Neither. Jim Croce. :-)
"Change Gang." I sense a parody coming on. Maybe later this week.]*** Neither. Jim Croce. :-) ***'Sam Cooke or The Pretenders?'
'scuse me for buttin' in guys.
'Chain Gang' was written and sung by Sam Cooke and released on July 26, 1960.
'The Pretenders' (Chrissie Hynde & The Pretenders) did 'Back On The Chain Gang'. It was a completely different song. Written by Chrissie Hynde and released on November 12, 1982
And Jim Croce did do a cover version of Sam cooke's 'Chain Gang' but I can't find a release date or which album it was on.
And fwiw, 'Chain Gang' is R&B, while 'Back On The Chain Gang' is Rock & Roll.
And if Charles is going to do a Parody, i'll back off - even though I have my EE-lectric gee-tar out and the amp vol at '11'
Just kidding, the neighbors would shoot me.
I keep the amp (Fender G-Dec) on 5 w/ the gee-tar vol on 3