"false"^^ . "178000.0"^^ . "The Kentucky Headhunters songs" . "Take These Chains From My Heart" . "Ray Charles songs" . "ES7930205323" . . "Ernest Tubb songs" . "MGM Records" . "5714dee125ac0d8aee4effa8" . "Little Willie Littlefield songs" . "149460"^^ . . "Martina McBride songs" . "0"^^ . "%22Take These Chains from My Heart%22 is a song by Hank Williams. It was written by Fred Rose and Hy Heath and was recorded at Williams' final recording session on September 23, 1952 in Nashville. The song has been widely praised; Williams' biographer Colin Escott deems it %22perhaps the best song [Rose] ever presented to Hank...It was one of the very few songs that sounded somewhat similar to a Hank Williams song.%22 Williams is backed by Tommy Jackson (fiddle), Don Helms (steel guitar), Chet Atkins (lead guitar), Jack Shook (rhythm guitar), and Floyd %22Lightnin'%22 Chance (bass). In the wake of William's passing on New Year's Day, 1953, the song shot to #1, his final chart topping hit for MGM Records. Like %22Your Cheatin' Heart,%22 the song's theme of despair, so vividly articulated by Williams' typically impassioned singing, reinforced the image of Hank as a tortured, mythic figure." . "1342" . "Fred Rose (songwriter)" . . "Song recordings produced by Scott Hendricks" . "Country ballads" . "29"^^ . "1953 singles" . "1994-05-21"^^ . "Songs written by Fred Rose (songwriter)" . "Scott Hendricks" . "Charlie Rich songs" . . "eng" . "2625835" . "Songs written by Hy Heath" . "Hank Williams songs" . "-18.2"^^ . "Fred Rose (songwriter)" . . "1962-09-07" . . "Take These Chains From My Heart" . "1962-09-07" . "Dottie West songs" . "61f7d927-e0c7-4a62-8324-1dc68dff5663" . "1994 singles" . . "--09-23" . "Lee Roy Parnell songs" . "Ronnie Dunn songs" . "Arista Nashville singles" . "Conway Twitty songs" . "Stonewall Jackson (musician) songs" . "101.6"^^ . "Arista Nashville" . "2007-07-01"^^ . . . "english" . "Rosanne Cash songs" . . "Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles" . . . "1953 songs" .