Back On The Chain Gang (single)

Cover art

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]

Back On The Chain Gang – 3:49 (Hynde)
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

Credits

Directed by Liam Lynch

Live History

Play count (Morrissey concert): 78

Morrissey live history:

... further results

Appears On

Low In High School
Back On The Chain Gang (single)

Mentioned In

Discogs Information

Credits

Other [Sleeve Image] - Germaine Greer
Performer - Jesse Tobias
Performer - Matt Walker
Performer - Roger Joseph Manning Jr.
Performer - Solomon Walker

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.

Images

Back On The Chain Gang - Discogs master release: https://www.discogs.com/master/1555496
Back On The Chain Gang (7" 45 RPM Single Clear) - Discogs release: https://www.discogs.com/release/12753562-Morrissey-Back-On-The-Chain-Gang

Wikipedia Information

"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 U.S. It also got as high as No. 4 on Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and No. 17 on the UK Singles Chart. The single's flip side, "My City Was Gone", later became a substantial hit in the U.S., with lyrics about Ohio.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_on_the_Chain_Gang

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