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Back on the Chain Gang

1982 · via Pretenders

Pretenders’ 1982 recording of “Back on the Chain Gang” is the earliest release on file. Chrissie Hynde of Pretenders is credited as its writer. Also recorded by Morrissey (released 2017), Danni Carlos (released 2004) and Aaron Watson feat. Twinnie (released 2023), among 39 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. It is on the album Learning to Crawl (1983).

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Hynde wrote it and the Pretenders cut it first, then Morrissey stepped up to it decades later. Put the two side by side and you can hear how well her song holds up in someone else's hands.

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Credited writer: Chrissie Hynde.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1982.

On the album Learning to Crawl (1983).

Other recordings on file · first release year

39 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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