"Tribulations" is the seventh single from LCD Soundsystem

LCD Soundsystem

LCD Soundsystem was a prominent American dance-punk band from New York City. It was fronted by American singer-songwriter and producer James Murphy, co-founder of record label DFA Records...

, released on September 27, 2005. It appeared as the third track on Disc 1 of the band's eponymous debut double album. The single's cover was designed by Michael Vadino for DFA Design.

The song is featured in the 2005 video game Project Gotham Racing 3

Project Gotham Racing 3

Project Gotham Racing 3 is an arcade-style racing game that was released with the launch of the Xbox 360 on November 22, 2005 for the US market and December 2, 2005 in Europe, and was released on January 12, 2006 in Japan. Developed by Bizarre Creations, it is the third installment in the Project...

, the 2006 video game Driver: Parallel Lines

Driver: Parallel Lines

Driver: Parallel Lines is the fourth video game in the Driver series. The game was released on March 2006 on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox by Atari, Wii and Microsoft Windows on June 2007 by Ubisoft.-Overview:...

, and in the episode of The Office "Night Out

Night Out

"Night Out" is the fifteenth episode of the fourth season of the American comedy television series The Office, and the show's sixty-eighth episode overall. The episode was written by Mindy Kaling and directed by Ken Whittingham. It first aired in the United States on April 24, 2008 on NBC...

", when Michael and Dwight visit Ryan in a club in New York City

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. It is featured in the game Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party 2 for the Wii

Wii

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 as an available song to dance to. Tribulations is also a featured song in the opening theme to the Sound Opinions

Sound Opinions

Sound Opinions is a radio talk show focusing on rock music. It airs Friday night at 8 PM CST and Saturday morning at 11 AM CST on Chicago Public Radio. The show is hosted by Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot and features interviews with musicians and industry figures as well as featuring current music...

 radio show.

CDS

1. "Tribulations" (Edit) – 3:52
2. "Tribulations" (Tiga's Out of the Trance Closet Mix) – 6:02

12"

1. "Tribulations" (Edit)
2. "Tribulations" (Tiga's Out of the Trance Closet Mix)
3. "Tribulations" (Lindstrom Mix)

Music video

The video for "Tribulations" was first aired in August 2005. It was directed by Dougal Wilson

Dougal Wilson

Dougal Wilson is a director of commercials and music videos.Wilson was born in Heswall, England. After studying astrophysics at Durham University, he worked as a copywriter at the Leith advertising agency in Edinburgh before moving to London to pursue a career as a director.His music videos...

 and produced by Colonel Blimp. It features James Murphy walking around through various screens, sometimes walking out of a screen into the real setting, just to walk back into the next screen.