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A1	Words And Music	3:06
A2	Crying Written-By – Joe Melson, Roy Orbison	3:50
A3	It's Just The Sun	2:30
A4	Lotta Lovin' Written-By – Bernice Bedwell	2:11
A5	Chain Lightning	7:48
B1	Your Cheating Heart Written-By – Hank Williams	3:04
B2	Wonderful Night	3:06
B3	It Doesn't Matter Anymore Written-By – Paul Anka	3:02
B4	Since I Don't Have You Written-By – J. Vogel*, J. Beaumont*, J. Taylor*, J. Verscharen*, Martin*, W. Lester*	2:31
B5	Genesis (In The Beginning)	5:05
B6	It's A Beautiful Life	2:11

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Toshiba EMI Ltd

Credits

• Acoustic Guitar – Don McLean, James D. Capps*, Ray Edenton
• Arranged By [Strings], Conductor [Strings] – Bill Justis
• Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – The Jordanaires
• Bass – Bob "The King" Moore*
• Design, Photography [Inner Photo], Management – Herb Gart
• Drums – Eddy Anderson, Joseph E. Chrisman
• Drums, Percussion – Jerry K. Carrigan*
• Electric Guitar – Billy R. Sanford*
• Electric Piano – Bobby R. Woods*
• Engineer – Billy Sherrill
• Guitar [Tic Tac] – Tommy D. Allsup*
• Photography [Portrait] – Charles Nesbit
• Piano – Chuck Cochran, Hargus "Pig" Robbins*
• Producer – Larry Butler
• Steel Guitar [Pedal Steel] – Pete Drake
• Strings – The Nashville Strings
• Written-By – Don McLean (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B2, B5, B6)

Notes

©and℗ 1978 The Benny Bird Co. Inc.
c/o Herbert S. Gart Management, Inc.
101 W. 57th Street, New York, N.Y. 10019
EMI Made In Japan ¥ 2.500

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
INS 3025, OC 062-62 280	Don McLean	Chain Lightning ‎(LP, Album)	EMI International, EMI International	INS 3025, OC 062-62 280	UK	1978
2001765	Don McLean	Chain Lightning ‎(CD, Album)	CNR Music	2001765	Netherlands	1994
5C 062-62280	Don McLean	Chain Lightning ‎(LP, Album)	EMI	5C 062-62280	Netherlands	1978
7C 062-62280	Don McLean	Chain Lightning ‎(LP, Album)	EMI	7C 062-62280	Sweden	1978
BXL1-7756	Don McLean	Chain Lightning ‎(LP, Album)	Millennium	BXL1-7756	US	1978

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