Back On The Chain Gang (single)

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MORRISSEY Single
Name Back On The Chain Gang
Release 23 November 2018
Total Length 3:49
Recorded Spring 2018
Writer/composer Chrissie Hynde
Producer Joe Chiccarelli
Art work Cover star: Germaine Greer
Vinyl Etching No matrix message
Publisher Étienne / BMG
Format(s) 7" Clear Vinyl
Chart position UK Vinyl Chart #1
Single chronology
All The Young People Must Fall In Love
←
Back On The Chain Gang
→
Lover-To-Be

Track list

7" Vinyl

UK - [Étienne ‎– 538438461]

  1. Back On The Chain Gang – 3:49 (Hynde)
  2. I Didn't Know What To Do (live) – 1:54 (O' Sullivan)

Lyrics

I found a picture of you, oh oh oh oh
What hijacked my world that night
To a place in the past
We've been cast out of? oh oh oh oh
Now we're back in the fight
We're back on the train
Oh, back on the chain gang

A circumstance beyond our control, oh oh oh oh
The phone, the tv and the news of the world
Got in the house like a pigeon from hell, oh oh oh oh
Threw sand in our eyes and descended like flies
Put us back on the train
Oh, back on the chain gang

The powers that be
That force us to live like we do
Bring me to my knees
When I see what they've done to you
But I'll die as I stand here today
Knowing that deep in my heart
They'll fall to ruin one day
For making us part

I found a picture of you, oh oh oh oh
Those were the happiest days of my life
Like a break in the battle was your part, oh oh oh oh
In the wretched life of a lonely heart
Now we're back on the train
Oh, back on the chain gang

Music Video

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Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 78

Morrissey live history:

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Discogs Information

Credits

  • Lacquer Cut By - Stefan Tenner (2)
  • Model [Sleeve Image] - Germaine Greer
  • Performer [Played By] - Jesse Tobias
  • Performer [Played By] - Matt Walker
  • Performer [Played By] - Solomon Walker
  • Performer [With] - Roger Joseph Manning Jr.

Notes

Issued in a side opening card sleeve. The interior section of the disc holding pocket is printed red, colour co-ordinating with the sleeve text. Silver hype sticker applied directly.

Side A recorded at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles, side B recorded Live in Dublin, Ireland.

℗&© 2018 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited

Runouts: - Runouts are hand-etched - The Optimal Media plating symbols are mirrored and may be inverted

Images

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Wikipedia Information

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"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 a single by Sire Records in September 1982. The song was included on The King of Comedy soundtrack album in March 1983 and was later included on the Pretenders' third album, Learning to Crawl, in January 1984. "Back on the Chain Gang" entered the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, reaching No. 5 to become the band's biggest hit in the United States. It also peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Rock Top Tracks chart and No. 17 on the UK Singles Chart. The single's B-side, "My City Was Gone", later became a substantial hit in the U.S., with lyrics about Ohio.

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