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"'''Deeper Underground'''" is a single by British [[funk]] and [[acid jazz]] band [[Jamiroquai]] from 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]]'' (2001). Released in Japan in May 1998 and in the United Kingdom two months later, "Deeper Underground" became a hit in several countries, becominggiving theJamiroquai group's first andtheir only single to reach number -one single on the [[UK Singles Chart]],<ref name="uk"/> selling over 339,100 copies in the UK as of March 2017.

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.

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==

===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}}