Deeper and Deeper
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| Single by Madonna | ||||||||||
| from the album Erotica | ||||||||||
| B-side | "Deeper and Deeper" (Instrumental) | |||||||||
| Released | December 6, 1992  December 8, 1992  |
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| Format | 7", 12", cassette, CD | |||||||||
| Recorded | November 13, 1991 (Manhattan, NY) June 16, 1992 Soundworks Recording (Astoria, NY) |
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| Genre | Dance-pop, house | |||||||||
| Length | 5:33 (album version) 4:54 (edit) |
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| Label | Maverick, Sire, Warner Bros. |
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| Writer(s) | Madonna Shep Pettibone Anthony Shimkin |
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| Producer | Madonna Shep Pettibone |
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"Deeper and Deeper" is a song by Madonna, released as the second single from her 1992 studio album Erotica. It was released in December 1992 by Maverick Records.
The dance-pop song was described as "pure disco" by Rolling Stone [1] and "both a product of its time and a timeless Madonna classic in the 'Vogue' vein" by Slant Magazine[2] in 2001. Slant goes on to say, "The track even invokes that famous chart-topper's invitation to the dancefloor: 'Let your body move to the music!' One of the few tracks from 'Erotica' not weighed down or muddled by Pettibone's gritty production, 'Deeper and Deeper' sounds just as good today as it did nearly a decade ago." Entertainment Weekly said that the song "whooshes like a subway train going express at 4 a.m."[3]
Madonna performed the song on The Girlie Show World Tour in 1993 and during the Re-Invention World Tour in 2004. For the latter tour, the song was performed as a slow-cut jazz version with trumpets and an up-right bass. It was also rehearsed for her 2006 Confessions Tour but it was dropped from the set list.
The single was remixed by Shep Pettibone and David Morales and reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play. The single fared well around the world, charting mostly in the top ten in most countries including #6 in the UK and #7 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4]
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[edit] Background
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"Deeper and Deeper" was written by Madonna, Shep Pettibone and Anthony Shimkin. It was released as the second single from Erotica in late 1992; the song went top ten on both sides of the Atlantic, peaking at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100, number one in Canada, and #6 on the UK Singles Chart (not to mention topping the Billboard dance charts). In the United Kingdom, a tabloid backlash began which would last for most of 1993 and the song ended a five year run of top five hits, peaking at #6. There is a reference to her 1990 number-one hit "Vogue" at the end of the song.
The song has been remixed by Shep Pettibone who both co-wrote and produced the track with David Morales. Some of their remixes feature use of the pitch shift. In Pettibone's Classic 12" version, when Madonna sings "pretend", the "-tend", which echoes at the same pitch in the original, is lowered quite a few octaves, raised to normal for a few seconds, and is raised to an almost child-like pitch for about 3 or 4 seconds before going to the final line. In Morales' club mix, after she sings, "never gonna hide it again", the pitch in "deep" is alternated between the original and a slightly lowered version for nearly 32 seconds. In the dub version ("David's Love Dub"), Madonna's heavily-phased "deeper and deeper" is at normal pitch for the first 15 seconds of the song, then gets lowered an octave until the bass starts a few seconds later; however, you can barely understand her, because the loop's phased quality distorts her words quite a lot. Pettibone described the song as "Philly House music".
The song was released on vinyl as a 12" maxi single in the US and Germany but only as a 12" picture disc in the UK. A 7" single was also released in Germany and the UK. The US released a collectible 2 vinyl disc set in a full colour sleeve as a promo containing exclusive remixes.
The line "When you know the notes to sing, you can sing most anything" is a reference to the song "Do-Re-Mi" from the musical The Sound of Music. Slant Magazine listed "Deeper and Deeper" as the 36th "Best Singles of the '90s".[5]
[edit] Music video
The music video for "Deeper and Deeper" was shot on November 7–8, 1992 at Ren-Mar Studios and The Roxbury nightclub in Hollywood, California and directed by Bobby Woods (who was also the executive producer at Madonna's company, Boy Toy Inc.). It was an ode to Andy Warhol, shot in near identical style to many of his films.
Madonna's good friend and actress Debi Mazar makes a cameo in the video, as well as Academy-Award winning film director and screenwriter Sofia Coppola, and the actor Udo Kier, who had appeared in the Andy Warhol films Flesh for Frankenstein and Blood for Dracula. There are also brief cameos of Holly Woodlawn and Chi Chi LaRue.
The vinyl record shown playing in the video is with the Maverick Records logo, which had been just founded at that time.
- Director: Bobby Woods
- Producer: Eric Liekefet
- Boy Toy Executive Producer: Bobby Woods
- Director of Photography: Michael Bernard
- Editor: Bob Jenkis
- Production Company: Heart Times Coffee Cup Equals Lightning
[edit] Tracklisting and formats
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[edit] Promo remixes
- "Deeper and Deeper" (Shep's Deep Makeover Edit) – 5:10
- "Deeper and Deeper" (Shep's Deepstrumental) – 5:59
- "Deeper and Deeper" (David's Radio Edit) – 4:04
- "Deeper and Deeper" (David's Classic 12") – 7:02
- "Deeper and Deeper" (Momo's Fantasy) – 2:55
[edit] Charts
[edit] Peak positions
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[edit] End of year charts
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[edit] Chart proccession and succession
| Preceded by "I'm Gonna Get You" by Bizarre Inc featuring Angie Brown |
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single 30 January 1993 |
Succeeded by "Don't You Want Me" by Felix featuring Jomanda |
[edit] References
- ^ Berger, Arion (1992-11-26). "Erotica". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/erotica-19921126. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
- ^ http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=116
- ^ Browne, David (1992-10-23). "Erotica Review". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,312101,00.html. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
- ^ a b c Allmusic (1992). "Billboard Charts". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p64565/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
- ^ http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/best-singles-of-the-90s/247/page_7
- ^ a b c d e f Hit Parade (1992). "Madonna — Deeper and Deeper (European Charts)". hitparade.ch. http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?key=2559&cat=s. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
- ^ radio2top30. "Radio2 Top 30". http://top30-2.radio2.be/#/chart-list/133.
- ^ Volume 57, No. 5, February 13 1993
- ^ Charts-Surfer (1992). "German Singles Chart (Search)". charts-surfer.de. http://www.charts-surfer.de/. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
- ^ "Irish Singles Chart (Search)". irishcharts.ie. 3 December 1992. http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
- ^ "Madonna: Discografia Italiana" (in Italian). Federation of the Italian Music Industry. 1984-1999. http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/mono/madonna_disco.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
- ^ Every Hit (1992). "UK Singles Chart (Search)". everyhit.com. http://www.everyhit.com/. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
- ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1993". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1993. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
[edit] External links
- Mad-eyes.net - "Deeper and Deeper" Single Page - last accessed on 24 October 2005
- Perso.orange.fr
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