"Invalid Litter Dept." | ||||
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Single by At the Drive-In | ||||
from the album Relationship of Command | ||||
Released | 12 March 2001 (UK) | |||
Genre | Post-hardcore, emo | |||
Length | 6:07 | |||
Label | Grand Royal / Virgin VUS193 (UK, 7-inch) VUSCD193 (UK, CD1) VUSDX193 (UK, CD2) | |||
Songwriter(s) | At the Drive-In | |||
Producer(s) | Ross Robinson | |||
At the Drive-In singles chronology | ||||
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"Invalid Litter Dept." is a song by American rock band At the Drive-In, released in 2001 as the third single from the album Relationship of Command . The CD release in March 2001 came in a variety of international formats, including the standard two CDs in the United Kingdom. The Australian release included the UK B-sides from the two CD releases. "Invalid Litter Dept." is the band's highest charting single in the UK, peaking at No. 50 on the UK Singles Chart [1] and No. 47 on the Scottish Singles Chart. [2]
The song's lyrics and music video deal with the Juárez femicides, a series of rapes and murders in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, of young women who worked in factories called maquiladoras. Cd. Juárez is located just across the U.S.-Mexican border from El Paso, Texas, At the Drive-In's home town. The song explicitly criticizes the federales, or the Mexican Federal Police, for their lack of response to these cases.
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