"Make This Love Right" (more commonly known as "The Ball and Chain" [1] ), is a single written and produced by New Jersey garage house producer Romanthony. The song was originally released on Romanthony's label Black Male Records of New Jersey in 1991[ citation needed ] and later released on Azuli Records in 1993. [2]
The nickname for the record comes from the prominent lines in the song:
The ball and chain, will never break me down well. See I can't stand the pain, well, of having you around. I want to get higher, higher and higher, and soar on through the sky.
The song was a cultural craze in the city of Cork, Ireland, in the late 1990s, where it became an anthem for clubgoers at venues like Sir Henry's. [3] Copies of the record were routinely sold for close to IE£100 (€127) in the city[ citation needed ] and it received extensive air-play on mainstream local radio and in nightclubs.[ citation needed ] Such was the demand for the record in Cork that a special repress was made in the year 2000.[ citation needed ]