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"Back on the Chain Gang"

Single by The Pretenders

from the album Learning to Crawl

B-side

"My City Was Gone"

Released

November 12, 1982

Format

7", 12"

Recorded

20 July 1982, AIR Studios, London

Genre

Rock

Length

3:51

The Pretenders singles chronology

"I Go to Sleep"
(1981)

"Back on the Chain Gang"
(1982)

"My City Was Gone"
(1983)

"Back on the Chain Gang" is a song by the English-American band The Pretenders, released as single by Sire Records in November 1982. The song was also released on The King of Comedy soundtrack album in March 1983 and later included on The Pretenders' next album Learning to Crawl in January 1984. It reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 (becoming the band's only Top 5 hit in the U.S.), number four on Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number 17 in the UK Singles Chart.

The song was originally going to be about Ray Davies, leader of the band The Kinks. Lead vocalist/guitarist Chrissie 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." American singer Selena had recorded the song in Spanish called "Fotos y recuerdos".

Contents

1 Personnel
2 Charts
3 Covers
4 References
5 External links

Personnel

Chrissie Hynde – vocal, guitar
Martin Chambers – drums
Billy Bremner – guitar
Tony Butler – bass

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	5
UK Singles Chart	17

Covers

Main article: Fotos Y Recuerdos

Brazilian singer Danni Carlos recorded an English language cover version for her 2004 album Rock'N'Road Again.^[1]

References

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External links

v t e The Pretenders

Chrissie Hynde Martin Chambers James Walbourne Nick Wilkinson Eric Heywood James Honeyman-Scott Pete Farndon Robbie McIntosh Malcolm Foster T. M. Stevens Blair Cunningham Bernie Worrell Johnny Marr Andy Rourke Andy Hobson Adam Seymour Andrew Bodnar Billy Bremner Tony Butler Paul Carrack Jim Keltner

Studio albums	Pretenders Pretenders II Learning to Crawl Get Close Packed! Last of the Independents Viva el Amor Loose Screw Break Up the Concrete

Live albums	The Isle of View Live in London

Extended plays	Extended Play

Compilation albums	The Singles Greatest Hits Pirate Radio

Singles	"Stop Your Sobbing" "Kid" "Brass in Pocket" "Precious" "Talk of the Town" "Message of Love" "Day After Day" "The Adultress" "I Go to Sleep" "Louie Louie" "Back on the Chain Gang" "My City Was Gone" "2000 Miles" "Middle of the Road" "Time the Avenger" "Show Me" "Thumbelina" "Thin Line Between Love and Hate" "Don't Get Me Wrong" "Hymn to Her" "My Baby" "Room Full of Mirrors" "Where Has Everybody Gone?" "If There Was a Man" "Kid" (remix) "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" "Windows of the World" "Never Do That" "Hold a Candle to This" "Sense of Purpose" "I'm Not In Love" "Night in My Veins" "I'll Stand by You" "977" "Money Talk" "Kid '95" "2000 Miles" (live) "Fever Pitch EP (Going Back)" "Loving You Is All I Know" "Human" "Popstar" "The Losing" "You Know Who Your Friends Are" "Time (Remixes)" "Saving Grace" "Boots of Chinese Plastic" "Break Up the Concrete" "Love's a Mystery"

Related articles	Discography Members

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