Ball and chain (disambiguation)
# Ball and chain (disambiguation)

A ball and chain is a type of restraint device.

Ball and chain may also refer to:

## Film and television

* Ball & Chain, a 2004 American film directed by Shiraz Jafri
* "Ball and Chain" (Haven), a television episode

## Songs

* "Ball and Chain" (Big Mama Thornton song), 1968; covered by Janis Joplin
* "Ball and Chain" (Elton John song), 1982
* "Ball and Chain" (Paul Overstreet song), 1991
* "Ball and Chain" (Social Distortion song), 1990
* "Ball and Chain" (The Who song), 2019
* "Ball and Chain" (XTC song), 1982
* "Make This Love Right" or "The Ball and Chain", by Romanthony, 1991
* "Ball and Chain", by Aldo Nova from Aldo Nova, 1982
* "Ball and Chain", by Anouk from Who's Your Momma, 2007
* "Ball and Chain", by Barclay James Harvest from "Once Again", 1971
* "Ball and Chain", by Anthony Hamilton from Soulife, 2005
* "Ball and Chain", by Live from The Death of a Dictionary, 1989
* "Ball & Chain", by Martha Wainwright from Martha Wainwright, 2005
* "Ball & Chain", by Murder by Death from Red of Tooth and Claw, 2008
* "Ball and Chain", by Poison from Flesh and Blood, 1990
* "Ball and Chain", by Razor from Armed & Dangerous, 1984
* "Ball and Chain", by Sublime from 40oz. to Freedom, 1992
* "Ball and Chain", by Thunder from Behind Closed Doors, 1995
* "Ball and Chain", by Tommy James, 1970
* "Ball & Chain", by Van Morrison from Too Long in Exile, 1993
* "Ball and Chain", by Yelawolf from Love Story, 2015
* "Ball and Chain", a song from the television series Nashville, 2013

## Other uses

* Ball-and-chain flail, a medieval weapon with a spiked ball connected by a chain to a handle
* Ball and chain inactivation, a model to explain the fast inactivation mechanism of voltage-gated ion channels
