How to compose a melody for a song

The words "unchain me" are sung repeatedly at the beginning and the lyrics are sung by a choir. Billboard ranked this version as the No. 5 song of 1955.[17] Al Hibbler followed close behind with a vocal version (Decca Records catalog number 29441),[18] that reached number 3 on the Billboard charts and number 2 in the UK chart listings. ................
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