Deeper Underground

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title: "Deeper Underground" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1998-singles", "1998-songs", "columbia-records-singles", "epic-records-singles", "jamiroquai-songs", "music-videos-directed-by-mike-lipscombe", "number-one-singles-in-scotland", "songs-written-by-jason-kay", "songs-written-by-toby-smith", "uk-singles-chart-number-one-singles", "s2-records-singles"] description: "1998 single by Jamiroquai" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deeper_Underground" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary 1998 single by Jamiroquai ::

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Field	Value
name	Deeper Underground
cover	Deeper-underground.jpg
type	single
artist	Jamiroquai
album	Godzilla: The Album
B-side	High Times
released
genre
label	Sony Soho Square
producer	Rick Pope
prev_title	High Times
prev_year	1997
next_title	Canned Heat
next_year	1999
misc
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| name = Deeper Underground | cover = Deeper-underground.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Jamiroquai | album = Godzilla: The Album | B-side = High Times | released = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = | length =

• 4:44 (album version)
• 3:33 (radio edit) | label = Sony Soho Square | writer =
• Jason Kay
• Toby Smith | producer = Rick Pope | prev_title = High Times | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = Canned Heat | next_year = 1999 | misc = "Deeper Underground" is a single by British funk and acid jazz band Jamiroquai from the soundtrack to the 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. This song was one of the last to feature founding bassist Stuart Zender, before his departure during the recording of Synkronized.

Music video

Directed by Mike Lipscombe, the music video was used as a promotional tool for the 1998 film Godzilla. Partly shot on location at 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 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.

In an interview, Jay Kay claimed that 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.

Track listings

UK CD1

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

UK CD2

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 cassette single and European CD single
4. "Deeper Underground" (radio edit) – 3:33
5. "Deeper Underground" (The Metro Mix) – 6:59

Australian and Japanese CD single

1. "Deeper Underground" (radio edit)
2. "Deeper Underground"
3. "Deeper Underground" (The Metro Mix)
4. "High Times" (radio edit)

Charts

Weekly charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (1998) | Peak position | Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) | Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40) | Italy (Musica e dischi) | Italy Airplay (Music & Media) | Spain (AFYVE) | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 6 | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | | ::

Year-end charts

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Chart (1998)	Position	Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)	Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)	UK Singles (OCC)
71
20
55
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Certifications and sales

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Release history

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Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.	Japan	United Kingdom	United States
20 May 1998	CD	Epic
13 July 1998		Sony Soho Square
29 September 1998	Contemporary hit radio	Work
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References

References

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14. Salaverri, Fernando. (September 2005). "Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002". Fundación Autor-SGAE.
15. (19 December 1998). "Year in Focus – Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 1998".
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19. Myers, Justin. (28 March 2017). "Jamiroquai's Official Top 10 Biggest Singles Revealed". [[Official Charts]].
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22. (25 September 1998). "New Releases".

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