"Ball and Chain" | ||||
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Single by XTC | ||||
from the album English Settlement | ||||
B-side | "Punch and Judy" (Partridge) "Heaven is Paved With Broken Glass" (Partridge) | |||
Released | 26 February 1982 | |||
Recorded | October – November 1981 | |||
Studio | The Manor, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire, England | |||
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Length | 4:28 | |||
Label | Virgin Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Colin Moulding | |||
Producer(s) | Hugh Padgham | |||
XTC singles chronology | ||||
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"Ball and Chain" is a song written by Colin Moulding of XTC for their 1982 album English Settlement. It was issued as the second single from the album on 26 February 1982, following the success of the band's biggest hit "Senses Working Overtime". The single reached No. 58 in the UK Singles Chart.[2]