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"Unchained Melody" is a 1955 popular song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. Rerecorded in 1965, it became one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, by some counts having spawned over 500 versions in hundreds of different languages.

In 1955, North used the music as a for the prison film Unchained, hence the name.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unchained_Melody

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WOW! I thought it was called “Unchained” because it DID NOT follow the usual I,vi,IV,V, chord progression, but “wandered off”! That was MY theory, but I guess I was thinking like a MUSICIAN! Love the song, and the Composer.