Adam in Chains

"Adam in Chains"
Single by Billy Idol
from the album Cyberpunk
Released20 September 1993
Recorded1992, Los Angeles, U.S.
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Length3:54
LabelChrysalis
Songwriter(s)Billy Idol, Robin Hancock
Producer(s)Robin Hancock
Billy Idol singles chronology
"Shock to the System"
(1993)
"Adam in Chains"
(1993)
"Wasteland"
(1993)
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"Adam in Chains" is a song by English rock musician Billy Idol, released on 20 September 1993 as the third single from his fifth studio album, Cyberpunk. The song was written by Idol and Robin Hancock, and was produced by Hancock.

The album version of the song has a duration of over six minutes and is divided into two sections: the first two minutes and fifty-four seconds are of a voice coaxing the listener through a hypnotic exercise, encouraging them towards a state of relaxation. The remainder of the song consists of Idol singing in a melodious, slow tempo. For its release as a single in the UK and Europe, a radio edit of the track was created by Hancock.