Deep (East 17 song)

"Deep"
Single by East 17
from the album Walthamstow
Released 23 January 1993
Format CD single, vinyl single
Genre Pop, rap, R&B
Length 4:08
Label London Records
Writer(s) Tony Mortimer
East 17 singles chronology
"Gold"
(1992)
"Deep"
(1993)
"Slow It Down"
(1993)

"Deep" is a pop rap song by boy band East 17.

Song information

Written by Tony Mortimer, it was released on 23 January 1993, as the third single from the band's debut album Walthamstow (1993). It was a chart success becoming their first top five hit, charting at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart.[1]

Music video

The music video uses intercut clips of the band performing the track in various locations whilst hanging out and playing pool in their local area.

Chart performance

Chart (1993)[2] Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[3] 7
Austrian Singles Chart 13
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)[4] 40
Dutch Singles Chart 31
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[5] 16
Finnish Singles Chart[6] 13
French Singles Chart 30
German Singles Chart 14
Irish Singles Chart 7
Israel Singles Chart[7] 1
Japanese Singles Chart[8] 5
New Zealand Singles Chart 50
Swedish Singles Chart 6
Swiss Singles Chart 32
UK Singles Chart 5
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles[9] 23
Zimbabwe Singles Chart[10] 8

Chart successions

Preceded by
"No Limit" by 2 Unlimited
Israel Singles Chart
23 February 1993 - 2 March 1993 (1 week)
Succeeded by
"Happy Nation" by Ace of Base

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified
Australia[3] Gold 1993 35,000
UK[11] Silver 1993 200,000

References

  1. "ChartArchive - East 17 - Deep". archive.is. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  2. Steffen Hung. "East 17 - Deep - swisscharts.com". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  4. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=East+17&titel=Deep&cat=s (Retrieved 17 September 2012)
  5. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  6. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 263. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  7. "East 17". Swisscharts.com.
  8. Oricon Singles Chart Oricon Singles Chart (Retrieved 2 November 2012)
  9. http://www.billboard.com/artist/276056/east+17/chart?f=344
    • Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
  10. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (East 17; 'Deep')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 28 July 2008.

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