Locked in the Trunk of a Car

"Locked in the Trunk of a Car"
Single by The Tragically Hip
from the album Fully Completely
Released 1992
Genre Rock
Length 4:42
Label MCA
Writer(s) The Tragically Hip
Producer(s) Chris Tsangarides
The Tragically Hip singles chronology
"On the Verge"
(1991)		 "Locked in the Trunk of a Car"
(1992)		 "Fifty Mission Cap"
(1992)
Alternative Cover

"Locked in the Trunk of a Car" is the first single from Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip's third studio album, Fully Completely. The song was written from the perspective of late Quebec Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte while kidnapped by the FLQ during the October Crisis of 1970.

The song peaked at #11 on Canada's RPM Singles Chart.[1]

Music video

The music video for the song features a transition between the band playing on a soundstage and a man locked in a car trunk with his hands tied in rope, as another man (played by the band's road manager Dave Powell) drives the car around the Canadian Prairies.[2] The video was directed by Peter Henderson and produced by Eric Yealland.[2]

The video won the award for "Best Video" at the 1993 MuchMusic Video Awards. The video was also nominated in the "Best Video" category at the 1993 Juno Awards.[3]

Covers

Singer-songwriter Justin Rutledge covered the song for his 2014 album Daredevil, an album consisting entirely of Tragically Hip covers.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Top Singles - Volume 56, No. 23, December 05 1992". RPM. Retrieved 2010-09-09.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Tragically Hip - Archive". thehip.com. Retrieved 2010-09-16.
  3. ↑ http://junoawards.ca/awards/yearly-summary/?group_id=106&category_ids=106&from_year=1993&to_year=1993&submit=Search
  4. ↑ "Justin Rutledge Ropes In Brendan Canning, Jenn Grant, Andy Maize for Tragically Hip Covers Album". Exclaim!, January 30, 2014.

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