title: Chain gang (disambiguation)
text: # Chain gang (disambiguation)
  
  A chain gang is a system of labor (usually forced) that involves groups of prisoners chained together doing menial labor.
  
  Chain gang may also refer to:
  
  * Chain gang (cycling), a group of cyclists in a close-knit formation, normally for the purposes of training
  * Chain crew or chain gang, the officials on the sidelines of an American football game who carry the first-down indicators connected by chains
  * Chain ganging, an elevated probability for inter-state conflict
  
  ## Literature
  
  * "Chain Gang", a 1978 poem by Patti Smith from Babel
  
  ## Film, radio and television
  
  * The Chain Gang, a 1930 film by Walt Disney starring Mickey Mouse
  * Chain Gang (1950 film), a film by Lew Landers and starring Douglas Kennedy
  * Chain Gang (1984 film), a 3D film
  * The Chain Gang (radio series), a British radio series
  * "Chain Gang" (Only Fools and Horses), an episode of Only Fools and Horses
  
  ## Music
  
  * Chain Gang (band), an experimental punk rock band from New York City
  * "Chain Gang" (song), a 1960 song by Sam Cooke
  * ""Chain Gang" (1955 song)", recorded by Bobby Scott and Jimmy Young
  * "Chain Gang", a song by the Blue Hearts on the b-side of "Kiss Shite Hoshii"
  * The Chain Gang, a Scottish charity supergroup who released the 1987 single "Makin' Tracks"
  