![]() So for every song on the 1984 album Learning to Crawl, if it sounds like Hynde’s singing about a dead friend, then she probably is. What else were we going to do? Stay at home and be miserable, or go into the studio and do what we dig and be miserable? When asked how she could return to releasing music so quickly after the loss, she told Rolling Stone in 1984: “Back On The Chain Gang” was written about the passing of Honeyman-Scott, released three months after his death. With producer Chris Thomas returning to the helm, frontwoman Chrissie Hynde came up with some of her best songs, ranging from fiery rockers (Middle of the Road, My City Was Gone) to tender balladry (Christmastime classic 2000 Miles), with an ace cover of The Persuaders' Thin Line Between Love and Hate to round out the set. Listen to Learning to Crawl by Pretenders on Apple Music. Then Farndon ended up dying of an overdose a few months later. Stream songs including 'Middle of the Road', 'Back On the Chain Gang' and more. Produced by Chris Thomas, it features the all-time Pretenders classics 'Middle of the Road', 'My City was Gone', 'Show Me' and 'Back on the Chain Gang', a 5 pop single. Honeyman-Scott went along with the decision, but a few days later died in an apparent overdose suicide. LEARNING TO CRAWL, the Pretender's stellar third album, debuted in 1984 and hit 5 on the Billboard 200. In June 1982, Hynde and Chambers decided to fire Farndon because he was refusing to treat his drug addiction. ![]() The song was then later included on their third album Learning To Crawl, which came out more than a year after this single.įrom 1978 until 1982, The Pretenders were Chrissie Hynde (vocals/rhythm guitar), James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitar/keyboard), Pete Farndon (bass), and Martin Chambers (percussion). THANK GOD IT WASN’T ‘FULL DIAPER. HER DAUGHTER NATALIE RAE HYNDE WAS LEARNING TO CRAWL AT THE TIME CHRISSIE WAS TRYING TO DREAM UP A NAME FOR THE RECORD. It also reached the top 40 in the UK, New Zealand, Belgium and The Netherlands. THE ACTUAL NAME OF THE ALBUM ‘LEARNING TO CRAWL’, WAS OFFERED UP BY CHRISSIE HYNDE. It became the band’s first of two top 10 US hits. “Back On The Chain Gang” was originally released as a standalone single in the fall of 1982, a year after their second album Pretenders II.
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