Chains (Patty Loveless song)
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"Chains" is a single release by Patty Loveless
, recorded at MCA/Nashville in the spring of 1988. It was included on her third album with MCA Records, Honky Tonk Angel, with the single being released in December 1989. It was the fifth single released from the album.
In its original form, the song had a much slower tempo than the one recorded by Loveless. Tony Brown, one of her producers at the time, decided to speed up the tempo for the arrangement she recorded.
According to Loveless, "I remember they were putting it on hold for George (Jones), but somehow it got pitched to me too. Sometimes that happens, it does you know, by fault sometimes. And I remember Nancy was telling George you need to cut this song. But he didn't cut it, and after I did, it became a number one for me, and George and I remember talking about it backstage one night at the Opry, and we were getting ready to do an awards show together. And he says, he was talking to Nancy, and Nancy was standing beside us, this is George's wife, and he says "See honey, I told you that was more a woman's song than a man's song."
The song charted for 26 weeks on the Billboard
Hot Country Singles and Tracks
chart, reaching No. 1 during the week of March 10, 1990.
Patty Loveless
Patty Loveless , is an American country music singer.Since her emergence on the country music scene in late 1986 with her first album, Loveless has been one of the most popular female singers of the Neotraditional country movement, although she has also recorded albums in the Country pop and...
, recorded at MCA/Nashville in the spring of 1988. It was included on her third album with MCA Records, Honky Tonk Angel, with the single being released in December 1989. It was the fifth single released from the album.
Background
"Chains" was Loveless' second career No. 1 hit, with both this song and the earlier "Timber I'm Falling In Love" coming from Honky Tonk Angel.In its original form, the song had a much slower tempo than the one recorded by Loveless. Tony Brown, one of her producers at the time, decided to speed up the tempo for the arrangement she recorded.
According to Loveless, "I remember they were putting it on hold for George (Jones), but somehow it got pitched to me too. Sometimes that happens, it does you know, by fault sometimes. And I remember Nancy was telling George you need to cut this song. But he didn't cut it, and after I did, it became a number one for me, and George and I remember talking about it backstage one night at the Opry, and we were getting ready to do an awards show together. And he says, he was talking to Nancy, and Nancy was standing beside us, this is George's wife, and he says "See honey, I told you that was more a woman's song than a man's song."
The song charted for 26 weeks on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
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Hot Country Singles and Tracks
Hot Country Songs
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chart, reaching No. 1 during the week of March 10, 1990.
Chart positions
| Chart (1990) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |