Nelson Mandela

Free Nelson Mandela Free, Free, Free, Nelson Mandela Free Nelson Mandela Twenty-one years in captivity His shoes too small to fit his feet His body abused but his mind is still free Are you so blind that you cannot see I say Free Nelson Mandela I'm begging you Free Nelson Mandela He pleaded the causes of the ANC Only one man in a large army Are you so blind that you cannot see Are you so deaf that you cannot hear his plea Free Nelson Mandela I'm begging you Free Nelson Mandela Twenty-one years in captivity Are you so blind that you cannot see Are you so deaf that you cannot hear Are you so dumb that you cannot speak I say Free Nelson Mandela I'm begging you Oh free Nelson Mandela, free Nelson Mandela I'm begging you begging you Please free Nelson Mandela free Nelson Mandela I'm telling you, you've got to free Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela Written by Jerry Dammers Performed by The Special AKA Produced by Elvis Costello Musicians Stan Campbell - lead vocals Jerry Dammers - organ John Shipley - guitar Gary McManus - bass John Bradbury - drums Rhoda Dakar - vocals Dick Cuthell - trumpet Andy Aderinto - saxophone David Heath - flute Paul Speare - penny whistle Afrodiziak  Caron Wheeler - backing vocals  Naomi Thompson - backing vocals  Claudia Fontaine - backing vocals Molly & Polly (Jackson) - backing vocals Lynval Golding - backing vocals Elvis Costello - backing vocals Ranking Roger - backing vocals Dave Wakeling - backing vocals Released 1984-04-17 Albums The Special AKA, In The Studio, 1984 Singles Nelson Mandela, 1984 Collections The Specials, The Singles, 1991 Only known performance:  March 9, 1984, The Tube, UK televison - The Special AKA, Elvis Costello, and others      (1 known performance)

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• Lyrics

External links

• Wikipedia
• 2-tone.info
• YouTube
• YouTube - live version with EC on backing vocals