Back on the Chain Gang

"Back on the Chain Gang"
Single by The Pretenders
from the album The King of Comedy and Learning to Crawl
B-side"My City Was Gone"
Released17 September 1982[1]
RecordedJuly 1982
StudioAIR Studios (London, England)
Genre
Length3:51
LabelSire
Songwriter(s)Chrissie Hynde
Producer(s)Chris Thomas
The Pretenders singles chronology
"I Go to Sleep"
(1981) 		"Back on the Chain Gang"
(1982) 		"My City Was Gone"
(1983)
Music video
"Back on the Chain Gang" on YouTube

"Back on the Chain Gang" is a 1982 song by The Pretenders. It was used in the 1983 movie The King of Comedy. It was included in their third studio album Learning to Crawl. It went to number 5 in both the United States and Canada.

References

  1. ↑ "Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang".