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"Deeper Underground" Single by Jamiroquai from the album Synkronized B-side "Deeper Undergound" remixes Released 13 July 1998 Format CD, Cassette, 12" Recorded 1998 Genre Funk rock, Funk Length 3:33 (radio edit)
4:44 (album version)Label Sony Soho Square Writer(s) Jason Kay
Toby SmithProducer Rick Pope Jamiroquai singles chronology "High Times"
(1997)"Deeper Underground"
(1998)"Canned Heat"
(1999)"Deeper Underground" is the first single from British Acid Jazz band Jamiroquai's fourth studio album, Synkronized, despite the track only appearing as a hidden track on the release. It was included on the soundtrack of the American film Godzilla, and was released as the lead single from it. The track also later appeared on the special edition of the group's fifth album A Funk Odyssey. It is the group's only single to have reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart.
Contents
Tracklisting
- UK CD1 (666218 2)
- "Deeper Underground" (radio edit) – 3:33
- "Deeper Underground" (The Metro Mix) – 6:59
- "Deeper Underground" (instrumental) – 4:44
- UK CD2 (666218 5)
- "Deeper Underground" – 4:44
- "Deeper Underground" (The Ummah Mix) – 5:01
- "Deeper Underground" (S-Man Meets Da Northface Killa Dub) – 9:02
- UK 12" (665904 6)
- "Deeper Underground" (S-Man Meets Da Northface Killa Dub) – 9:02
- "Deeper Underground" (The Ummah Mix) – 5:01
- "Deeper Underground" (The Metro Mix) – 6:59
- "Deeper Underground" (radio edit) – 3:33
Music video
Directed by Mike Lipscombe, the video was used as a promotional tool for the 1998 film Godzilla. Partly shot on location at Grays' State Theatre, it depicts a 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 and a taxi. 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.
Chart performance
Chart (1998) Peak
positionAustralian Singles Chart 46 Austrian Singles Chart 28 Belgian Singles Chart(Flanders) 49 Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia) 20 Dutch Singles Chart 18 Finnish Singles Chart 8 French Singles Chart 24 German Singles Chart[1] 30 Irish Singles Chart[2] 9 Italian Singles Chart[3] 4 New Zealand Singles Chart 33 Swedish Singles Chart 44 Swiss Singles Chart 9 UK Singles Chart[4] 1 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs[5] 22 References
- ^ http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Jamiroquai/single/
- ^ http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement
- ^ http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/indici/per_interprete/aj.htm
- ^ http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=26296
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/jamiroquai/chart-history/119864?f=359&g=Singles
Preceded by
"Freak Me" by Another LevelUK Singles Chart Number 1 single
19 July 1998 for 1 weekSucceeded by
"Viva Forever" by Spice GirlsJamiroquai Emergency on Planet Earth The Return of the Space Cowboy Travelling Without Moving Synkronized A Funk Odyssey Dynamite High Times Rock Dust Light Star White Knuckle Ride · Blue Skies · Lifeline · SmileCompilation & Live Albums Songs For Manitu · Jay's Selection · In Store Jam · JAZZiroquai · 1999 Remixes · An Online Odyssey · Late Night Tales · MultiquaiFeatured Singles Video Albums Live in Verona · Live at Montreux 2003 · High Times: Singles 1992–2006Related Articles Categories:- 1998 singles
- Jamiroquai songs
- UK Singles Chart number-one singles
- Songs written by Jason Kay
- Songs written by Toby Smith
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