The Gruesomes - Unchain My Heart (Ray Charles Cover) - Video
PUBLISHED:  Jul 29, 2011
DESCRIPTION:
From '' Tyrants Of Teen Trash ''
Label: OG Music -- OG 10
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Canada
Released: 1986

Tracklist
A1 (Theme From) Bikers From Hell
A2 Cry In The Night
A3 I Never Loved Her
A4 What's Your Problem?
A5 The Witch
A6 Gone For Good
A7 Jack The Ripper
B1 For All I Care
B2 Bloodhound
B3 Get Outta My Hair
B4 Unchain My Heart
B5 My Broken Heart Will Never Mend (Unless You Come Back With The Glue)
B6 Dementia 13

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"Unchain My Heart" is a song written by Bobby Sharp and recorded first in 1961 by Ray Charles and in 1963 by Trini Lopez and later by many others.
Sharp, a drug addict at the time, sold the song to Teddy Powell for $50.
Powell demanded half the songwriting credit.
Sharp later successfully fought for the rights to his song.
In 1987, he was also able to renew the copyright for his publishing company, B. Sharp Music.

The song was a hit for Charles when released as a single in late 1961.
Accompanied by his Raelettes, Charles sang about wanting to be free from a woman "who won't let (him) go".

It was also accompanied by his longtime saxophonist, David "Fathead" Newman and other members of Charles' band.
The song reached number nine on the pop singles chart and number one on the R&B singles chart and was the working title of Charles' 2004 biopic Ray.

Covers

In 1963, doo-wop band The Rivingtons covered "Unchain My Heart" on their Doin' The Bird LP.

The track was further popularised by Joe Cocker when he named his 1987 album after the song.
His version of the song was re-released in 1992 and reached #17 in the UK.
The Australian government controversially used the Joe Cocker version to promote the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in 2000.
Cocker later stated that if he knew it was going to be used for political gain he would not have licensed it.

Another a cappella group, The Bobs, recorded a version in 1994 and George Williams released a version on his Shades album in 2002.
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