Deeper Underground

"Deeper Underground"
Single by Jamiroquai
from the album Synkronized
B-side	"Deeper Undergound" remixes
Released	13 July 1998 (1998-07-13)
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 Smith
Producer	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.

Tracklisting

UK CD1 (666218 2)

1. "Deeper Underground" (radio edit) – 3:33
2. "Deeper Underground" (The Metro Mix) – 6:59
3. "Deeper Underground" (instrumental) – 4:44

UK CD2 (666218 5)

1. "Deeper Underground" – 4:44
2. "Deeper Underground" (The Ummah Mix) – 5:01
3. "Deeper Underground" (S-Man Meets Da Northface Killa Dub) – 9:02

UK 12" (665904 6)

1. "Deeper Underground" (S-Man Meets Da Northface Killa Dub) – 9:02
2. "Deeper Underground" (The Ummah Mix) – 5:01
3. "Deeper Underground" (The Metro Mix) – 6:59
4. "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 position
Australian 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

1. ^ http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Jamiroquai/single/
2. ^ http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement
3. ^ http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/indici/per_interprete/aj.htm
4. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=26296
5. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/jamiroquai/chart-history/119864?f=359&g=Singles

Preceded by "Freak Me" by Another Level

UK Singles Chart Number 1 single 19 July 1998 for 1 week

Succeeded by "Viva Forever" by Spice Girls