Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 1978 | |
There Ain't No Good Chain GangBuy There Ain't No Good Chain Gang now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it. | |
Wikipedia article"'There Ain't No Good Chain Gang'" is a song written by Hal Bynum and Dave Kirby, and recorded by American country music artists Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings. It was released in May 1978 as the second single from the album 'I Would Like to See You Again'. The song reached #2 on the 'Billboard' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. ContentThe song is written and sung from the perspective of a prison inmate, writing back home to his family. He tells of the lessons he's learned while incarcerated; the chorus tells the four main ones: #"There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman", #"I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James", #"You don't go writing hot checks down in Mississippi", and #"There ain't no good chain gang". Chart performanceReferencesCategory:1978 singles Category:1978 songs Category:Johnny Cash songs Category:Waylon Jennings songs Category:Songs written by Hal Bynum Category:Song recordings produced by Larry Butler (producer) Category:Columbia Records singles Category:Songs about prison | |
Buy There Ain't No Good Chain Gang now from Amazon <-- Return to songs from 1978 This work is released under CC-BY-SA. Some or all of this content attributed to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1082498275. |