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"Go Deep" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson

Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Born in Gary, Indiana and raised in Encino, Los Angeles, California, she is the youngest child of the Jackson family of musicians....
 from her sixth studio album, The Velvet Rope
The Velvet Rope

The Velvet Rope is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Janet Jackson, released October 6, 1997 by Virgin Records. The album was the fourth to be produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis; Jackson and her then-husband Ren? Elizondo, Jr....
 (1997). Written by Jackson, James Harris III, Terry Lewis
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

James Samuel "Jimmy Jam" Harris III and Terry Steven Lewis are an American Contemporary R&B and pop music songwriting and record production team....
, and Renι Elizondo, Jr., the song was released as the album's fourth single
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
 in July and September 1998 in the United Kingdom and the United States respectively.

Deep" is built around a sample
Sampling (music)

In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an musical instrument or a different sound recording of a song....
 of One Way
One Way (band)

One Way was an Rhythm and blues/funk music musical ensemble that was popular in the late 1970s, and throughout most of the 1980s. One Way was formed in 1979 in Detroit, Michigan and were originally known as Soul Partners....
's 1982 song "Cutie Pie". Jackson was asked to perform the song at the 1998 VH1
VH1

VH1 is an United States cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in television, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slighter older demographic than its sister channel, focusing on the lighter, softer side of popular music....
 Fashion Awards.






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"Go Deep" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson

Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Born in Gary, Indiana and raised in Encino, Los Angeles, California, she is the youngest child of the Jackson family of musicians....
 from her sixth studio album, The Velvet Rope
The Velvet Rope

The Velvet Rope is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Janet Jackson, released October 6, 1997 by Virgin Records. The album was the fourth to be produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis; Jackson and her then-husband Ren? Elizondo, Jr....
 (1997). Written by Jackson, James Harris III, Terry Lewis
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

James Samuel "Jimmy Jam" Harris III and Terry Steven Lewis are an American Contemporary R&B and pop music songwriting and record production team....
, and Renι Elizondo, Jr., the song was released as the album's fourth single
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
 in July and September 1998 in the United Kingdom and the United States respectively.

Song information

"Go Deep" is built around a sample
Sampling (music)

In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an musical instrument or a different sound recording of a song....
 of One Way
One Way (band)

One Way was an Rhythm and blues/funk music musical ensemble that was popular in the late 1970s, and throughout most of the 1980s. One Way was formed in 1979 in Detroit, Michigan and were originally known as Soul Partners....
's 1982 song "Cutie Pie". Jackson was asked to perform the song at the 1998 VH1
VH1

VH1 is an United States cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in television, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slighter older demographic than its sister channel, focusing on the lighter, softer side of popular music....
 Fashion Awards. She accepted the invitation, and was set to perform "Go Deep", in order to boost its radio play. However, she performed "What About" instead, fueling rumors that "What About" was going to be released as the next single from the album. Jackson responded with a comment on the situation replying that she "decided to do something different for the Awards Show...".

Jackson has performed the song only on The Velvet Rope Tour
The Velvet Rope Tour

The Velvet Rope Tour was Janet Jackson's follow up to the 93-95 janet. Tour. Similar to The Velvet Rope album with very dark and explicit themes....
.

Chart performance

The song was released as an international single. It received radio airplay in the U.S. and had success as a club
Nightclub

A nightclub is a Alcoholic beverage, Dance and entertainment Music venue which does its primary business after dark. People who frequent nightclubs are known as clubbers....
 single, peaking at number one on Billboards Hot Dance Club Play
Hot Dance Club Play

Billboard 's Hot Dance Club Play chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. nightclubs. It is compiled by Billboard exclusively from playlists submitted by nightclub disc jockeys who must apply and meet certain criteria to become "Billboard-reporting DJs."...
 chart in early August 1998. The song charted inside the top forty in most European countries and Australia, but fared better in the U.S. and Canada. A hip hop
Hip hop music

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 remix
Remix

A remix is an alternative version of a song, different from the original version. A remixer uses Audio mixing to compose an alternate master recording of a song, adding or subtracting elements, or simply changing the equalization, dynamics, Pitch , tempo, playing time, or almost any other aspect of th...
 by producer Timbaland
Timbaland

Timothy Zachery Mosley , better known by his stage name Timbaland, is an American record producer, rapping, and singer. Timbaland has produced albums and singles for a number of artists from the mid-1990s to the present day....
 also contributed to the song's success at U.S. urban
Urban contemporary

Urban contemporary is a music radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s. Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of hip hop music, contemporary R&B, and, on occasion, Caribbean music such as reggae and reggaeton....
 stations.

Music video

In the single's music video
Music video

A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a pop music or rock music song with lyrics. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings....
—directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris

Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris are an award-winning team of music video directors, also husband and wife who received critical acclaim for their feature film directorial debut, Little Miss Sunshine....
 and released in July 1998—, Eric "Ty" Hodges makes a cameo appearance as a teen boy whose parents have left town for the weekend. The doorbell suddenly rings; it turns out to be Jackson and her dancers, who are asked to be let in. Jackson and company invite more friends over and a large house party
House party

File:House party in Denver Colorado.JPGMainly in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, United States and Canada the term house party refers, typically, to a type of party where large groups of people, often high school or college students, but occasionally adults too, gather at a the house or apartment of the party's host....
 ensues. The video climaxes with the young boy realizing it was all an elaborate daydream
Daydream

A daydream is a visionary Fantasy experienced while awake, especially one of happy, pleasant thoughts, hopes or ambitions. There are so many different types of daydreaming that there is still no consensus definition amongst psychology....
 with his favorite singer. It appears on the DVD edition of 2001's All for You
All for You (album)

All for You is the seventh studio album by American contemporary R&B-pop music singer Janet Jackson, released in the United States on April 24, 2001 by Virgin Records....
 as well as the 2004 video compilation From janet. to Damita Jo: The Videos.

Track listings and formats

European CD single (724389515220)
  1. Jam & Lewis Radio Edit – 3:30
  2. Jam & Lewis Extended Album Mix – 5:32


U.S. 12" promo single (VSTDJ 1680)
  1. Masters At Work Thunder Mix – 9:07
  2. Masters At Work Bonus Beats – 4:01
  3. Masters At Work Spiritual Flute Mix – 10:53
  4. Vocal Deep Disco Dub – 8:12
  5. Masters At Work Alternate Mix – 8:28


U.S. double 12" remix promo single (7087 6 13165 1 3)
  1. Masters At Work Thunder Mix – 9:07
  2. Masters At Work Thunder Radio Edit – 3:43
  3. Masters At Work Spiritual Flute Mix – 10:53
  4. Masters At Work Bonus Beats – 4:01
  5. Roni Size Remix – 7:25
  6. Masters At Work Vocal Deep Disco Dub – 8:32
  7. Jam & Lewis Extended Album Mix – 5:35
  8. Masters At Work Down Tempo Mix – 5:19


U.S. promo CD 1 (DPRO-13165)
  1. Jam & Lewis Radio Edit – 3:30
  2. Album Version – 4:54
  3. Jam & Lewis Extended Album Mix – 5:35
  4. Masters At Work Down Tempo Mix – 5:19
  5. Masters At Work Radio Edit – 3:43
  6. Call Out Hook (Jam & Lewis Radio Edit) – 0:17


U.S. promo CD 2 (DPRO-13172)
  1. Timbaland Mix featuring Missy Elliott
    Missy Elliott

    Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott is a five-time Grammy Award-winning American rapping, singing, songwriter, and record producer. With record sales of over seven million in the United States, she is the only female rapper to have six albums certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, including one double platinum ....
     Edit – 4:03
  2. Timbaland Mix featuring Missy Elliott Remix – 5:33
  3. Teddy Riley Nation Remix (Clean Version) – 5:43
  4. T.R. Funk Mix – 5:39
  5. Call Out Hook (Missy Edit) – 0:17
  6. Call Out Hook (Teddy Riley Nation Remix) – 0:17


UK 12" promo single (VISA 1680)
  1. Jam & Lewis Radio Edit – 3:30
  2. Timbaland radio edit – 4.05


UK 12" remix promo single (VSTXDJ 1680)
  1. Roni Size Remix – 7:25
  2. Roni Size Remix Instrumental – 7:25


UK 12" single (VST 1680)
  1. Masters At Work Thunder Mix – 9:07
  2. Jam & Lewis Extended Album Mix – 5:32
  3. Timbaland Mix featuring Missy Elliott Remix – 5.33


UK 12" remix single (7243 8 95152 6 8)
  1. Masters At Work Alternate Mix – 8:32
  2. Masters At Work Down Tempo Mix – 5:19
  3. T.R Funk Mix – 5:39
  4. Roni Size Remix – 7:25


UK CD single (VSCDT 1680) European CD single (7243 8 95151 2 1) Japanese CD single (VJCP-12103)
  1. Album Version – 4:42
  2. T.R Funk Mix – 5:39
  3. Roni Size Remix – 7:25
  4. Masters At Work Alternate Mix – 8:32
  5. Masters At Work Down Tempo Mix – 5:19


Official remixes

  • Album Version – 4:42
  • Jam & Lewis Radio Edit – 3:30
  • Jam & Lewis Extended Album Mix – 5:35
  • Teddy Riley Funk Mix – 5:39
  • Teddy Riley Funk Mix #2 – 5:37
  • Teddy Riley Nation Mix (Clean) / RDMC Main Mix – 5:44
  • Teddy Riley Nation Mix (Dirty) – 5:59
  • Teddy Riley Remix Version 1 – 5:44
  • Teddy Riley Remix Version 2 – 4:36
  • Roni Size
    Roni Size

    Roni Size is a British people music producer and DJ who came to prominence in 1997 as the founder and leader of Reprazent, a drum and bass collective....
     Remix – 7:25
  • Roni Size Remix Instrumental – 7:24
  • Masters At Work
    Masters At Work

    Masters At Work is the House music production and remix team of Little Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzales. They first worked together using the name, which had been given to them by mutual friend Todd Terry , in 1990....
     Alternative Mix – 8:32
  • Masters At Work Downtempo Mix – 5:19
  • Masters At Work Downtempo Instrumental – 5:19
  • Masters At Work Thunder Mix – 9:05
  • Masters At Work Radio Edit – 3:43
  • Masters At Work Radio Edit w/ Flute – 4:35
  • Masters At Work Voal Deep Disco Dub – 8:12
  • Masters At Work Siritual Flute Mix – 10:53
  • Masters At Work Abient Mix – 2:30
  • Masters At Work Flutapella – 4:36
  • Masters At Work Bonus Ceats – 4:01
  • Timbaland
    Timbaland

    Timothy Zachery Mosley , better known by his stage name Timbaland, is an American record producer, rapping, and singer. Timbaland has produced albums and singles for a number of artists from the mid-1990s to the present day....
     Mix featuring Missy Elliott
    Missy Elliott

    Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott is a five-time Grammy Award-winning American rapping, singing, songwriter, and record producer. With record sales of over seven million in the United States, she is the only female rapper to have six albums certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, including one double platinum ....
     Remix – 5:33
  • Timbaland Mix featuring Missy Elliott Remix Edit – 4:03
  • Timbaland Radio Edit – 4:05
  • Timbaland Instrumental Mix – 5:34
  • Timbaland Acapella – 5:34
  • Timbaland TV Mix – 5:34
  • Call Out Hook (Jam & Lewis Radio Edit) – 0:17
  • Call Out Hook (Missy Edit) – 0:20
  • Call Out Hook (Teddy Riley Nation Remix) – 0:18


Charts

Chart (1998)Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart
ARIA Charts

File:ARIA Charts Logo.pngThe ARIA charts are the main Australia record charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling single and albums in various genres in Australia....
39
Canadian Singles Chart
Canadian Singles Chart

The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canadian Online Explorer on Thursdays....
9
Dutch Top 40
Dutch Top 40

The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the pirate radio channel Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it....
38
European Hot 100 Singles
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles

The European Hot 100 Singles has been compiled by Billboard and Music & Media magazine since March, 1984. The chart is based on national singles sales charts in fifteen European countries: Austria, Belgium , Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, a...
28
French SNEP
Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique

The Syndicat national de l'?dition phonographique is the inter-professional organisation which protects the interests of the France record industry....
 Singles Chart		22
German Singles Chart
Media Control Charts

The official Music Charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband der phonographischen Wirtschaft ....
72
New Zealand RIANZ
Recording Industry Association of New Zealand

The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and musician in New Zealand....
 Singles Chart		13
UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
13
UK R&B Singles Chart3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay28
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay

The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart is the airplay component chart of the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. It is not the R&B subset of The Hot 100 Airplay, but rather a separate panel of R&B stations in urban markets used for the R&B/Hip-Hop chart....
11
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play
Hot Dance Club Play

Billboard 's Hot Dance Club Play chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. nightclubs. It is compiled by Billboard exclusively from playlists submitted by nightclub disc jockeys who must apply and meet certain criteria to become "Billboard-reporting DJs."...
1