Columbia Records continued to release singles and a European EP album to support the release of Barbra Streisand's 1966 French album Je m'appelle Barbra.

“Free Again” was the English-lyric version of “Non C'est Rien,” which had French lyrics by Michel Jourdan. Robert Colby provided the English lyric and musical adaption.

“I've Been Here” was written for French singer Edith Piaf by Charles Dumont and Michel Vaucaire. Dumont and Vaucaire reportedly deliberated long whether to give the song to Streisand (Piaf died in 1963). The song was originally titled “Le Mur,” or “The Wall.” The French lyrics were about the Berlin wall—roughly translated: “They built a large gray wall ... a wall of hate, a wall of fear...” 

The English lyrics (by E. Shuman) changed the meaning of the song from the Berlin wall to a song of empowerment: “And so I live to have my say / To get and give each burning day / And if in time I find my love / He'll find that I'm no frightened dove ...”

(Barbra's French version of the song, “Le Mur,” was released, too, as the B-side on Columbia single # 4-43739.)