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- Chain_Gang_(song) runtime "2.566666666666667".
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- Chain_Gang_(song) abstract "\"Chain Gang\" is a song by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke, released on July 26, 1960. The song became one of Cooke's most successful singles, peaking at number two on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot R&B Sides chart; it also charted at number seven on the UK Singles Chart.This was Cooke's second-biggest American hit, his first single for RCA Victor after leaving Keen Records earlier in 1959, and was also his first top 10 hit since \"You Send Me\" from 1957, and his second-biggest Pop single. The song was inspired after a chance meeting with an actual chain-gang of prisoners on a highway, seen while Sam was on tour. According to legend, Cooke and his brother Charles felt sorry for the men and gave them several cartons of cigarettes. Cooke was reportedly unsatisfied with the initial recording sessions of this song at RCA Studios in New York in January 1960, and came back three months later to redo some of the vocals to get the effect he wanted.Five months later, Ty Hunter & The Voice Masters tried an Answer Song, \"Free\", but it missed making the Top 100. The songwriting credits are sometimes erroneously attributed to Sol Quasha & Herb Yakus, who wrote a different song with the same title that was recorded by Bobby Scott and made the Top 20 in 1956.".
- Chain_Gang_(song) album Down_the_Highway.
- Chain_Gang_(song) album Swing_Low_(album).
- Chain_Gang_(song) bSide ""I Fall In Love Every Day"".
- Chain_Gang_(song) bSide "Stone Walls".
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- Chain_Gang_(song) genre Folk_rock.
- Chain_Gang_(song) genre Rhythm_and_blues.
- Chain_Gang_(song) genre Soul_music.
- Chain_Gang_(song) musicalArtist Jim_Croce.
- Chain_Gang_(song) musicalArtist Sam_Cooke.
- Chain_Gang_(song) musicalBand Jim_Croce.
- Chain_Gang_(song) musicalBand Sam_Cooke.
- Chain_Gang_(song) previousWork Workin_at_the_Car_Wash_Blues.
- Chain_Gang_(song) producer Hugo_&_Luigi.
- Chain_Gang_(song) producer Terry_Cashman.
- Chain_Gang_(song) producer Tommy_West_(producer).
- Chain_Gang_(song) recordDate "1960-01-25".
- Chain_Gang_(song) recordLabel RCA_Records.
- Chain_Gang_(song) recordedIn New_York_City.
- Chain_Gang_(song) releaseDate "1960-07-26".
- Chain_Gang_(song) runtime "154.0".
- Chain_Gang_(song) runtime "277.0".
- Chain_Gang_(song) subsequentWork Sad_Mood.
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- Chain_Gang_(song) wikiPageLength "5348".
- Chain_Gang_(song) wikiPageOutDegree "44".
- Chain_Gang_(song) wikiPageRevisionID "702833326".
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- Chain_Gang_(song) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Chain Gang (song)".
- Chain_Gang_(song) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Chain Gang Medley".
- Chain_Gang_(song) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Chain Gang".
- Chain_Gang_(song) writer Sam_Cooke.
- Chain_Gang_(song) artist Jim_Croce.
- Chain_Gang_(song) artist Sam_Cooke.
- Chain_Gang_(song) bSide ""I Fall In Love Every Day"".
- Chain_Gang_(song) bSide "Stone Walls".
- Chain_Gang_(song) cover "Chain Gang Cooke.jpg".
- Chain_Gang_(song) format "7".
- Chain_Gang_(song) format "7.0".
- Chain_Gang_(song) fromAlbum Down_the_Highway.
- Chain_Gang_(song) fromAlbum Swing_Low_(album).
- Chain_Gang_(song) genre Folk_rock.
- Chain_Gang_(song) genre Rhythm_and_blues.
- Chain_Gang_(song) genre Soul_music.
- Chain_Gang_(song) label RCA_Records.
- Chain_Gang_(song) label "Lifesong".
- Chain_Gang_(song) lastSingle ""Workin' at the Car Wash Blues"".
- Chain_Gang_(song) lastSingle ""You Understand Me"".
- Chain_Gang_(song) length "277.0".
- Chain_Gang_(song) name "Chain Gang Medley: Chain Gang/He Don't Love You/Searchin".
- Chain_Gang_(song) name "Chain Gang".
- Chain_Gang_(song) nextSingle ""Mississippi Lady"".
- Chain_Gang_(song) nextSingle ""Sad Mood"".
- Chain_Gang_(song) producer Hugo_&_Luigi.
- Chain_Gang_(song) producer Terry_Cashman.
- Chain_Gang_(song) producer Tommy_West_(producer).
- Chain_Gang_(song) recorded "1960-01-25".
- Chain_Gang_(song) recorded "RCA Studio A".
- Chain_Gang_(song) released "1960-07-26".
- Chain_Gang_(song) released "December 1975".