“Chain Gang” is a song by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke, released as a single on July 26, 1960.
This was Cooke’s second-biggest American hit, his first hit 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 Cooke was on tour.
Have a safe and happy Labor Day!
Love the song choice Suzi! Makes me think I need to go rewatch the movie “O Brother, Where Art Though”