Chains (track) by The Beatles
Chains appears on the following album(s) by The Beatles:
- Please Please Me (track #4) (this album) (1963)
- The Beatles Box Set (track #4) (compilation) (1988)
- On Air - Live At The BBC Volume 2 (track #15) (2013)
- The Early Beatles (track #4) (compilation) (1965)
- Introducing... The Beatles (track #4) (1964)
- Twist And Shout (track #2) (1964)
- E.P. Collection (Box Set) (track #12) (compilation) (1981)
- The Beatles In Mono (track #4) (compilation) (2009)
- Mono Collection (track #4) (compilation) (1982)
- The Beatles (track #4) (compilation) (2009)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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80/100  | 06/08/2025 12:09 | stareaterogni0n | | 77/100 |
75/100 | 05/08/2025 21:12 | mash | | 92/100 |
75/100 | 04/18/2025 01:21 | brent13 | | 85/100 |
65/100 | 04/16/2025 21:44 | wizardalien | | 75/100 |
50/100 | 02/13/2025 11:49 | timosbuecherei | | 61/100 |
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This track has a Bayesian average rating of 72.6/100, a mean average of 72.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.1.
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It`s filler, but you can`t go wrong with their vocal harmonies!
This was bad 60 years ago and is even worse today.
Written by the Brill Building songwriting team of Gerry Goffin and Carole King, ‘Chains’ remained in The Beatles’ live repertoire for only a short time and was jettisoned once they assembled a superior set of their own songs. It’s nothing more than filler, but it at least throws in some good harmonies and gives George a chance to sing on this album, so it has that going for it.
Surely one of the most throwaway on the album. I don't really get any enjoyment from this.
A very slight song. Basically a twelve bar with extremely twee lyrics. Even as filler it seems incredibly lightweight and considering it's a cover you wonder why the Beatles bothered to record it. One of the album's most disappointing tracks.
Grzywa 01/30/2016 07:31
My least favourite track on the album. Solid harmonies, though.
I can tell Elvis had SOME kind of influence on them.
Jasonconfused 01/26/2013 09:35
This one is decent. Could have been a bit longer though. Maybe a short solo or something?
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