<Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Gerry Goffin, Carole King </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Producer (s) </Th> <Td> Lou Adler </Td> </Tr> <P> "Wasn't Born to Follow", also known as "I Wasn't Born to Follow", is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King . Goffin wrote the lyrics and King provided the music . The song was first recorded by The Byrds on their 1968 album The Notorious Byrd Brothers and King's short lived band The City also recorded the song on their 1968 album Now That Everything's Been Said . It has also been covered by many other artists, including The Monkees, Dusty Springfield and a solo recording by King . The Byrds recording was featured in the 1969 film Easy Rider and was released as a single . </P> <P> The lyrics of "Wasn't Born to Follow" celebrate the freedom that hippies enjoyed in the late 1960s . They express the need for escape and independence . Music critic Johnny Rogan describes the lyrics as an "evocation of pastoral freedom and the implicit desire to escape from the restrictions of conventional society ." Music professor James E. Perone describes the singer as "a rugged indivdualist at one with nature ." The song uses a country rock melody, which Perone regards as an authentic contribution to the country rock genre that was just getting started in the late 1960s . </P>

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