"Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley (Free Baby)" is the
title of a 1988 single by the American dance-pop band Will To
Power. The song combines elements of two previously recorded
rock songs: "Baby, I Love Your Way", a #12 Hot 100 hit from
1976 by the British-born singer Peter Frampton; and American
Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd's song "Free Bird", which hit
#19 on the Hot 100 chart in 1975. Will to Power's medley of
these two songs had more of a synthesized dance beat (as
opposed to the rock ballad-like nature of the two original
songs), and it rose to #1 on the Hot 100 chart on December 3,
1988, remaining there for one week. It also peaked at #2 on the
Billboardadult contemporary chart.
In March and April 2009, VH1 ran a countdown of the
100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s. Will to Power's
"Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley" placed at #97 on the
countdown despite the fact that the group had another Top 10
hit, a cover version of the 1975 10cc hit "I'm Not in Love"
(#7), in 1991.