Nineties dance legend reveals music comeback 27 years after iconic smash hit
NINETIES dance legend Ultra Naté has revealed she could be releasing an unheard version of Free, 27 years after topping the charts.
American singer Ultra, 56, shot to fame in the late 80s, but reached mainstream when the iconic smash hit came out in 1997.
Fast forward nearly three decades and, while the vocal powerhouse is still releasing music, she hasn’t forgotten about her club classics.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun, Ultra said: “At this point, I’m kind of ready to go back in the studio and continue making a new album, because I’ve actually been writing here and there, but now, putting it together comprehensively to figure out what the next
album project will look like.
“But also there’s still some of my some of my classic catalogue that needs to be reissued. So, we’re also working on that in the background. My Grime, Silk, & Thunder album.
“The two albums on Warner Bros, like a lot of those things, need to be put together with tremendous amount of remixes, dubs, things that were not put out at that time, put together and repackaged and re-released as deluxe editions for the current marketplace.
“That’s also something that we’re working on in the background.
“So we’ve got a lot of homework to do and I would like to, going forward, be able to release something physical again.”
When quizzed on whether an unheard version of Free could make the cut, she replied: “The world’s already heard, probably like seven thousand versions because the DJs do their own edits sometimes.
“We actually did a package. I believe it was in 2021. We released a full package of new mixes. Probably eight or nine newer mixes.
“So we’ve done it in recent times. A bright, new, shiny package of Free. So there!
“But there are still so many things in the archives. And then you know other songs that were chart hits like Found A Cure and New Kind of Medicine.”
Ultra won over a legion of fans with popular beats including If You Could Read My Mind and “Automatic.
She enjoyed success with a number of singles reaching the Top 10 of the US Hot Dance Club Play chart.
The star began her career at record label Warner Bros. Records and later moved to independent dance label, Strictly Rhythm.
Free peaked at number 75 on the US Billboard Hot 100 but reached number four on the UK Singles Chart.
The album enjoyed commercial success, particularly in Europe, where singles such as the aforementioned Found a Cure landed at number six in the UK, with New Kind of Medicine charting at fourteen.