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"Back on the Chain Gang" is a single by The Pretenders released in November 1982. The song was also released on The King of Comedy soundtrack album (March 1983) and later included on The Pretenders' next album Learning to Crawl in January 1984. It reached number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 (the band's highest charting U.S. single), number four on Billboard's Top Tracks chart and number 17 in the United Kingdom.
The song was originally going to be about Ray Davies, leader of the band The Kinks. Hynde and Davies were a couple and had a daughter together, but the meaning of the song changed after James Honeyman-Scott, the Pretenders guitarist, died of a drug overdose at the age of 25 in 1982.
The memorable chain-gang chant heard during the chorus of the song echoes a similar chant on Sam Cooke's song "Chain Gang."
(p) 1982 Sire Records
(c) 2009 Warner Bros Records
(c) 2009 Warner Music Group
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Comments
8 years ago
MacHazzer
I know this song has a corny guitar loop in the chorus, but hey.. the rest is great!8 years ago
Quique Fontán
DISFRUTAD EL MARTES........si os dejan. 8 years ago
Quique Fontán
DISFRUTAD EL MARTES........ Si os dejan. 8 years ago
Quique Fontán
DISFRUTAD EL MARTES.......si os dejan. 8 years ago
Percy Alvarado C
"Back On The Chain Gang"I found a picture of you, oh oh oh ohWhat hijacked my world that nightTo a place in the pastWe've been cast out of? oh oh oh ohNow we're back in the fightWe're back on the trainOh, back on the chain gangA circumstance beyond our control, oh oh oh ohThe phone, the tv and the news of the worldGot in the house like a pigeon from hell, oh oh oh ohThrew sand in our eyes and descended like fliesPut us back on the trainOh, back on the chain gangThe powers that beThat force us to live like we doBring me to my kneesWhen I see what they've done to youBut I'll die as I stand here todayKnowing that deep in my heartThey'll fall to ruin one dayFor making us partI found a picture of you, oh oh oh ohThose were the happiest days of my lifeLike a break in the battle was your part, oh oh oh ohIn the wretched life of a lonely heartNow we're back on the trainOh, back on the chain gang8 years ago
paola
Dissapointed of SELENA.8 years ago
Rosi Loera
Selena- fotos y recuerdos8 years ago
Fernando Ponce
What about Selena?8 years ago
James Taylor
awesome as. looked wikid as to.8 years ago
Emperor of Cartoons
So THIS is where the opening to "Azumanga Daioh" came from!8 years ago
3thoreau
...Back on the Chain Gang...8 years ago
Galaxie Mimi
Wowww !! La meilleur Chrisssie on t'aime...8 years ago
Chaerul Anwar Azis
great band....chrissy's voice is so unique and personal8 years ago
Maria Nascimento MN
The pretenders!8 years ago
Dean Johnson
Love this song! The band still the best.8 years ago
Jaqueline Farias
♫ ♪ Você tinha sequestrado meu mundo à noitePara um lugar no passado nós fomos arrastados, oo-oh, oo-ohAgora estamos de volta à luta ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ Related Videos
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