"Back on the Chain Gang" is a song written by #ChrissieHynde and originally recorded by her band the #Pretenders, and released as a single by #SireRecords in September 1982. The song also was released on #TheKingOfComedy soundtrack album in March 1983 and later was included on the Pretenders' next album, #LearningToCrawl, in January 1984. "Back on the Chain Gang" entered the #Billboard charts in early October 1982, then reached No. 5 on the #Hot100. https://youtu.be/okvl-9svtS0
Pour ce #VendrediLecture, la seule biographie consacrée à #ChrissieHynde en français. Un pavé (1045p) complet, de l’Ohio à Londres en passant par Paris ou Oakland. L’histoire des #Pretenders qui occupe une grande place.
Il date de 2015, quelques trucs sont arrivés depuis dans sa carrière.
🎧 When "Cry Me a River" dropped in the fall of 2002, #rumors flew that the song was about #JustinTimberlake's broken relationship with a more-famous female musical artist. JT confirmed it years later.
I didn't GAF about that mess—I was into #Timbaland's beats and production and your boy's #falsetto!
🎧 In 2007, Canadian #LGBTQ rock band #TheCliks covered "Cry Me a River" on their debut LP, "Snakehouse."
That's #LucasSilvera on lead vocals — the first openly trans man to sign to a major label (#TommyBoy).
On reviewer described the band as "what might happen if #ChrissieHynde and the Murmurs' #LeishaHailey fell in love, got #Bowie to help out with insemination and gave birth to an indie rock love child."