"Trapped in the Body of a White Girl" is the second single released by singer and comedian Julie Brown

Julie Brown

Julie Ann Brown is an American actress, comedienne, screen/television writer, singer-songwriter, television director. Brown is perhaps best known for her work in the 1980s, where she often played a quintessential valley girl character...

. It was the first single from her only album, also called Trapped in the Body of a White Girl

Trapped in the Body of a White Girl

Trapped in the Body of a White Girl is a 1987 album by Julie Brown. Brown purchased the rights to the album 15 years later and re-released it independently, available exclusively on her website...

. The song is a typical 1980s pop song but with comedic lyrics about a woman who feels trapped in the stereotypical lifestyle of a white woman. She would rather "get funky," because she is "sick of sushi" and "watching Vanna White

Vanna White

Vanna White is an American television personality and film actress best known as the hostess of Wheel of Fortune since 1982.-Early life:...

 is such a bore!"

The song had a fairly low-budget accompanying video featuring a Bride of Frankenstein

Bride of Frankenstein

Bride of Frankenstein is a 1935 American horror film, the first sequel to Frankenstein...

theme. It received fairly heavy rotation on MTV

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

. The single was released in three formats: 12" and 7" vinyl record and cassette single.