Take These Chains Off of Me
1969 · Stop ST 341 · USA
- Artist
- Earl Scott
- Title
- Take These Chains Off of Me
- Release
- Everybody's Got Their Own Little Thing Going / Take These Chains Off of Me
- Year
- 1969
- Label
- Stop # ST 341
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Weatherup
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation — Draft Songs
- "Take These Chains Off of Me" - Country, patriotic, anti-protest, draft - I'm in prison, for 3 years - I came back from Vietnam - Draft card burning and demonstrations - rioting - A rioter hit my son, I choked the man
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Stop ST 341; producer Tommy Hill; published by Window Music and Champion Music. D. J. copy; 45 rpm, ST 5858; written by Weatherup; Champion Music/BMI; time 3:26; credited "Earl Scott (Vocal)"; distributed by Stop Records Inc., 809-B 18th Ave., S. Nashville, Tenn. [From the record label]
Themes
In collections
Draft Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]