"Take These Chains from My Heart" is a 1953 single by Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys, written by Fred Rose

Fred Rose (musician)

Fred Rose was an American Hall of Fame songwriter and music publishing executive.-Biography:Born in Evansville, Indiana, Fred Rose started playing piano and singing as a small boy. In his teens, he moved to Chicago, Illinois where he worked in bars busking for tips, and finally vaudeville...

 and Hy Heath

Hy Heath

Songwriter, composer and author Hy Heath was educated in public schools and then became a comedian in musical comedy, vaudeville, minstrel and burlesque shows. His chief musical collaborators included Johnny Lange and Fred Rose. His most successful composition was 'Mule Train' which earned him an...

. The song was the last of Hank Williams' country number-one hits. The song reached Number One on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Country & Western Best Sellers chart.

Cover version

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

s of "Take These Chains from My Heart" were recorded by numerous artists. Most notably:

• Ray Charles
  Ray Charles
  Ray Charles Robinson , known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records...
  
   (1963) on the album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volume Two
  Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volume Two
  Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volume Two is a 1962 album by Ray Charles. It is the second volume of country and western recordings by Charles following his landmark debut on ABC Records...
  
  . The song peaked at #8 on the Billboard chart and at #5 in the UK charts.
• Lee Roy Parnell
  Lee Roy Parnell
  Lee Roy Parnell is an American country music artist. Active since 1990, he has recorded eight studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts...
  
   (1994) on the album On the Road
  On the Road (Lee Roy Parnell album)
  On the Road is the third studio album by American country music singer Lee Roy Parnell. It was released October 26, 1993 via Arista Nashville...
  
  , with a guest vocal from Ronnie Dunn
  Ronnie Dunn
  Ronnie Gene Dunn is an American country music singer-songwriter, known for being one half of the duo Brooks & Dunn. In 2011, Dunn began working as a solo artist following the breakup of Brooks & Dunn...
  
   of Brooks & Dunn
  Brooks & Dunn
  Brooks & Dunn was an American country music duo consisting of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, who were both vocalists and songwriters. They were paired by record producer Tim DuBois in 1990. Before the duo's foundation, both members of the duo were solo recording artists...
  
  . Parnell's version peaked at #17 on the Billboard country singles charts.