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“Locked In The Trunk of A Car” by The Tragically Hip
From the album Fully Completely (1992)
“Locked In The Trunk of A Car” by The Tragically Hip appears on 4 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2010. It was first released in 1992 on the album Fully Completely. Its best result is #19 on the 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of All-Time (2009). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,303 alternative song of all time.
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"Locked in the Trunk of a Car" kicked off the Tragically Hip's third album, Fully Completely, as its lead single in October 1992, and it's the band at its most menacing. The song had been around a while: Gord Sinclair came up with the intro riff on an acoustic guitar back in the late 1980s, and Gord Downie spun some of the words out of a story he told onstage during "Highway Girl" in 1991. The whole thing was written and road-tested a year before they cut it.
Downie delivers it with a slow, creeping dread, over Rob Baker and Paul Langlois' coiled guitars, Sinclair's bass and Johnny Fay's drums, with Chris Tsangarides producing. Fans have long tied the story to the 1970 murder of Quebec cabinet minister Pierre Laporte during the October Crisis; Downie never confirmed it, and called the lyrics a metaphor. It reached 11 on Canada's RPM singles chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 147 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
| 2009 | 98 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | The Top 200 Songs of the 90's According to 102.1 The Edge | 200 |
| 2009 | 19 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of All-Time (2009) | 200 |
| 2010 | 81 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | 102.1 The Edge Top 200 Songs of the 90's (September 2010) | 200 |
Also listed as: Locked In the Trunk of a Car; Locked in the Trunk of a Car.
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