https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:04:58 +0000 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 20:39:02 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=5956 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5956&PID=38284&title=bruce-springsteen-trapped#38284 Author: MMathews
Subject: 5956
Posted: 02 July 2013 at 8:39pm

And as Ed mentioned, it got lots of airplay in NY. All the
rock stations of course, but most notably Z100 played it a
ton.
Bruce was at his height, so i have no doubt this would
have been top 10 had a single been released. ]]> Tue, 02 Jul 2013 20:39:02 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5956&PID=38284&title=bruce-springsteen-trapped#38284 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5956&PID=38283&title=bruce-springsteen-trapped#38283 Author: NightAire
Subject: 5956
Posted: 02 July 2013 at 8:33pm

If you look hereyou'll notice May 11th, 1985 it DID go to #1 on the mainstream rock charts.

I don't find it hitting the Billboard Hot 100, likely because it wasn't released as a single. (SEE: Madonna - Into The Groove.)

KELI in Tulsa pounded the snot our of it in '85, and they were top 40 at the time.

Thanks for the info!!]]> Tue, 02 Jul 2013 20:33:27 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5956&PID=38283&title=bruce-springsteen-trapped#38283 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5956&PID=38260&title=bruce-springsteen-trapped#38260 Author: sriv94
Subject: 5956
Posted: 30 June 2013 at 9:03pm

I heard it a lot in Chicago as well. The Essential
CD version trims out about four of the opening seven
seconds of crowd noise.]]> Sun, 30 Jun 2013 21:03:14 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5956&PID=38260&title=bruce-springsteen-trapped#38260 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5956&PID=38258&title=bruce-springsteen-trapped#38258 Author: Santi Paradoa
Subject: 5956
Posted: 30 June 2013 at 8:14pm

Gene:
I've never seen "Trapped" on a 7" single as an a-side or b-
side. I bet if it had been an a-side it would have sold
and/or charted well. I heard it on south Florida radio
quite a bit back in '85.]]> Sun, 30 Jun 2013 20:14:25 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5956&PID=38258&title=bruce-springsteen-trapped#38258 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5956&PID=38256&title=bruce-springsteen-trapped#38256 Author: NightAire
Subject: 5956
Posted: 30 June 2013 at 7:16pm

Resurrecting this thread briefly...

Was this song EVER released on a 7" single? Discogs doesn't list it anywhere as a single, and that really shocks me...]]> Sun, 30 Jun 2013 19:16:44 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5956&PID=38256&title=bruce-springsteen-trapped#38256 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5956&PID=28269&title=bruce-springsteen-trapped#28269 Author: NightAire
Subject: 5956
Posted: 07 November 2010 at 10:14pm

I can't find it as a B-side, only as tracks on various bootleg Springsteen compilations & the USA For Africa album.

I remember Prince's "For The Tears In Your Eyes" video, but can't remember if the song actually played much on the radio around here.]]> Sun, 07 Nov 2010 22:14:47 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5956&PID=28269&title=bruce-springsteen-trapped#28269 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5956&PID=28256&title=bruce-springsteen-trapped#28256 Author: 995wlol
Subject: 5956
Posted: 06 November 2010 at 7:20pm

"Trapped" received heavy airplay on Twin Cities top 40 WLOL in '85. "Trouble In Paradise" by Huey Lewis &
the News and "4 The Tears In Your Eyes" by Prince also got a lot of airplay off of the "We Are the World" LP as well.]]> Sat, 06 Nov 2010 19:20:38 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5956&PID=28256&title=bruce-springsteen-trapped#28256 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5956&PID=28255&title=bruce-springsteen-trapped#28255 Author: edtop40
Subject: 5956
Posted: 06 November 2010 at 6:34pm

i heard it many times in the nyc market in 1985.....do not
recall what station, maybe z-100 or wplj....was it ever
released as a B-side of any springsteens hits during that
period?

Edited by edtop40]]> Sat, 06 Nov 2010 18:34:44 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5956&PID=28255&title=bruce-springsteen-trapped#28255 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5956&PID=28246&title=bruce-springsteen-trapped#28246 Author: Paul Haney
Subject: 5956
Posted: 06 November 2010 at 4:13am

"Trapped" got a ton of airplay on my local rock station and I did hear it a few times on the Top 40 stations. I also played it on my college radio station at the time. I don't remember cueing past the opening crowd noise.

BTW, the song DID top Billboard's Rock Tracks chart for 3 weeks in May of 1985.

Edited by Paul Haney]]> Sat, 06 Nov 2010 04:13:17 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5956&PID=28246&title=bruce-springsteen-trapped#28246 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5956&PID=28244&title=bruce-springsteen-trapped#28244 Author: NightAire
Subject: 5956
Posted: 05 November 2010 at 11:34pm

Does anybody remember hearing Bruce Springsteen's "Trapped" (live, from the "We Are The World: USA For Africa" album) on the radio in '85?

I ask because my local top-40 station played it, but cropped all of the crowd noise (7 seconds' worth) at the beginning.

I'm sure they simply cued the record past the crowd noise... but I'm wondering if this was standard for stations at the time.

(The song reportedly went to #1 on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks charts.)]]> Fri, 05 Nov 2010 23:34:05 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5956&PID=28244&title=bruce-springsteen-trapped#28244