Freedom! '90

This song is about two things, it's not about him wanting to come out of the closet about his homosexuality, he didn't do that until almost ten years after this song was released.

This song is about the breakup of Wham.
It's about his image right after, with the Faith Album, and then in the end Him telling his record label to shove it, and taking his artistic creativity back.

He's speaking directly to his fans when he says " I won't let you down, I will not give you up, I won't let YOU down, so please don't give ME up, cause I would really really love to stick around."

I really like the song, but I like the video better!! It was done very artisticly, and I believe it's a lot better than that Wham! stuff.

the song's actually called "Freedom '90". and, yeah, the video is really awesome.

This is about GM wanting to leave his record lable company and also come out of the closet. He no longer wanted to do things their way.

It probably has a bit to do with his sexuality. But for the most part, I really believe that the meaning is simply this: "Don't be taken with the image. Because that's not entirely me. Please focus on the SOUND, because my MUSIC is what I am. NOT the image". And that being said, he was hoping that his fans wold still stick by him for what he does best. Thus, offering him "freedom". Freedom from the Faith image, and freedom to continue doing the "one good thing that he's got".

This is one of the most straightforward lyrics ever, and judging from George's own interviews, most of you are correct. It references his disillusionment with superstardom AND his newfound comfortability with his sexuality.

This song is pretty blatant, and I completely disagree with any thoughts that this is at all tied to his sexuality. He is clearly speaking to Andrew Ridgeley in the first verse and their come up with WHAM!. The song is the lead single off his follow up album "Listen Without Prejudice" to the critically acclaimed, award-winning album "Faith" that he penned almost 100% of himself. With "Faith" he reached not just super stardom, but he was respected for the first time as a soul R&B singer as well. However, he soon resented the "trademarks" that were associated with him as a result which is why you see the quintessential "Faith" music video novelties being set aflame or exploding in the video for this song, "Freedom '90". And for those that don't know Michael's history, there's no hidden meaning behind the '90 part in the title, it's only because with WHAM! they had another song called "Freedom".

ALL of the lyrics, every one of them, are thinly veiled and expressing frustration about living a public life as a persona he was NOT. Simply put, he was saying he liked living in the public's eye and wanted to continue to do so, but wanted to live his life authentically, as who he was -- a gay man.

Apparently, more than one meaning can be discerned from this song, however, only one of the meanings fits all of the lyrics neatly. The two meanings debated here are: 1) It's about the breakup of Wham and his feelings about his record label, and 2) It's about his wanting to come out of the closet. The song is about his wanting to come out of the closet, which he eventually did, although most fans likely knew he was gay long before he came out of the closet.

Its obvious. Lyrics like, "I was every little hungry schoolgirl's pride and joy and I guess it was enough for me" speaks to his sexuality and his settling for something less than who he was, and has nothing to do with the breakup of Wham nor his feelings about his record label. "Sometimes the clothes do not make the man." That's very obvious. Someone claiming mightily this isn't about his wanting to come out of the closet might be able to employ enough mental gymnastics to explain why the above lyrics relates to something other than his wanting the world to accept him as a gay man, but the simplest explanation is usually the right one. ALL of the lyrics, every one of them, is expressing frustration about living a public life that is NOT who they are AND he is letting us, his fans, know who is IS and wanting us to accept him for who he is (was). RIP.

I love this song!! To me, this song means freedom and liberty, that everyone can love more than one person. Everyone has their own mind, so they don't belong to anyone. I always feel so empowered listening to this song.

I think this song pertains to George's singing career, and how he felt lost amongst the stardom. I admire his bold stance on being true to himself and his fans, George Michael ROCKS!!!