Deeper and Deeper

"Deeper and Deeper"
Song

"Deeper and Deeper" was the second single released from Madonna's 1992 album Erotica.

Song information

Template:Sample box start variation 1 Template:Multi-listen start Template:Multi-listen item Template:Multi-listen end Template:Sample box end The song was probably the album's strongest dance number and it came as little surprise when it was released as the second single from Erotica in late 1992; the song went top ten on both sides of the Atlantic (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. Many fans have argued that had Madonna changed her overtly sexual image and released "Deeper and Deeper" as the lead-off single from the album, the whole Erotica project may have seen more commercial success. The song itself enjoyed much popularity at the time of release.

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 phasedness distorts her words quite a lot.

The song was "Re-Invented" on her Re-Invention Tour. The song was a slow cut jazz version with trumpets playing.

Music video

Madonna's video for "Deeper and Deeper" is an ode to Andy Warhol, shot in near identical style to many of his films. In the video Madonna plays Edie Sedgwick. At the time of its release few understood the homage of the video, and it remains one of Madonna's most alluring videos (she did not include it in her recent video compilation (1993:1999).

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.

• Director: Bobby Woods
• Producer: Eric Liekefet
• Director of Photography: Michael Bernard
• Editor: Bob Jenkis
• Production Co: Heart Times Coffee Cup Equals Lightning

Video production credits

• Director: Bobby Woods
• Producer: Eric Liekefet
• Director of Photography: Michael Bernard
• Editor: Bob Jenkis
• Production Co: Heart Times Coffee Cup Equals Lightning

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
1992	Australian Singles Chart	11
1992	Austrian Singles Chart	30
1992	Canadian Singles Chart	1
1992	French Singles Chart	17
1992	Swedish Singles Chart	22
1992	Swiss Singles Chart	23
1992	UK Singles Chart	6
1992	Billboard Hot 100	7
1992	Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	1
1992	Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	1
1992	Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	2
1992	Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	14

Track listing and formats

• UK CD Single

1. Deeper and Deeper (Album Edit) (4:54)
2. Deeper and Deeper (Shep's Deep Makeover Mix) (9:09)
3. Deeper and Deeper (David's Klub Mix)+ (7:40)
4. Deeper and Deeper (Shep's Classic 12") (7:27)
5. Deeper and Deeper (Shep's Fierce Deeper Dub) (6:01)
6. Deeper and Deeper (Shep's Deep Beats) (2:57)

• U.S. CD single and 7" single

1. Album Edit (4:54)
2. Instrumental (5:31)

• U.S. Maxi Single

1. Deeper and Deeper (Album Edit) (4:54)
2. Deeper and Deeper (Shep's Deep Makeover Mix) (9:09)
3. Deeper and Deeper (David's Klub Mix)+ (7:40)
4. Deeper and Deeper (Shep's Classic 12") (7:27)
5. Deeper and Deeper (Shep's Fierce Deeper Dub) (6:01)
6. Deeper and Deeper (David's Love Dub) (5:39)
7. Deeper and Deeper (Shep's Deep Beats) (2:58)

• Japan/Australia EP

1. Deeper and Deeper (Shep's Deep Makeover Mix)
2. Deeper and Deeper (David's Klub Mix)+
3. Deeper and Deeper (Shep's Classic 12)
4. Deeper and Deeper (Shep's Fierce Deeper Dub)
5. Deeper and Deeper (David's Love Dub)
6. Deeper and Deeper (Shep's Deep Beats)
7. Bad Girl (Extended Mix)
8. Erotica (Kenlou B-Boy Instrumental)
9. Erotica (Underground Tribal Beats)
10. Erotica (Wo Dub)
11. Erotica (House Instrumental)
12. Erotica (Bass Hit Dub)

+= Madonna performs this arrangement of the song on her 1993 Girlie Show Tour.

References

• Mad-eyes.net - "Deeper and Deeper" Single Page - last accessed on October 24, 2005
• Perso.orange.fr