
"Take These Chains from My Heart" is a 1953 single by Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys, written by Fred Rose and Hy Heath. The song was the last of Hank Williams' country number-one hits. The song reached Number One on the Billboard Country & Western Best Sellers chart.
Ray Charles (1963) on the album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volume Two. The song peaked at #8 on the Billboard chart and at #5 in the UK charts.