"Unchained Melody" . _:b406986167 "0"^^ . "11"^^ . _:b406986170 . "Curb Records singles" . "1955 songs" . _:b406986166 "0"^^ . _:b406986169 "0"^^ . _:b406986173 . _:b406986168 "0"^^ . _:b406986168 . "96.0"^^ . "GBBLG8200158" . "4629" . _:b406986175 . _:b406986171 "0"^^ . "Gareth Gates songs" . "Curb Records" . "Number-one singles in Austria" . "1996-09-28"^^ . _:b406986170 "0"^^ . "Bill Medley" . "322000.0"^^ . "1996 singles" . "english" . "%22Unchained Melody%22 is a 1955 song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. North used the music as a theme for the little-known prison film Unchained, hence the name. Todd Duncan sang the vocals for the film soundtrack. It has since become one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, by some estimates having spawned over 500 versions in hundreds of different languages.Les Baxter (Capitol Records catalog number 3055) released an instrumental version which reached number 1. Then came song recordings by Al Hibbler (Decca Records #29441), reaching number 3 on the Billboard charts; Jimmy Young which hit number 1 in the United Kingdom; and Roy Hamilton (Epic Records no. 9102), reaching number 1 on the R&B Best Sellers list and number 6 on the pop chart. Hundreds of other recordings followed. However, it was the July 1965 version by the Righteous Brothers that became a jukebox standard for the late 20th century, achieving a second round of great popularity when it was featured in the 1990 blockbuster film Ghost." . _:b406986166 . _:b406986173 "0"^^ . "Elvis Presley songs" . _:b406986167 . "Hy Zaret" . _:b406986164 . . . _:b406986165 . . _:b406986172 "0"^^ . "-0.398502"^^ . _:b406986162 . _:b406986163 . "Song recordings produced by Phil Spector" . _:b406986160 . _:b406986161 . _:b406986174 . _:b406986175 "0"^^ . "The Righteous Brothers songs" . _:b406986175 . _:b406986172 . _:b406986173 . _:b406986170 . _:b406986174 "0"^^ . "CD single" . _:b406986174 . _:b406986171 . "Gramophone record" . _:b406986168 . "Cassette single" . _:b406986169 . "1955 singles" . "03505897-535b-4eab-913d-223e45d01bed" . "Alex North" . "1990 singles" . "1965 singles" . "Steve Mac" . "Irish Singles Chart number-one singles" . . . _:b406986158 . _:b406986159 . "Number-one singles in Australia" . "2002-03-18"^^ . "1995 singles" . "Heart (band) songs" . _:b406986169 . "Cyndi Lauper songs" . "12178649" . "Number-one singles in New Zealand" . "LeAnn Rimes songs" . "Leo Sayer songs" . "Stockholm, Sweden" . . . _:b406986160 . "Songs written by Hy Zaret" . "Singles certified silver by the Syndicat National de l'\u00C9dition Phonographique" . _:b406986164 . "Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one singles" . _:b406986166 . "Perry Como songs" . "-12.4"^^ . "Philles Records" . "Pop ballads" . "U2 songs" . _:b406986159 . "1996" . . _:b406986161 . "false"^^ . "false"^^ . _:b406986159 "0"^^ . "1965-07-17"^^ . _:b406986162 . "125854"^^ . "0"^^ . "false"^^ . _:b406986158 "0"^^ . "Oricon International Singles Chart number-one singles" . _:b406986158 . "Unchained Melody" . "Joe Stampley songs" . "UK Singles Chart number-one singles" . _:b406986167 . . "Robson & Jerome songs" . "Phil Spector" . "Ricky Nelson songs" . _:b406986161 "0"^^ . "Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one singles" . "-0.372926"^^ . "5714ded825ac0d8aee487722" . "2009-08-24"^^ . _:b406986165 . _:b406986160 "0"^^ . "Harry Belafonte songs" . _:b406986163 . _:b406986163 "0"^^ . "Barry Manilow songs" . "Sony BMG" . _:b406986172 . _:b406986162 "0"^^ . "Songs with music by Alex North" . _:b406986165 "0"^^ . "A-side Studios," . _:b406986171 . "2002 singles" . "Ronnie McDowell songs" . _:b406986164 "0"^^ .