50+ Music<p>"Back on the Chain Gang" is a song written by American-British musician <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ChrissieHynde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChrissieHynde</span></a>, originally recorded by her band <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/thePretenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thePretenders</span></a> and released as a single by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SireRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SireRecords</span></a> in September 1982. The song was included on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TheKingOfComedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheKingOfComedy</span></a> soundtrack album in March 1983 and was later included on the Pretenders' third studio album, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LearningToCrawl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningToCrawl</span></a>, in January 1984. "Back on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ChainGang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChainGang</span></a>" entered the U.S. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> Hot 100 chart. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXD8le4AebA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=RXD8le4AebA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>