Chained to the Rhythm

"Chained to the Rhythm"
A silhouette of a woman holding her fingers making a round shape on her eyes.
Single by Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley
from the album Witness
ReleasedFebruary 10, 2017 (2017-02-10)
Recorded2017
Studio
  • MXM Studios (Los Angeles, California)
  • Wolf Cousins (Stockholm, Sweden)
Genre
Length3:57
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Max Martin
  • Ali Payami
Katy Perry singles chronology
"Rise"
(2016)
"Chained to the Rhythm"
(2017)
"Bon Appétit"
(2017)
Skip Marley singles chronology
"Lions"
(2017)
"Chained to the Rhythm"
(2017)
"Calm Down"
(2017)
Music video
"Chained to the Rhythm" on YouTube

"Chained to the Rhythm" is a song by American singer Katy Perry from her fifth studio album, Witness (2017). It was released on February 10, 2017, through Capitol Records as the lead single from the album. The song features vocals from Jamaican singer Skip Marley. The artists co-wrote the track with its producers Max Martin and Ali Payami, with additional writing from Sia. It is a dance-pop, disco and dancehall song, with lyrics about political awareness.

"Chained to the Rhythm" reached number one in Poland and Hungary, as well as the top five in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States and the top 10 in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.

Mathew Cullen directed the song's music video, which was released on February 21, 2017. The video features Perry in an amusement park called "Oblivia". It was nominated for three awards at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards. Perry and Marley promoted the song with live performances at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards, the 2017 Brit Awards, and the 2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards.