"Deeply Dippy"
Single by Right Said Fred
from the album Up
B-side"Deeply Dubby"
Released9 March 1992 (1992-03-09)[1]
Length3:21
LabelTug
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Tommy D
Right Said Fred singles chronology
"Don't Talk Just Kiss"
(1991)		 "Deeply Dippy"
(1992)		 "Those Simple Things/Daydream"
(1992)

"Deeply Dippy" is a song by British trio Right Said Fred from their debut album, Up (1992). Written by Right Said Fred and produced by Tommy D, "Deeply Dippy" was the third single by Right Said Fred. It bested the number-two chart peak of "I'm Too Sexy" in the United Kingdom by peaking atop the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in April 1992.

Outside the United Kingdom, "Deeply Dippy" reached number one in Ireland for four weeks and entered the top 20 in Austria, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. The song failed to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100, where "I'm Too Sexy" had reached number one, but it did peak at number nine on Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. NME ranked "Deeply Dippy" number 22 in their list of "Singles of the Year" in December 1992.[2]

Track listings

  • UK 7-inch and cassette single[3][4]
  1. "Deeply Dippy" (single mix)
  2. "Deeply Dubby" (single mix)
  • UK CD single[5]
  1. "Deeply Dippy" (single mix)
  2. "Deeply Dippy" (Deeply Brassy)
  3. "Deeply Dippy" (Deeply Nervous)
  4. "I'm Too Sexy" (extended club mix)
  • Australian CD single[6]
  1. "Deeply Dippy" (single mix)
  2. "Deeply Dippy" (Deeply Brassy)
  3. "I'm Too Sexy" (Italian version)

Charts

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[30] Silver 200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Covers

The song was later covered by the Rockingbirds, on the Terence Higgins Trust, supporting charity EP The Fred EP.

The song was featured in an advert for Sun Bingo in September 2015.[31] It was also featured in an advert, "Deal of the Decade", for the range of the Fiat Punto and Fiat Stilo, in July 2002. The song's background music, was also featured, and used by Heart Yorkshire, for their Yorkshire Song in July 2014, as promotion for the bike race, the Tour de France, with changed lyrics to be based around Yorkshire.[32][33] Colleagues in the Sainsbury's in Heaton performed their own version of the song in March 2011 as part of raising money for Red Nose Day 2011.[34]

References

  1. ↑ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 7 March 1992. p. 17. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "NME Singles of the Year". NME. 19 December 1992. p. 21. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Deeply Dippy (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Right Said Fred. Tug Records. 1992. SNOG 3.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ↑ Deeply Dippy (UK cassette single sleeve). Right Said Fred. Tug Records. 1992. CA SNOG 3.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ↑ Deeply Dippy (UK CD single liner notes). Right Said Fred. Tug Records. 1992. CD SNOG 3.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ↑ Deeply Dippy (Australian CD single liner notes). Right Said Fred. Tug Records. 1992. D 16029.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ↑ "Right Said Fred – Deeply Dippy". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  8. ↑ "Right Said Fred – Deeply Dippy" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  9. ↑ "Right Said Fred – Deeply Dippy" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  10. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1958." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  11. ↑ "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 16. 18 April 1992. p. 14. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  12. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 20. 16 May 1992. p. 27. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  13. ↑ "European Dance Radio" (PDF). Music & Media. 9 May 1992. p. 32. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  14. ↑ "Right Said Fred – Deeply Dippy" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  15. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Deeply Dippy". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  16. ↑ "Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 7 June 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Right Said Fred".
  17. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 22, 1992" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  18. ↑ "Right Said Fred – Deeply Dippy" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  19. ↑ "Right Said Fred – Deeply Dippy". Top 40 Singles.
  20. ↑ "Right Said Fred – Deeply Dippy". Singles Top 100.
  21. ↑ "Right Said Fred – Deeply Dippy". Swiss Singles Chart.
  22. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  23. ↑ "Right Said Fred Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  24. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten 1992" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  25. ↑ "1992 Year-End Sales Charts" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 51/52. 19 December 1992. p. 17. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  26. ↑ "Top 100 Singles–Jahrescharts 1992" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  27. ↑ "Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 1992". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  28. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1992" (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  29. ↑ "Year End Charts: Top Singles". Music Week. 16 January 1993. p. 8.
  30. ↑ "British single certifications – Right Said Fred – Deeply Dippy". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  31. ↑ "Sun Bingo – The Race". adbreakanthems.com. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  32. ↑ "Facts On The Tour De France In Yorkshire". heart.co.uk. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  33. ↑ "Tour de France 2014: The 'grandest' of Grand Departs". bbc.co.uk. 6 July 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  34. ↑ "Sainsbury's Heaton Colleagues Perform Right Said Fred's Deeply Dippy for Comic Relief 2011". 10 March 2011. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2020 – via YouTube.
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