Chained

About Chained

"Chained" is a 1968 single released by soul singer Marvin Gaye on the Tamla label. Written and produced by Frank Wilson, the song, much like his previous hit, "You", directed the singer towards a grittier and funkier musical element than his previous hits. His second non-duet solo hit after two years of, mostly, duet singles with the likes of Kim Weston and Tammi Terrell, the song talked about how he was just with his estranged lover and then the lover disappeared and the narrator hopes to bring her back home. The song was another top forty entry for Gaye peaking at number thirty-two on the chart while ascending to number eight R&B. The male background singing group, The Originals, would later collaborate with Gaye on their own singles such as "Baby I'm for Real" and "The Bells". The song was first recorded by actor Paul Petersen in 1967. more »

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1974

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Seems just yesterday, you were in my arms
And in a special way you touched my heart with all your charms
And now you're gone (now you're gone)
Oh, and I find myself (I find myself)
Honey, I'm all alone (I'm all alone)
And there's no love left (there's no love left)

Hey, don't know why I failed
For you I've always cared
I did all I know to win your love and make it so
Always stay but you turned away
Honey, what could I say?
How could you, how could you, how could you do me this way?

'Cause I'm chained
To your love and affection
'Cause I'm chained
'Cause your love is my only direction

Oh, uh-uh-uh
I, I, I, I've got to make it right
Somehow it all went wrong
Somewhere down the line
The love I lost, I've got to find
(Whoah, and it won't be long)
Gonna make it right, baby (gonna make it right, baby)
And carry you tenderly back home

'Cause I'm chained
To your love and affection
Girl, I'm chained
Yeah, when I hear your name
I tremble, how I tremeble, yeah (can't, can't, can't help loving you)
Oh, you know, oh, you know (can't, can't, help yourself)

Baby, oh, baby
Oh, now I admit that I
Haven't been the perfect guy
For a girl as sweet as you but my heart and soul cries out to you

(One more chance, that's all I need)
I'm gonna make it right, baby (gonna make it right, baby)
If you'll just stay, stay with me

'Cause I'm chained, chained
Oh, I'm chained
To your love and afection
'Cause I'm chained, chained

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Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), born Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr., was an American singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned more than two decades. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., he was the son of a storefront minister of a local Pentecostal church sect and grew up singing gospel in church revivals as a young child. Gaye branched out into secular music as a teenager, joining the doo-wop group The Marquees, after returning from an honorable discharge from the United States Air Force, before the group was hired by Harvey Fuqua to be Harvey & The Moonglows. Following the band's separation in 1960, Gaye began working as a session drummer for the Detroit music label, Anna, before signing with Motown Records in 1961, adding an "e" to his s… more »

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