Chained to the Wheel

"Chained to the Wheel"
Single by The Black Sorrows
from the album Hold On to Me
Released23 January 1989 (1989-01-23)[1]
GenreBlues rock
Length3:57
LabelCBS
Songwriter(s)Joe Camilleri
Nick Smith
Producer(s)Jeff Burstin, Joe Camilleri
The Black Sorrows singles chronology
"The Chosen Ones"
(1988)
"Chained to the Wheel"
(1989)
"The Crack Up"
(1989)

"Chained to the Wheel" is a song by Australian blues and rock band The Black Sorrows. It was released as the third single from their fifth studio album Hold On to Me. It was a big hit, peaking at 9 on the ARIA Charts.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1990, the song was nominated for Single of the Year, losing to "Crying in the Chapel" by Peter Blakeley, and Song of the Year, losing to "Tucker's Daughter" by Ian Moss.[2]

  1. ^ "Platterlog : Singles – New Releases > 23 January 1989". Imgur.com (original document published by Platterlog). Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Winners by Year 1990". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2013.