}
}}
"'''Love Will Set You Free'''" is a [[ballad]] written by Swedish producer [[Martin Terefe]] and [[Ivor Novello Awards]] winner [[Sacha Skarbek]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17429151 | publisher=BBC | title=Engelbert Humperdinck unveils UK's Eurovision song | date=19 March 2012 | accessdate=24 September 2022}}</ref> As sung by [[Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]], it was the United Kingdom entry to the [[2012 Eurovision Song Contest]], held in [[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan]], where it ultimately placed 25th. The song was unveiled by the [[BBC]] on 19 March 2012 on its Eurovision homepage.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/eurovision/ BBC homepage for Eurovision]</ref>
==Music video==
A music video to accompany the release of "Love Will Set You Free" was first released onto YouTube on 19 March 2012 at a total length of three minutes.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFNv9pjqZkk&ob=av3e Engelbert Humperdinck - Love Will Set You Free (United Kingdom) 2012 Eurovision Song Contest]. [[YouTube]]</ref>
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline = Digital download<ref name="itunes"/>
| title1   = Love Will Set You Free
| length1  = 2:58
| title2   = Too Beautiful to Last
| length2  = 3:11
| title3   = My Way
| length3  = 3:54
}}
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Chart (2012)
! Peak<br />position
|-
{{singlechart|Flanders Tip|77|artist=Engelbert Humperdinck|song=Love Will Set You Free}}
|-
|align="left"|UK Independent Chart ([[Official Charts Company]])<ref name="officialcharts1">{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/independant-singles-chart/ |title=Independent Singles Top 40 - 7th June 2014 |publisher=Official Charts |access-date=2014-06-07}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
|align="left"|UK Singles Chart ([[Official Charts Company]])<ref name="officialcharts1"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|60
|}
==Release history==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date
! scope="col"| Format
! scope="col"| Label
|-
| United Kingdom
| {{dts|19 March 2012}}<ref name="itunes">[https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/love-will-set-you-free-single/id516792767 iTunes - Music - Love Will Set You Free - Single by Engelbert Humperdinck]</ref>
| Digital download, CD
| Conehead
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*{{bbc.co.uk|eurovision/|Eurovision}}
{{Engelbert Humperdinck}}
{{Eurovision Song Contest 2012}}
{{United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest}}
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[[Category:Eurovision songs of 2012]]
[[Category:Eurovision songs of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Engelbert Humperdinck songs]]
[[Category:2012 songs]]
[[Category:2012 singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Sacha Skarbek]]
[[Category:Songs written by Martin Terefe]]
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