Unchained (song)
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| "Unchained" | ||||
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| Single by Van Halen | ||||
| from the album Fair Warning | ||||
| B-side | "Push Comes to Shove" "So This Is Love?" (Japan)[1] | |||
| Released | July 1981 | |||
| Recorded | March–April 1981 | |||
| Studio | Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal[2] | |||
| Length | 3:29 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Producer | Ted Templeman | |||
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| Music videos | ||||
| "Unchained" on YouTube | ||||
"Unchained" is a song from Van Halen's fourth album Fair Warning. The song was released as a single in various countries, including Germany, Spain, and Japan.
Vocalist David Lee Roth's working title for the song was "Hit the Ground Running." The song features prominent use of the MXR M-117 flanger, which became a popular sound and spurred sales of the pedal. A preset for the flanger was also included on the EVH Flanger MXR pedal. It uses a Drop D♭ tuning with suspended fourth chords interspersed. The song is producer Ted Templeman's only vocal contribution to the band, when he says "Come on, Dave, give me a break!" during the interlude of the song.[3]
