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chain gang is a system of labor (usually forced) that involves groups of prisoners chained together doing menial labor.
Chain gang may also refer to:
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Chain gang (cycling), a group of cyclists in a close-knit formation, normally for the purposes of training
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Chain crew
In gridiron football, the chain crew (commonly known as the "chain gang") is a crew that manages signal poles on one of the sidelines. There are three primary signal poles: the "rear rod" that marks the beginning of the current set of downs, the ...
or chain gang, the officials on the sidelines of an American football game who carry the first-down indicators connected by chains
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Chain ganging
Chain ganging is a term in the field of international relations describing the elevated probability for interstate conflict or conflagration due to several states having joined in alliances or coalitions.
The agreed principles of such alliances ty ...
, an elevated probability for inter-state conflict
Literature
* "Chain Gang", a 1978 poem by Patti Smith from ''
Babel''
Film, radio and television
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The Chain Gang'', a 1930 film by Walt Disney starring Mickey Mouse
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''Chain Gang'' (1950 film), a film by Lew Landers and starring Douglas Kennedy
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''Chain Gang'' (1984 film), a 3D film
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''The Chain Gang'' (radio series), a British radio series
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"Chain Gang" (''Only Fools and Horses''), an episode of ''Only Fools and Horses''
Music
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Chain Gang (band), an experimental punk rock band from New York City
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"Chain Gang" (song), a 1960 song by Sam Cooke
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"Chain Gang" (1955 song)", recorded by
Bobby Scott and
Jimmy Young
*"Chain Gang", a song by the Blue Hearts on the b-side of "
Kiss Shite Hoshii
was the third single by the Japanese band The Blue Hearts. It was released on November 21, 1987, the same time that the band's second album, ''Young and Pretty'', was released. Lyrics and music were written by Hiroto KÅmoto, the band's lead voc ...
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*The Chain Gang, a Scottish
charity supergroup who released the 1987 single "Makin' Tracks"
See also
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Back on the Chain Gang
"Back on the Chain Gang" is a song written by Chrissie Hynde and originally recorded by her band the Pretenders, and released as a single by Sire Records in September 1982. The song also was released on '' The King of Comedy'' soundtrack album i ...
", a song by the Pretenders
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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
''I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang'' is a 1932 American pre-Code crime-drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Paul Muni as a wrongfully convicted man on a chain gang who escapes to Chicago. It was released on November 10, 1932. The f ...
'', a 1932 American film
*"Livin' on a Chain Gang", a song by
Skid Row
A skid row or skid road is an impoverished area, typically urban, in English-speaking North America whose inhabitants are mostly poor people " on the skids". This specifically refers to poor or homeless, considered disreputable, downtrodden or fo ...
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The Chain Gang of 1974
Kamtin Mohager () is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and graphic designer born in San Jose, California. Raised in Hawaii, and later Colorado, Mohager began pursuing punk rock music in his teenage years. Later inspired b ...
, an indietronica project of Kamtin Mohager
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