| Trapped | |
| Cover: | Colonel Abrams - Trapped in the cover.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Colonel Abrams |
| Album: | Colonel Abrams |
| B-Side: | Trapped (A Cappella Version) |
| Released: | 1985 |
| Recorded: | 1984 |
| Genre: | House[1] |
| Length: | 3:41 |
| Label: | MCA (23568) |
| Producer: | Richard Burgess |
| Prev Title: | The Truth |
| Prev Year: | 1985 |
| Next Title: | I'm Not Gonna Let |
| Next Year: | 1985 |
"Trapped" is a song by American musician Colonel Abrams, released in 1985 as the first single from his first album Colonel Abrams. 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.[2] Overseas, it went to number three on the UK Singles Chart.
Produced by Richard Burgess in 1984, "Trapped" is widely considered the precursor to house music,[3] and is referred to as a proto-house track and a precursor to garage house.[4]
Mike Stock of Stock Aitken Waterman stated that "Trapped" was a big influence on the 1987 Rick Astley smash hit "Never Gonna Give You Up".[5]
| Chart (1985) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[6] | 1 |
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[7] | 20 |
| Chart (1985) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[8] | 74 | |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[9] | 76 |
. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn. 2004. Record Research. 22.