The Chain came from Butter Cookie Keep Me There?
 

I was looking through the songfacts website and stumbled upon a comment that was listed under the facts section.....that said

"This began as a Christine McVie song called "Butter Cookie (Keep Me There)," which which is available on the expanded edition of Rumours. The beginning of the track wasn't working, but the band loved Mick Fleetwood and John McVie's ending, which was now on tape. So, they counted back from the bass line, used the kick-drum as a metronome, Nicks gave them the lyrics for the verses, Buckingham and Christine McVie wrote the music and the chorus lyrics, Lindsey added the guitar over the ending, and "The Chain" as we know it was born."(thanks, Kazryn - Potters Bar, England)

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=6269

Does anybody know if there is any truth to this? I've never heard this before or read it anywhere, but I remember that I had downloaded a intrumental version of "The Chain" a year ago and it was labled "Keep Me There." Thanks in advance.

I think it's pretty well-accepted that "The Chain" evolved from a song that they had been calling "Keep Me There." However, I do not think that this "Butter Cookie" song from the extended Rumours is actually "Keep Me There." There is an outtake of "Keep Me There" (the one you mention in your post) that's been floating around, and it sounds much more like precursor to "The Chain" than "Butter Cookie."

Why they would try to pass "Butter Cookie" off as "Keep Me There"...I have no idea.

Thanks a lot for your response :) The first time I downloaded the demo I was a bit confused because it sounded like "The Chain" but it was labeled "Keep Me There." I had lost it and tried to find it again but everytime I mentioned it was labeled "Keep Me There" most thought of Butter Cookie. Then I saw that comment on songfacts and thought perhaps that was the reason. Yet I had never heard that story before and the songs don't even sound alike. Thanks again for that.