Chains Around My Heart

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"Chains Around the Heart"
Song by John Farnham
A-side "Burn for You"
ReleasedNovember 1990
Length6:36
Label RCA, Wheatley
Songwriter(s) Richard Marx, Fee Waybill
Producer(s) Ross Fraser
"Chains Around My Heart"
Single by Richard Marx
from the album Rush Street
Released1992
Length5:45
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Richard Marx, Fee Waybill
Producer(s) Richard Marx
Richard Marx singles chronology
"Take This Heart"
(1992)
"Chains Around My Heart"
(1992)
"Can't Help Falling in Love"
(1992)

"Chains Around My Heart" is a song co-written by American musicians Richard Marx and Fee Waybill, originally recorded by Australian singer John Farnham under the title "Chains Around the Heart" as the B-side to his 1990 single "Burn for You". Marx then recorded his own version of the song for his third studio album, Rush Street (1991), and released it as the album's fourth and final single in 1992. Marx's version reached number 44 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, number 17 in Canada, and number 29 in the United Kingdom.

Contents

Personnel

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United States1992Cassette Capitol
JapanOctober 28, 1992Mini-CD [11]
United KingdomNovember 16, 1992
  • 7-inch single
  • CD1
  • cassette
[12]
November 23, 1992CD2 [13]

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