"Battleship Chains" by Volbeat

 

Copenhagen, Denmark psychobilly group Volbeat cover "Battleship Chains," a Southern boogie originally released by Atlanta based band Georgia Satellites in 1986.

According to the unofficial USS New Jersey website, the "50 foot long with a two-ton anchor" line is a gross underestimation.  Battleship chains are really 1.080 feet long with a fifteen-ton anchor.

Each chain link weighs over 100 pounds.

Battleship anchors be heavy.

For another Georgia Satellites cover, Sawyer Brown's version of "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" can be found here.

"Keep Your Hands to Yourself" by Sawyer Brown

 

When I was younger, I had a Georgia Satellites Greatest Hits album.

It was kind of a rip off, because it only had one song on it.  On hindsight, a Cassingle would have made much more fiscal sense.

It was a great hit, though.... their greatest.... and it got the smothered, covered, and chunked treatment by Apopka, Florida country band Sawyer Brown.