The song was released with '90 on the end of the title to prevent confusion with an 80s song called Freedom by Michael's former band Wham!.
Cindy Crawford's debut,
The music video was shot over a number of days in the London Borough of Merton (UK). First up was Naomi Campbell, having arrived on set exhausted from a 5-day fashion show for Thierry Mugler in Paris. Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington then filmed their parts together and Cindy Crawford and Tatjana Patitz featured on yet another day. Curiously George Michael's voice is clearly heard on the soundtrack even though he, himself, appears nowhere in the video.