(Why Are We) Trapped?

Infobox Single
Name = (Why Are We) Trapped?


Artist = King Missile
from Album = Happy Hour
B-side =
Released = 1993
Format =
Recorded =
Genre = Avant-garde, psychedelic rock
Length = 4:30 (album version); 3:13 (radio/video edit)
Label = Atlantic Records
Writer = John S. Hall, Roger Murdock, Dave Rick, Chris Xefos
Producer = Kramer, Steve Watson, King Missile
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "Detachable Penis"
(1992)
This single = "(Why Are We) Trapped?"
(1993)
Next single = "Martin Scorsese"
(1993)

"(Why Are We) Trapped?" is a song by avant-garde band King Missile. It was the second single from the band's 1992 album "Happy Hour."

Content

In "(Why Are We) Trapped?," a psychedelic rock track with prominent lead guitar, frontman John S. Hall sings variants of the question, "Why are we trapped here in the dark so long?" to an unidentified captor. In the chorus, he insists, "We've done everything you told us to do," and demands, "Let us out."cite web
last =
first =
title = Lyrics: (Why Are We) Trapped?
publisher = Farmboy's King Missile
date =
url = http://www.i-mockery.com/kingmissile/trapped.html
accessdate = 2008-05-29 ]

Music video

The video for the edited version of "(Why Are We) Trapped?" was directed by George Seminara.cite web
last =
first =
title = Videography
publisher = Laundry Lists of Nonsense
date =
url = http://www.uptoolate.com/rick/km/video.html
accessdate = 2008-05-29 ] In the video, the band plays while "trapped" in a dark, gloomy pit.cite web
last =
first =
title = Video: (Why Are We) Trapped? (edited version)
publisher = YouTube
date = 2006-11-10
url = http://youtube.com/watch?v=aF_aiFW7M18
accessdate = 2008-05-29 ]

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