The Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang / Way To Go To Ohio flac album

Back on the Chain Gang" is a song written by Chrissie Hynde and originally recorded by her band the Pretenders, and released as a single by Sire Records in September 1982. The song also was released on The King of Comedy soundtrack album in March 1983 and later was included on the Pretenders' next album Learning to Crawl in January 1984. Back on the Chain Gang" entered the Billboard charts in early October 1982, then reached no. 5 on the Hot 100 becoming the band's biggest hit in the .

A Chain Gang is a group of convicts who are chained together while they do manual labor, usually outside. This was the first Pretenders single featuring Billy Bremner and Tony Butler, who replaced Farndon and Honeyman-Scott. This was released as a single almost two years before the album came out. More songs from Pretenders. More songs that are tributes to friends who died .

Em A. D ADA. Aaaah, back on the chain gang. Circumstance beyond our control oh The phone, the TV, and the news of the world Got in the house like a pigeon from hell, oh Threw sand our eyes and descended like flies. Put us back on the train, yeah Aaaaah, back on the chain gang. D A Em7 D A Em7 D. Em A We're back on the train (ooh, ah) Ohh A D AG. Back on the chain gang. G. The circumstance beyond our control oh The fool on TV and the news of the world Got in the house like a pigeon from hell, oh Crescending our eyes and descended like flies  . I'll have to see if I can get them to play it. BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG- The Pretenders. D A Em7 D A Em7 (rpt over riff). BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG (The Pretenders).

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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. 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.

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The double-vinyl release will also include live b-sides from the recording session and three previously unreleased tracks. Morrissey has been playing Back On The Chain Gang live for a few years no. .