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Cover of Mental Floss for the Globe by Urban Dance Squad
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“Deeper Shade of Soul” by Urban Dance Squad

From the album Mental Floss for the Globe (1989)

“Deeper Shade of Soul” by Urban Dance Squad appears on 31 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 1991 and 2022. It was first released in 1989 on the album Mental Floss for the Globe. Its best result is #100 on the WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #674 alternative song of all time.

31countdowns
7stations
#100best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1991–2022years charted

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Deeper Shade Of Soul

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"Deeper Shade of Soul" was the debut single from Dutch crossover crew Urban Dance Squad, pulled from their first album, Mental Floss for the Globe, and released in 1990. It's a gloriously mongrel thing, rap swagger, rock crunch and funk bounce all jammed into one groove, and the groove itself leans on a sample of "A Deeper Shade of Soul", the song Ray Barretto recorded in 1968. Barretto shares the writing credit with DJ DNA, Silvano Matadin, Michel Schoots, Patrick Tilon and René van Barneveld, and Jean-Marie Aerts mixed it.

In America it turned out to be their one and only hit, reaching No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1991 and hanging on for 18 weeks, and it's still the song the band is known for there.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1991 100 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1994 372 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 390 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1995 456 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) 500
1996 416 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1999 273 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) 500
1999 914 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 291 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000) 500
2000 965 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 292 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) 498
2001 966 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 301 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 317 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002) 500
2002 966 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 630 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 322 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003) 500
2003 951 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 512 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 951 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 308 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2005) 500
2005 951 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 419 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) 499
2007 1128 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 968 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 921 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 890 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 923 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 968 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1022 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 766 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2022 872 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s 900

Also listed as: A Deeper Shade of Soul; Deeper Shade Of Soul.

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