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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. "Chain Reaction"
is a song by Diana Ross, written by the Bee Gees, who also provided the
backing vocals for the single. The track was released on the album Eaten
Alive in 1985 and as a single in 1986. According to the Gibbs biography,
the brothers had initial reservations about offering the song to Diana
in case it was too Motown for her. The single became her first #1 single
in the UK since I'm Still Waiting in 1971. The song also reached #1 in
Australia and was the top selling single of the year (1986) in that
country. In New-Zealand, it peaked at #3. The song fared less well in
the USA where it initially peaked at #95 on the Billboard Hot 100 late
in 1985. A few months later, a remixed version of the song was issued as
a single (Ross performed this version of the song on the American Music
Awards, which she hosted that year). The new version re-entered the
chart and performed better, but with the diminished momentum, it stalled
at #66. Chain Reaction peaked at #11 in Germany, at #20 in Switzerland
and in France and at #40 in the Netherlands.
