for a total of 12 weeks; in Belgium, it peaked at number 18 and remained for a total of 16 weeks; and in the Netherlands, it peaked at number 31, remaining on the chart for 14 weeks. It also reached number four on the European Hot 100 Singles. Track listings 7" single "Looking for Freedom" — 3:55 "Looking for Freedom" (instrumental) — 3:55 CD and 12" maxi "Looking for Freedom" (maxi version — vocal) — 5:32 "Looking for Freedom" (single version — vocal) — 3:55 "Looking for Freedom" (single version — instrumental) — 3:55 In popular culture In 2006, German basketball player Dirk Nowitzki joked that he hums the song before free throws. In a commercial for Norwegian telephone company Telenor's "Djuice Freedom" subscription plan, David Hasselhoff is shown singing the song, with a voiceover that says, "David Hasselhoff is looking for freedom, Are you?" The song plays on the car stereo in 2012's Cloud Atlas as Jim Broadbent's Timothy Cavendish flees a tyrannical nursing home in one of the segments directed by German Tom Tykwer. Moone Boy'''s Martin Moone and his imaginary friend (played by Chris O'Dowd) dance to it on their own wall as the live transmission of the fall of the Berlin Wall plays on television, ending the episode "Another Prick In The Wall" also from 2012. ESPN used this song in an ad advertising a Knicks vs Mavericks Wednesday night game, using Dirk Nowitzki as backdrop. In Season 24, Episode 1 of the British television series Top Gear'', co-host Matt LeBlanc buys an old Mercedes and finds a cassette tape of "Looking for Freedom" in the tape deck. American professional wrestler Timothy Thatcher occasionally uses the song as his entrance music at events in Germany. The song has inspired philosophical work on the theory of freedom, particularly the question as to what makes for a free life. References 1978 songs 1978 singles 1988 songs 1988 singles David Hasselhoff songs Kikki Danielsson songs Number-one singles in Austria Number-one singles in Germany Number-one singles in Switzerland Songs about freedom Songs written by Jack White (music producer)