Go Deep

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"Go Deep"

Single by Janet Jackson
from the album The Velvet Rope
Released	1998
Format	Airplay only CD Single 7" Vinyl Single 12" Vinyl Single 12" Vinyl Maxi-Single
Genre	Pop/R&B
Length	4:42
Label	Virgin
Writer(s)	Janet Jackson Jimmy Jam Terry Lewis Rene Elizondo
Producer(s)	Janet Jackson Jimmy Jam Terry Lewis
Certification	N/A
Chart positions
#13 (UK) #39 (AUS)
Janet Jackson singles chronology
"I Get Lonely" (1998)	"Go Deep" (1998)	"You" (1998)

"Go Deep" is the fourth single from R&B singer Janet Jackson's sixth studio album, The Velvet Rope.

The song is notorious due to it's chorus. The chorus of the song is "We go deep/and we don't get no sleep/cause we'll be up all night/until the early light". The chorus (and the song) obviously refers to a party. However, the second verse, "Gettin' freaked from behind/I don't even mind/'cause he's lookin' damn fine/I'll make him mine in time/gotta take him home/when I get him all alone/I'll make him scream and moan/he won't wanna stop", refers to sex. Following the second verse, the chorus repeats itself. This makes the chorus also refer to oral sex.

1 Music Video
2 Chart Performance
3 Charts
4 Remixes

[edit] Music Video

Janet arriving at the impromptu party.

The video (released in July 1998) features a teen boy (played by Eric "Ty" Hodges. The boy's parents have left town for the weekend and the doorbelll rings and Janet and her dancers asked to be let in. Janet and Company invite more friends over and a large house party ensues. The video climaxes with the young boy realizing it was all an elaborate daydream featuring his favorite singer.

[edit] Chart Performance

The song was released as an international single. It received radio airplay in the U.S. and had success as a dance single, peaking at #1 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play Chart. The song peaked in the top forty in most European countries and Australia, but was a bigger success in the U.S. and Canada. A hip-hop remix by producer Timbaland also contributed to the song's success at Urban radio in the U.S.

In 1998, Janet was asked to perform at the 1998 VH1 Fashion Awards. She accepted the invitation, and was set to perform "Go Deep", in order to boost it's radio plays. In an interesting move, Janet made a last-minute change and performed "What About" instead. This left fans wondering whether or not "What About" was going to be the next single from the album. When commented on the situation, Jackson replied "....I decided to do something different for the Awards Show...", and denied the rumor.

[edit] Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay	28
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay	11
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Single Sales	4
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	12
U.S. Mainstream Top 40	29
ARC Top 40	4
Official UK Singles Chart	13
Canadian Singles Chart	9
ARIA Top 50	39
South African Sales Chart	20
German Singles Chart	72
EuroChart Hot 100 Singles	28
Finland Singles Chart	35
Japan Sales Chart	18
Switzerland Singles Chart	41