Back On The Chain Gang by The Pretenders
Released in October of 1982, it reached #4 on the US charts. The song was written after the bands original guitarist died of a drug overdose and Chrissie Hynde (lead singer and lead song writer) dedicated the song to him. The guitar solo, performed by a studio musician, was recorded in one take.
But take a look at the video. Chrissie is quite pregnant. Not so obvious during the early parts of the video as she walks along the streets on London singing this great song. But by the end of the song she's walking along a small hill of dirt that the "chain gang" is working on and......yep....she's pregnant. That's a real trooper there. Watch as one of the guys working on the small hill of dirt nearly hits her several time with a pick ax. Hey dude, watch out for the bad ass pregnant rock star. She's way more important than you are.
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Chrissy Hyde is very bad ass. She has an autobiography out I want to read though she was very uncooperative in talking about it when she was on NPRs Fresh Air. Maybe that made it more intriguing?
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