The Cookies Songs - Chains Lyrics

The Cookies - Chains

The Cookies - Chains Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos
Album: Dimension Dolls, Volume 1
Released: 1962

Chains Lyrics

Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains,
And they ain't the kind that you can see.
Whoa, it's chains of love got a hold on me. Yeah!

Chains, well I can't break away from these chains,
Can't run around 'cause I'm not free.
Whoa, these chains of love won't let me be. Yeah!

Now believe me when I tell you I think you're fine.
I'd like to hold you, but, darling, I'm imprisoned by these
Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains,
And they ain't the kind that you can see.
Whoa, it's chains of love got a hold on me, Yeah!

I wanna tell you pretty baby, your lips look sweet.
I'd like to kiss them, But I can't break away from all these
Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains,
And they ain't the kind that you can see.
Whoa, it's chains of love got a hold on me, Yeah!

Writer/s: GOFFIN, GERRY / KING, CAROLE
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Chains Song Chart

This was written by the husband-and-wife songwriting team of Gerry Goffin and Carole King. The previous year, two songs the duo wrote when to #1 in America: "Take Good Care Of My Baby" by Bobby Vee, and "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" by The Shirelles.

This was the Cookies' first pop hit. One year after this became a hit, it earned a special place in music history when the Beatles covered it for their album Please Please Me with lead vocals by George Harrison. The Beatles' version of this song gained popularity quite quickly because of the band's frequent performances on numerous BBC radio shows. (thanks, Airk - Skagway, AK and Jerro - New Alexandria, PA)

The Cookies formed in the '50s, and had an R&B hit in 1956 with "In Paradise." Soon after, Ray Charles hired all the members except Earl-Jean McCrea as his backup singers, The Raelettes. She kept the name, formed a new group and had several hits with this version of The Cookies, including "Girls Grow Up Faster Than Boys" and "Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)." (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)

Little Eva sang backup. She was a babysitter for Gerry Goffin and Carole King, who turned her into a star when they had her record "The Loco-Motion." Goffin has explained that when "Chains" was being rehearsed, he felt that something was missing. He pulled in Little Eva, who was The Cookies' other Dimension Records labelmate, to sing backup and was very happy with the results. He said that she provided the song with the sullen edge it needed.

In his book Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards , Al Kooper cites this as an example of how many songs attributed to the "Brill Building sound" actually came from the building at 1650 Broadway: "Aldon Music, the hottest song-publishing concern of the early sixties and perhaps of all time, dominated 1950's action. Ironically, as I mentioned before, much of what today is called 'the Brill Building sound' actually originated at 1650 right in Aldon's offices!... In 1962, Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Neil Sedaka, Howie Greenfield, Helen Miller, and numerous others competed for space at Aldon's piano to compose the hits that would monopolize the airwaves. Even the Beatles recorded Aldon songs when they first started out."