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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

See also

• Ball chain, a type of chain link
• Hammer throw, a track and field sport with a metal ball attached by a steel wire to a grip
• Meteor hammer, an ancient Chinese weapon consisting of one or two weights connected by a rope or chain
• Wrecking ball, a heavy steel ball hung from a crane that is used for demolishing large buildings