The Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang HQ Music
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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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Auburnbabe143 5 hours ago
this song... reminds me of my ex and our breakup
jnicole61 11 hours ago
Damn this song reminds me of 6th grade, this and Africa by Toto.
mustwinder 1 day ago
Frik I love this song!!! Back on the chain hang
Ilovemrtaffy 2 days ago
me gusta mas la version de SELENA fotos y recuerdos en español
jairo01231 2 days ago in playlist Favorite videos
@Fproano Hogwash.
Bozohotep 4 days ago
@Fproano The song is actually about the marital breakdown between her and Kinks frontman Ray Davies. The chain gang is a metaphor for both their respective careers within the music industry - and if you notice further in the song Chrissie mentions the News of the World. The tabloids swooped on the story and were intrusive (pigeon from hell). Again Ray, through most of his adult life has suffered from depression, a factor in the break-up. It's quite sad really,
MockBlue 5 days ago
"Selena" (the queen of cumbia) recorded a cover of this song called *Fotos y recuerdos*
lalosports 6 days ago in playlist 80's
eu adoro esse som muito legal e bom recordar
cluz1973 1 week ago
Great song. Whatever happened to the Pretenders
langgp 1 week ago