"Back on the Chain Gang" is a song written by American-British musician Chrissie Hynde, originally recorded by her band the Pretenders and released as...
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A chain gang or road gang is a group of prisoners chained together to perform menial or physically challenging work as a form of punishment. Such punishment...
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My City Was Gone (category The Pretenders songs)
by the rock group The Pretenders. The song originally appeared in October 1982 as the B-side to the single release of "Back on the Chain Gang"; the single...
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"Message of Love" (1981), "My City Was Gone" (1982), "Back on the Chain Gang" (1982), "Middle of the Road" (1983), "2000 Miles" (1983), "Don't Get Me Wrong"...
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Learning to Crawl (redirect from Time the Avenger)
caretaker line-up of the band in 1982. Bremner played guitar and Butler played bass on the band's September 1982 single "Back on the Chain Gang" and its B-side...
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James Honeyman-Scott (category The Pretenders members)
the band, sang back-up vocals and played keyboards on a few tracks. The song "Back on the Chain Gang" was written as a tribute to him by Chrissie Hynde...
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in Pocket" (1979), "Talk of the Town" (1980), "Message of Love" (1981), "Back on the Chain Gang" (1982), "Middle of the Road" (1983), "2000 Miles" (1984)...
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Tony Butler (musician) (category Musicians from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham)
(September 2005). "Classic Tracks: The Pretenders: Back On The Chain Gang". Sound on Sound. Retrieved 10 April 2012. "THE COOL LIST: Devon's 50 coolest people"...
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by shoegaze and alternative rock bands from the 1990s, he formed the indie electronic project The Chain Gang of 1974. He has released five studio albums...
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year later. On 20 July, Hynde and Chambers began recording the single "Back on the Chain Gang", written in tribute to Honeyman-Scott, with session musicians...
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Look up chain gang in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A chain gang is a system of labor (usually forced) that involves groups of prisoners chained together...
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Stevie Nicks (section 1987–1990: Tango in the Night, The Other Side of the Mirror, and Behind the Mask)
1997). "Back on the Chain Gang". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2010. "Fleetwood Mac Timeline for the 1970s"...
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Morrissey discography (redirect from The CD Singles '91–95')
Morrissey – Morrissey Central – Back on the Chain Gang". Morrissey Central. Retrieved 1 November 2018. "Another one bites the dust. - Messages From Morrissey"...
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Legcuffs (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
The term "fetter" shares a root with the word "foot". Shackles are typically used on prisoners and slaves. Leg shackles also are used for chain gangs...
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Heroes". The Plain Dealer. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2011. "The Great Pretender; She's back on the chain gang, but...
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Thomas Dolby 24 "Africa" Toto 25 "Little Red Corvette" Prince 26 "Back on the Chain Gang" The Pretenders 27 "Up Where We Belong" Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes...
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Packed! (category The Pretenders albums)
lineups of the band: guitarist Billy Bremner, who had previously played with the band as a session musician on their "Back on the Chain Gang"/"My City...
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"Chain Gang" is a song by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke, released as a single on July 26, 1960. This was Cooke's second-biggest American hit, his...
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Fotos y Recuerdos (category The Pretenders songs)
EMI Latin in January 1995, as the fourth single. A cover version of the Pretenders' 1983 single "Back on the Chain Gang", "Fotos y Recuerdos" was written...
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Morrissey (category English expatriates in the United States)
November 2018, Morrissey released a cover of the Pretenders' "Back on the Chain Gang", performing it on The Late Late Show with James Corden. In May 2019...
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Big Country (category Pages using the EasyTimeline extension)
backing vocals on Pete Townshend's 1980 hit single "Let My Love Open the Door" and the Pretenders' 1982 hit single "Back On The Chain Gang". Both Butler...
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The Chain Gang Vol. 2 is the second studio album by rap group State Property. It was released in August 2003 to positive reviews. Young Gunz' "Can't Stop...
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Mick Fleetwood (category British expatriate musicians in the United States)
Schruers, Fred (30 October 1997). "Back on the Chain Gang". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2 June 2010. "Fleetwood Mac Timeline for the 1970s". fleetwoodmac-uk.com...
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Lindsey Buckingham (redirect from Songs from the Small Machine: Live in L.A at Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, CA / 2011)
30, 1997). "Fleetwood Mac: Back on the Chain Gang". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 9, 2022. Phil Sutcliffe. "Take it to the Limit". Rockalittle.com. Retrieved...
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Malcolm Foster (category The Pretenders members)
was the band's commercial rebound after losing James Honeyman-Scott and Pete Farndon, featuring hits such as "Back on the Chain Gang," "Middle of The Road...
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Low in High School (redirect from I Bury the Living (song))
five bonus live tracks. The deluxe edition studio track "Back on the Chain Gang" was issued as a single in late 2018. On the review aggregator website...
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Press. ISBN 978-1-844490110. Schruers, Fred (October 30, 1997). "Back on the Chain Gang". Rolling Stone. No. 772. Retrieved March 21, 2020. Jennings-x,...
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Song structure (category Pages using the Phonos extension)
Variations include Smokey Robinson's "My Guy", The Beatles's "Ticket to Ride", The Pretenders' "Back on the Chain Gang" (ABABCAB), Poison's "Every Rose Has Its...
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from a Chain Gang is a 1932 American pre-Code crime tragedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Paul Muni as a convicted man on a chain gang who escapes...
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she found out it sampled her "Back on the Chain Gang" (1983) single. She eventually allowed the band to include it on Amor Prohibido after Vela provided...
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