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The Pretenders

Back On The Chain Gang

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“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. 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... Read on...

Song lines: ♪ Oh back on the chain gang ... I found a picture of you oh ... Back on the chain gang

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