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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 "

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" in the United Kingdom by peaking atop the

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for three weeks in April 1992, replacing

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's two month chart-topping single, "

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". 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 in the United States, where "I'm Too Sexy" had reached number one, other than on the ''

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chart, peaking at number nine. It did manage to reach the top 100 in Canada, climbing to number 82 in August 1992. ''

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'' ranked "Deeply Dippy" number 22 in their list of "Singles of the Year" in December 1992.

Track listings

* UK 7-inch and cassette single # "Deeply Dippy" (single mix) # "Deeply Dubby" (single mix) * UK CD single # "Deeply Dippy" (single mix) # "Deeply Dippy" (Deeply Brassy) # "Deeply Dippy" (Deeply Nervous) # "

" (extended club mix) * Australian CD single # "Deeply Dippy" (single mix) # "Deeply Dippy" (Deeply Brassy) # "I'm Too Sexy" (Italian version)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Covers

The song was later covered by

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, on the

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, supporting charity EP ''

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In popular culture

The song was featured in an advert for Sun Bingo in September 2015. It was also featured in an advert, "Deal of the Decade", for the range of the

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and

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, in July 2002. The song's background music, was also featured, and used by

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, for their ''Yorkshire Song'' in July 2014, as promotion for the bike race, the

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, with changed lyrics to be based around

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. Colleagues in the

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in Heaton performed their own version of the song, in March 2011, as part of raising money for

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References

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