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chain gang is a system of labor (usually forced) that involves groups of prisoners chained together doing menial labor.
Chain gang may also refer to:
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Chain gang (cycling), a group of cyclists in a close-knit formation, normally for the purposes of training
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Chain crew
In gridiron football, the chain crew (commonly known as the "chain gang") is a crew that manages signal poles on one of the sidelines. There are three primary signal poles: the "rear rod" that marks the beginning of the current set of downs, the ...
or chain gang, the officials on the sidelines of an American football game who carry the first-down indicators connected by chains
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Chain ganging
Chain ganging is a term in the field of international relations describing the elevated probability for interstate conflict or conflagration due to several states having joined in alliances or coalitions.
The agreed principles of such alliances t ...
, an elevated probability for inter-state conflict
Literature
* "Chain Gang", a 1978 poem by Patti Smith from ''
Babel''
Film, radio and television
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''The Chain Gang'' (1930 film), a film by Walt Disney starring Mickey Mouse
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''Chain Gang'' (1950 film), a film by Lew Landers and starring Douglas Kennedy
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''Chain Gang'' (1984 film), a 3D film
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''The Chain Gang'' (radio series), a British radio series
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"Chain Gang" (''Only Fools and Horses''), an episode of ''Only Fools and Horses''
Music
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Chain Gang (band), an experimental punk rock band from New York City
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"Chain Gang" (Sam Cooke song), a 1960 song by Sam Cooke
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"Chain Gang" (1955 song), recorded by Bobby Scott and Jimmy Young
*"Chain Gang", a song by the Blue Hearts on the b-side of "
Kiss Shite Hoshii"
*The Chain Gang, a Scottish
charity supergroup
A charity supergroup is a music group comprising famous musicians or other celebrities which is formed to raise funds or awareness for charities or causes. The supergroup is usually together only for a single album, performance, or single.
T ...
who released the 1987 single "Makin' Tracks"
See also
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Back on the Chain Gang", a song by the Pretenders
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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang'', a 1932 American film
*"Livin' on a Chain Gang", a song by
Skid Row
A skid row, also called skid road, is an impoverished area, typically urban, in English-speaking North America whose inhabitants are mostly poor people " on the skids". This specifically refers to people who are poor or homeless, considered disre ...
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The Chain Gang of 1974, an indietronica project of Kamtin Mohager
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