The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
metal shackles; for hands or legs
Synonyms: iron, irons, chain
Chains
| WordNet: chains |
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| Lyrics: Chains |
Performed by: Carole King; The Beatles; The Cookies
Written by: Gerry Goffin; Carole King
Credits: Goffin, Gerry (Songwriter); King, Carole (Songwriter); SCREEN GEMS-EMI MUSIC INC (Publisher)
| Wikipedia: Chains (song) |
| "Chains" | |
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| Single by The Cookies | |
| Released | November 1962 |
| Format | 7" single |
| Writer(s) | Gerry Goffin/Carole King |
| "Chains" | ||||
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| Song by The Beatles
from the album Please Please Me |
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| Released | March 22, 1963 (mono) April 26, 1963 (stereo) |
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| Recorded | February 11, 1963 | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll | |||
| Length | 2:23 | |||
| Label | Parlophone | |||
| Writer | Gerry Goffin/Carole King | |||
| Producer | George Martin | |||
| Please Please Me track listing | ||||
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"Chains" is a song composed by the Brill Building husband-and-wife songwriting team Gerry Goffin and Carole King and was a minor hit for Little Eva’s backing singers, The Cookies (#17 U.S.),[1] and later covered by The Beatles.
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The Beatles' version
The single by The Cookies was a popular cover song for Liverpool bands after its release in November of 1962[2] and was included briefly in the Beatles' live sets.[3] They recorded it on 11 February 1963 and it appeared on their first album in the UK, Please Please Me.[4] It was the first of two songs on the album with lead vocals by George Harrison, and it features the early Beatles trademark harmonica introduction with backing vocal harmonies provided by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
The Beatles played the song live on BBC radio shows including Side by Side, Here We Go and Pop Go The Beatles.[2]
Music critic Ian MacDonald criticised The Beatles performance, writing that it was slightly out-of-tune and lacked spontaneity.[3]
Personnel
- George Harrison – lead vocal, lead guitar
- Paul McCartney – harmony vocal, bass
- John Lennon – harmony vocal, rhythm guitar, harmonica
- Ringo Starr – drums
- George Martin – producer
- Norman Smith – engineer
- Personnel per MacDonald[3]
Notes
References
- Harry, Bill (2000). The Beatles Encyclopedia: Revised and Updated. London: Virgin Publishing. ISBN 0-7535-0481-2.
- Lewisohn, Mark (1988). The Beatles Recording Sessions. New York: Harmony Books. ISBN 0-517-57066-1.
- MacDonald, Ian (2005). Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties (Second Revised ed.). London: Pimlico (Rand). ISBN 1-844-13828-3.
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