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"Go Deep"
Single by Janet Jackson
from the album The Velvet Rope
ReleasedJune 16, 1998 (1998-06-16)
Studio
  • The Hit Factory (New York City)
  • Record Plant
    (Los Angeles)
  • Flyte Tyme (Edina, Minnesota)
GenrePop
Length4:42
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Janet Jackson
  • Jimmy Jam
  • Terry Lewis
Janet Jackson singles chronology
"I Get Lonely"
(1998) 		"Go Deep"
(1998) 		"Luv Me, Luv Me"
(1998)
Music video
"Go Deep" on YouTube

"Go Deep" is a song by American singer

René Elizondo Jr collaborating on the lyrics. The song was released as the fourth single from the album on June 15, 1998, by Virgin Records. A pop song, "Go Deep" talks about Jackson having a night out clubbing with her friends, and wanting to meet a man to have sex with him. Official remixes for the song were released, featuring Missy Elliott, Teddy Riley and Timbaland
.

"Go Deep" received generally positive reviews from music critics, who found the song "irresistible" and "brilliant", and appreciated its party vibe. Commercially, it fared well worldwide, reaching number two in Canada, charting within the top 20 in Iceland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, and topping the US Hot Dance Club Play chart. An accompanying music video directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris depicts a teen boy having a daydream with Jackson giving a party in his house while his parents are out of town. The singer performed "Go Deep" on The Velvet Rope Tour (1998–99), Number Ones, Up Close and Personal tour (2011), and on the Janet Jackson: Metamorphosis residency (2019).

Background and composition

In 1997, Jackson released her sixth studio album The Velvet Rope; it chronicled her

urban radios in the United States on June 9, 1998, and to contemporary hit radio on June 30.[4][5] It also received a release in the United Kingdom on June 15, followed by a July 13 release in other European countries and Oceania.[6][7][8] Official remixes for the song were released, featuring rappers Missy Elliott and Timbaland and musician Teddy Riley.[9] Author Ayanna Dozier writes that by collaborating with Elliott and Timbaland, Jackson was "making conscious decisions to place herself in dialogue with the changing hip-hop landscape".[10]

"Go Deep"
A 27-second sample of the song's chorus, demonstrating Jackson's vocals performed with a "girlish breathiness".[11][12]
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"Go Deep" was written and produced by Jackson,

common time with a moderately slow tempo of 100 beats per minute, in the key of G-flat major, with Jackson's vocals spanning from Gb3 to Gb5.[15] A pop song,[9][16] "Go Deep" was described by Billboard as a "danceable track with deep, syncopated beats",[17] overlaid by Jackson's vocals which were described by The New York Times as "girlish breathiness".[12] Rolling Stone called the track a "pulsing erotic groover".[18] Crowd voices and body percussion evoke a party atmosphere.[10] Rick de Yampert of The Tennessean observed traces of New jill swing in its composition,[19] while Austin American-Statesman's Michael Corcoran opined that the track was influenced by Madonna's work.[20] Jeff Hall of Courier-Post observed the "lean funk backing with an ultra smooth vocal arrangement" on "Go Deep".[21]

Lyrically, the song talks about Jackson having a night out with her friends, with the singer asserting on the chorus: "We go deep and we don't get no sleep / Cause we be up all night until the early light".

The Daily Herald described the lyrics to "Go Deep" as "loose".[16]

Critical reception

Marvin Gaye (pictured) was identified by Renowned for Sound as an inspiration for the song.[27]

"Go Deep" received generally positive reviews from

The Daily Herald, "Go Deep" has a "party girl vibe about club hopping which is purely joyful".[16] Erika D. Peterman from Tampa Bay Times opined that the track continued the party vibe of the album with "an irresistible chorus and a borderline hedonistic vibe."[25] Similarly, Steve Jones, writing for USA Today, considered it a "hedonistic romp over banging dance grooves".[26] According to Richard Torres from Newsday, "Go Deep" was one of the "sheer sample-happy delights" on The Velvet Rope.[30] Curtis Ross of The Tampa Tribune considered the song a "dance floor sure-shot" with its "rubbery bass line".[31] According to New York Daily News's Jim Farber, Jackson's voice was "a special effect, a gimmick that clicks".[32]

Andrew Le from

J.D. Considine, writing for the same magazine, stated, "However much 'Go Deep' may read like a hymn to hedonism, what it sounds like is a song of pride in which Jackson and crew celebrate not sex but the confidence that allows them to act sexual when they feel the urge".[24] Brian McCollum from The Bellingham Herald considered "Go Deep" a "jeep thumper with a tough, taut chorus".[34] Offering a more negative review, Tallahassee Democrat's Chuck Beard thought that the first eight seconds of the song sound promising, until the "obnoxious chorus kicks in".[11] Richard Harrington from The Washington Post considered the track "a little stiff".[35] Carl Wolf of The Star Press criticized the song's lyrics, writing, "This isn't the sexual liberation of a woman or a man, but the enslavement of our relationships to shallow pleasures and temporary situations."[36]

Commercial performance

In the United States, "Go Deep" was not released as a physical single, thus not charting on the

UK Singles Chart at number 13 on the week ending June 27, 1998, and spent five weeks on the chart.[45][46] In April 2021, it was revealed by the Official Charts Company that the single was Jackson's 34th most downloaded track in the region.[47] Across Europe, the song attained moderate success; it reached number 15 in Belgium, as well as the Top 40 in France, the Netherlands and Scotland.[7][48][49] Its commercial performance in the European countries helped it attain a peak of number 28 on the European Hot 100 Singles chart, on the issue dated July 4, 1998.[50] In Australia, "Go Deep" debuted at number 43 on August 16, 1998. The next weeks it peaked at number 39, and was present for a total of eight weeks on the chart.[8] In New Zealand, it was more successful, by debuting at number 19 and peaking at number 13 for two consecutive weeks.[51]

Music video

Jackson (pictured), covered in foam, about to kiss Hodges' character in the video.

The accompanying

Snorricam camera extended out from Hodges' body and aimed back at him. Two years earlier, Dayton and Faris had employed some Snorricam shots in their video for "1979" by the Smashing Pumpkins.[54] Dozier wrote that Jackson, Dayton, and Faris likely chose the Snorricam and similar close-up point-of-view shots as a "creative aesthetic to bring her [Jackson's] body closer to her fans", and one of the "key examples of her creating possibilities for fan interconnectivity and intimacy."[10]

The video begins with Hodges' parents leaving the house for a few days. Hodges watches Jackson's music videos in his room before dozing off, then the doorbell rings and it turns out to be Jackson and her friends asking to come in. They invite more friends over and a large house party ensues. A foam party erupts because the washing machine is pouring out soapsuds. Jackson and Hodges end up in his room, with him on the bed and her leaning in to kiss him, but a pizza deliveryman rings the doorbell and awakens Hodges, showing that the whole party was an elaborate dream with the singer.[10]

Candace McDuffie from

Complex's "The 50 Best R&B Videos of the '90s" list; Ernest Baker wrote that the plot was "still a model example of how to have a good time in the '90s".[57] The music video for "Go Deep" appears on the DVD edition of 2001's All for You as well as the 2004 video compilation From Janet to Damita Jo: The Videos.[58][59] The blouse Jackson wears in the video was auctioned for US$3,840 in May 2021.[60]

Live performances

Jackson sang the song during the encore of her 1998–99 The Velvet Rope Tour, on a stage decorated with chandeliers.[61] Natasha Kassulke from Wisconsin State Journal complimented the performance, saying it "came off as an electric dance groove echoing some trip hop talents".[62] The performance of the song at the October 11, 1998, show in New York City, at the Madison Square Garden, was broadcast during a special titled The Velvet Rope: Live in Madison Square Garden by HBO,[63] and it was included on the concert's VHS home video release, The Velvet Rope Tour: Live in Concert (1999).[64] Jackson performed the Timbaland remix version on her 2019 Janet Jackson: Metamorphosis Las Vegas residency.[65]

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from The Velvet Rope liner notes.[13]

Charts

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States June 9, 1998 (1998-06-09)
  • urban radio
 Virgin [4]
United Kingdom June 15, 1998 (1998-06-15)
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 [89]
Japan June 27, 1998 (1998-06-27) Maxi single EMI Music Japan [90]
United States June 30, 1998 (1998-06-30) Contemporary hit radio Virgin [5]
France July 13, 1998 (1998-07-13) Maxi single [7]
Australia [8]

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