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{{Short description|1998 single by Jamiroquai}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Deeper Underground
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| album = [[Godzilla: The Album]] {{noitalic|and}} [[Synkronized]]
| B-side = [[High Times (song)|High Times]]
| released = {{start date|1998|5|20|df=yes}}
| released = {{Start date|1998|7|13|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1998/Music-Week-1998-07-11-S-OCR.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=23|date=11 July 1998|access-date=6 July 2021}}</ref>▼
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* 4:44 (album version)
* 3:33 (radio edit)
| label = [[S2 Records|Sony Soho Square]]
* [[S2 Records|Sony Soho Square]]▼
* [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]▼
| writer =
* [[Jason Kay]]
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"'''Deeper Underground'''" is a single by British [[funk]] and [[acid jazz]] band [[Jamiroquai]]
▲"'''Deeper Underground'''" is a single by British [[funk]] and [[acid jazz]] band [[Jamiroquai]] that appears on the [[Godzilla: The Album|soundtrack]] to the 1998 film ''[[Godzilla (1998 film)|Godzilla]]''. The song was also included as a bonus track on the group's fourth studio album, ''[[Synkronized]]'', as well as on the special edition of the group's fifth album, ''[[A Funk Odyssey]]''. "Deeper Underground" became a hit in several countries, becoming the group's first and only single to reach number one on the [[UK Singles Chart]],<ref name="uk"/> selling over 339,100 copies in the UK as of March 2017.
==Music video==
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 New York taxis. 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.
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>
==Track listings==
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==Charts
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{{Certification Table Top}}
{{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
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==Release history==
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!scope="col"|Region
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Format(s)
!scope="col"|Label(s)
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!scope="row"|Japan
|20 May 1998
|CD
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sme.co.jp/Music/International/Soon/index.html|title=New Release: International|publisher=[[Sony Music Entertainment Japan]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980523074319/http://www.sme.co.jp/Music/International/Soon/index.html|archive-date=23 May 1998|access-date=25 August 2023}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|United Kingdom
|13 July 1998
|{{hlist|CD|cassette}}
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!scope="row"|United States
|29 September 1998
|[[Contemporary hit radio]]
|[[Work Group|Work]]
|<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|issue=1267|page=37|date=25 September 1998}}</ref>
|}
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Jamiroquai}}
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