Deeper Underground: Difference between revisions

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| released = {{Startstart date|1998|75|1320|df=yes}}

| label = [[S2 Records|Sony Soho Square]]

Directed by Mike Lipscombe, the [[music video]] was used as a promotional tool for the 1998 film ''[[Godzilla (1998 film)|Godzilla]]''. Partly shot on location at [[State Cinema|Grays' State Theatre]], it depicts a 3D [[film theatre]] in which the movie is being shown. However, as the screen shows Godzilla walking on the ocean floor, one of its feet breaks the screen, causing water to flood into the theatre as if the screen were made of glass and everything behind it were real. The theatre turns into chaos as the audience tries to get out alive, in the midst of which Jay Kay appears and sings and dances on top of the seats. Several other things go through the screen, including a [[Bell UH-1|helicopter]], cars, and a New York taxitaxis. Some stills from the movie are also interspaced between various scenes. At the end of the video, the camera pans out, and it emerges that this entire flood was itself being watched by a different cinema audience on another screen.

During the making of the video, the extras were not informed beforehand about the sudden influx of water near the start of the video, so the terrified reactions as they try to escape are actually genuine.{{citation<ref>Jay needed|date=MarchKay 2021}}speaking on ''Jamiroquai High Times Singles 1992-2006'' DVD (Sony BMG 2006), ''Behind the music Chapter III'' at 3'50"</ref>

Another version of the video replaces Godzilla with a man in the movie who smashes an aquarium, causing the theatre to flood. The rest of the video is completely identical.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jamiroquai {{!}} Music {{!}} Music Videos {{!}} Deeper Underground (Non-Godzilla Edit) |url=https://funkin.com/music/music_videos/deeper_underground/non-godzilla_edit/ |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=funkin.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Contigolo |date=2024-03-17 |title=Deeper Underground alternate music video |url=http://www.reddit.com/r/jamiroquai/comments/1bglz33/deeper_underground_alternate_music_video/ |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=r/jamiroquai}}</ref>

==Charts and sales==

!scope="row"|Iceland ([[Íslenski listinn|Íslenski Listinn Topp 40]])<ref>{{cite newspapernews|url=https://timarit.is/page/2972360#page/n10/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (30.7.–6.8. 1998)|newspaper=[[DV (newspaper)|Dagblaðið Vísir]]|language=is|page=11|date=31 July 1998|access-date=3 October 2019}}</ref>

!scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)<ref>{{cite newspapernews|url=https://timarit.is/page/2978871?iabr=on#page/n29/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 100 – Vinsælustu Lögin '98|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=34|date=2 January 1999|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>

===Certifications and sales===

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Jamiroquai|title=Deeper Underground|award=Silver|relyear=1998|certyear=2013|id=9063-1616-1|salesamount=339,100|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/jamiroquais-official-top-10-biggest-singles-revealed__18595/|title=Jamiroquai's Official Top 10 Biggest Singles Revealed|last=Myers|first=Justin|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=28 March 2017|access-date=22 May 2019}}</ref>|access-date=27 September 2020}}