Trapped (Colonel Abrams song)

"Trapped"
Single by Colonel Abrams
from the album Colonel Abrams
Released	1985
Format	12", 7"
Length	4:13 (Vocal Version)
Label	MCA (US MCA-23568)
Writer(s)	Colonel Abrams, Marston Freeman
Producer(s)	Richard Burgess

"Trapped" is a single released by American dance music artist Colonel Abrams in 1985. It has since become known as Abrams' signature song and still receives airplay on dance radio stations in the UK and the US.

This song has arguably remained Abrams' biggest hit on both sides of the Atlantic, topping the US Hot Dance Club Play chart for one week in September 1985 and peaking at number 20 on the soul chart. Overseas, it went to number three on the UK Singles Chart. The single has also been used as a sampled loop in Marradonna's 1994 club single "Out Of My Head".

This track was also remixed by Boards of Canada under their Hell Interface pseudonym. The resulting track, also called "Trapped", was released on Skam Record's MASK 200.

In 2014 the track was sampled by the Subs reaching the charts, and released on their album Hologram.

Track listing

• 12" single

Radio Version (A-side)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Trapped (Vocal Version)""	4:13
2.	"Trapped (Dub Version)"	4:06
3.	"Trapped (A Cappella Version)"	4:16

Dance Version (B-side)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Trapped (Vocal Version)"	6:30
2.	"Trapped (Dub Version)"	6:44

Chart positions

Chart (1985)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	#1
US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	#1
US Billboard Hot Black Singles	20
UK Singles Chart	#3

See also

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)

External links

• Trapped at Discogs (list of releases)
• Hell Interface - Trapped at Discogs
• Trapped featured in Private Browsing sketch from Mock the Week series 13, episode 11

Preceded by "Shout" by Tears for Fears

Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single September 7, 1985

Succeeded by "Eight Arms to Hold You" by Goon Squad