"Unchained Melody" is one of the most romantic compositions in the world. According to BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3246887.stm), it is also one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, by some counts having spawned over 500 versions in hundreds of different languages and according to US music website Allmusic has been released on record 697 times (!).
According to official version, in 1955, musician Alex North and lyricist Hy Zaret were contracted to write a song as a theme for the obscure prison film Unchained, and their song eventually became known as the "Unchained Melody." The song doesn't actually include the word "unchained", and songwriter Zaret chose instead to focus his lyrics on someone who pines for a lover he hasn't seen in a "long, lonely time."
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