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{{Short description|1998 single by Jamiroquai}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Deeper Underground
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| type = single
| artist = [[Jamiroquai]]
| album = [[Godzilla: The Album]] ''{{noitalic|and''}} [[Synkronized]]
| B-side = "Deeper[[High Underground"Times remixes(song)|High Times]]
| released = {{Startstart date|1998|75|1320|df=yes}}
| recorded =
| format = {{hlist|[[CD single|CD]]|[[Cassette single|cassette]]|[[12-inch single|12"]]}}
| recorded = 1998
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|[[Funk]]|[[Electronic<!-- music|electronic]]}}Do not add unsourced genres -->
| length =
| length = 3:33 <small>([[Radio edit]])</small><br>4:44 <small>(Album/Video version)</small>
* 4:44 (album version)
| label = {{hlist|[[S2 Records|Sony Soho Square]]|[[Epic Records|Epic]]}}
* 3:33 (radio edit)
| writer = {{hlist|[[Jason Kay]]|[[Toby Smith]]}}
| label = [[S2 Records|Sony Soho Square]]
| writer =
* [[Jason Kay]]
* [[Toby Smith]]
| producer = Rick Pope
| prev_title = [[High Times (song)|High Times]]
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| next_year = 1999
}}
"'''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, giving Jamiroquai their only number-one single on the [[UK Singles Chart]], selling over 339,100 copies in the UK as of March 2017.
 
==Music video==
"'''Deeper Underground'''" is a single by British [[funk]]/[[acid jazz]] band [[Jamiroquai]] that appeared 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]]''.
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.<ref>Jay Kay speaking on ''Jamiroquai High Times Singles 1992-2006'' DVD (Sony BMG 2006), ''Behind the music Chapter III'' at 3'50"</ref>
The song became a hit in several countries, finding the most success in the band's native [[United Kingdom]], and becoming the group's first and only single to reach number one on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= [[British Hit Singles & Albums]]
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 623}}</ref> The track replaced [[Another Level (band)|Another Level]]'s ‘[[Freak Me]]’ at the top, and spent a week there before being knocked off by the [[Spice Girls]]' [[Viva Forever]]. To date, Deeper Underground has sold 339,100 copies.<ref>[http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/jamiroquais-official-top-10-biggest-singles-revealed__18595/ “Jamiroquai's Official Top 10 biggest singles revealed”]. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 May 2019</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>
==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 and water floods 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 dances on top of the seats. Several other things go through the screen, including a helicopter, cars and a NYC taxi. 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.
 
==Track listings==
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'''UK CD1'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Deeper Underground|others=[[Jamiroquai]]|year=1998|type=UK CD1 liner notes|publisher=[[S2 Records|Sony Soho Square]]|id=666218 2}}</ref>
; UK CD1<ref>https://www.discogs.com/Jamiroquai-Deeper-Underground/release/638344</ref>
# "Deeper Underground" (Radioradio Editedit)" – 3:33
# "Deeper Underground" (The Metro Mix)" – 76:0059
# "Deeper Underground" (Instrumentalinstrumental)" – 4:44
; UK CD2<ref>https://www.discogs.com/Jamiroquai-Deeper-Underground/release/254626</ref>
# "Deeper Underground" – 4:44
# "Deeper Underground (The Ummah Mix)" – 5:00
# "Deeper Underground (S-Man Meets Da Northface Killa Dub)" – 9:02 {{col-2}}
; 2006 Digital EP<ref>https://www.discogs.com/Jamiroquai-Deeper-Underground/release/10472751</ref>
# "Deeper Underground (Paul Jackson's Version Excursion)" – 6:38
# "Deeper Underground (S-Man Emerged from the Deep Mix)" – 8:00
# "Deeper Underground (The Metro Mix)" – 7:00
# "Deeper Underground (S-Man Meets da Northface Killa Dub)" – 9:01
# "Deeper Underground (Paul Jackson Dub)" – 6:38
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'''UK CD2'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Deeper Underground|others=Jamiroquai|year=1998|type=UK CD2 liner notes|publisher=Sony Soho Square|id=666218 5}}</ref>
==Remixes==
# "Deeper Underground" – 4:44
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# "Deeper Underground" (The Ummah Mix) – 5:01
# "Deeper Underground" (S-Man Meets Da Northface Killa Dub) – 9:02
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'''UK cassette single and European CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Deeper Underground|others=Jamiroquai|year=1998|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Sony Soho Square|id=666218 4}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Deeper Underground|others=Jamiroquai|year=1998|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=Sony Soho Square|id=EPC 665904 1}}</ref>
; [[Roger Sanchez]] Mixes
*# "Deeper Underground" (S-Manradio Emerged From The Deep Mixedit)" – 83:0333
*# "Deeper Underground" (S-ManThe MeetsMetro Da Northface Killa DubMix)" – 96:0259
 
* "Deeper Underground (S-Man Acappella)" – 1:20
'''Australian and Japanese CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Deeper Underground|others=Jamiroquai|year=1998|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=[[Columbia Records]]|id=665989 2}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Deeper Underground|others=Jamiroquai|year=1998|type=Japanese CD single liner notes|publisher=[[Epic Records]]|id=ESCA 7273}}</ref>
; [[The Ummah]] Mix
*# "Deeper Underground" (Theradio Ummah Mixedit)" – 5:00 {{col-2}}
# "Deeper Underground"
; Paul Jackson Mixes
*# "Deeper Underground" (PaulThe Jackson'sMetro Version ExcursionMix)" – 6:38
# "[[High Times (song)|High Times]]" (radio edit)
* "Deeper Underground (Paul Jackson Dub)" – 6:38
; [[Jay Kay]] & [[Toby Smith]] Mix
* "Deeper Underground (The Metro Mix)" – 7:00
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===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
!scope="col"|Chart (1998)
!scope="col"|Peak<br/>position
|-
{{singlechartsingle chart|Australia|46|artist=Jamiroquai|song=Deeper Underground|rowheader=true|accessdate=30 June 2018}}
|-
{{singlechartsingle chart|Austria|28|artist=Jamiroquai|song=Deeper Underground|rowheader=true|accessdate=30 June 2018}}
|-
{{singlechartsingle chart|Flanders|49|artist=Jamiroquai|song=Deeper Underground|rowheader=true|accessdate=30 June 2018}}
|-
{{singlechartsingle chart|Wallonia|20|artist=Jamiroquai|song=Deeper Underground|rowheader=true|accessdate=30 June 2018}}
|-
!scope="row"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-08-01.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=15|issue=31|page=11|date=1 August 1998|access-date=6 February 2020}}</ref>
{{singlechart|Finland|8|artist=Jamiroquai|song=Deeper Underground|rowheader=true|accessdate=30 June 2018}}
|6
|-
{{singlechartsingle chart|FranceFinland|248|artist=Jamiroquai|song=Deeper Underground|rowheader=true|accessdate=30 June 2018}}
|-
{{singlechartsingle chart|Germany2France|30|songid=374024|artist=Jamiroquai|song=Deeper Underground|rowheader=true|accessdate=30 June 2018}}
|-
{{single chart|Germany|30|artist=Jamiroquai|song=Deeper Underground|songid=3740|rowheader=true|accessdate=30 June 2018}}
!scope="row"|Iceland ([[Íslenski listinn|Íslenski Listinn Topp 40]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=198217&pageId=2972360&lang=is&q=SMASHING|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (30.7.–6.8. 1998)|work=[[DV (newspaper)|Dagblaðið Vísir]]|language=Icelandic|date=31 July 1998|accessdate=3 October 2019}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|Iceland ([[Íslenski listinn|Íslenski Listinn Topp 40]])<ref>{{cite news|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>
|2
|-
{{singlechartsingle chart|Ireland2|9|song=Deeper Underground|rowheader=true|accessdate=30 June 2018}}
|-
!scope="row"|Italy (Hit''[[Musica Paradee Italiadischi]]'')<ref name="hpi">{{cite webmagazine|url=httphttps://wwwworldradiohistory.hitparadeitalia.itcom/hp_yendsUK/hpe1998Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-09-19.htmpdf|title=ITop singoliNational più venduti del 1998Sellers|websitemagazine=HitMusic Parade& ItaliaMedia|languagevolume=Italian15|issue=38|page=14|date=19 September 1998|accessdateaccess-date=3027 JuneNovember 20182019}}</ref>
|47
|-
{{singlechartsingle chart|Dutch40|19|year=1998|week=42|rowheader=true|accessdate=30 June 2018}}
|-
{{singlechartsingle chart|Dutch100|18|artist=Jamiroquai|song=Deeper Underground|rowheader=true|accessdate=30 June 2018}}
|-
{{singlechartsingle chart|New Zealand|33|artist=Jamiroquai|song=Deeper Underground|rowheader=true|accessdate=30 June 2018}}
|-
{{singlechartsingle chart|Scotland|1|date=19980726|rowheader=true|accessdate=30 June 2018}}
|-
!scope="row"|Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st |date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref>
|10
|-
{{singlechartsingle chart|Sweden|44|artist=Jamiroquai|song=Deeper Underground|rowheader=true|accessdate=30 June 2018}}
|-
{{singlechartsingle chart|Switzerland|9|artist=Jamiroquai|song=Deeper Underground|rowheader=true|accessdate=30 June 2018}}
|-
{{singlechartsingle chart|UKUKsinglesbyname|1|dateartist=19980726Jamiroquai|artistid=28264|rowheader=true|accessdate=3027 JuneSeptember 20182020|refname="uk"}}
|-
{{singlechartsingle chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|22|artist=Jamiroquai|rowheader=true|accessdate=30 June 2018}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
!scope="col"|Chart (1998)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
!scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-12-19.pdf|title=Year in Focus – Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 1998|magazine=Music & Media|volume=15|issue=51|page=8|date=19 December 1998|access-date=6 February 2020}}</ref>
!scope="row"|Italy (Hit Parade Italia)<ref name="hpi"/>
|3271
|-
!scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)<ref>{{cite news|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>
!scope="row"|UK Singles (Official Charts Company)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hosting1642755.az.pl/sp%20uk%20best%201998.html|title=Najlepsze single na UK Top 40-1998 wg sprzedaży|language=Polish|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=30 April 2019|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604184020/http://hosting1642755.az.pl/sp%20uk%20best%201998.html|archivedate=4 June 2015}}</ref>
|20
|-
!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Best Sellers of 1998 – Singles Top 100|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=7|date=16 January 1999}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hosting1642755.az.pl/sp%20uk%20best%201998.html|title=Najlepsze single na UK Top 40–1998 wg sprzedaży|language=pl|access-date=30 April 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604184020/http://hosting1642755.az.pl/sp%20uk%20best%201998.html|archive-date=4 June 2015}}</ref>
|55
|}
{{col-end}}
 
==Certifications and sales==
{{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]]|date=28 March 2017|access-date=22 May 2019}}</ref>|access-date=27 September 2020}}
|}
 
==Release history==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"|Region
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Format(s)
!scope="col"|Label(s)
!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="row"|Japan
|20 May 1998
|CD
|[[Epic Records|Epic]]
|<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>
|-
!scope="row"|United Kingdom
|13 July 1998
|{{hlist|CD|cassette}}
|[[S2 Records|Sony Soho Square]]
|<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>
|-
!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>
|}
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}
 
==External links==
* {{MetroLyrics song|jamiroquai|deeper-underground}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider -->
 
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[[Category:Songs written by Jason Kay]]
[[Category:Songs written by Toby Smith]]
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