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Oct 12, 2026
JesseHOST
It's another cover, and one of the newest ones that they did.
JesseHOST
The original came out in November 1962, originally by The Cookies, written by the classic songwriting duo Carole King and her husband Gerry Goffin.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Chains.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
My baby's got me locked up in chains.
JesseHOST
Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, one of the big live music shows of the '70s on TV.
JesseHOST
And their job was to pump out songs for other groups to record.
JesseHOST
And I don't know if Chains was originally written with them in mind, but before The Cookies recorded their version, it was originally submitted to heroes of Lennon and McCartney, The Everly Brothers.
MikeHOST
Which would've been good.