"Dig" a song by American heavy metal band

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, released in 2000 as the band's debut single it appears on the band's debut studio album '' L.D. 50'' (2000). A music video was released for the song on April 10, 2001, and it later won the first ever

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Award. It is also one of the band's most well-known songs, being certified gold in the United States. A live version of the song taken from the

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tour appears on the live album ''Tattoo the Earth: The First Crusade''. The song also appeared on the compilation album ''

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''. The song has also spawned an

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known as "Brbr Deng" (the

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of the opening bass riff), which bassist

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has expressed some ambivalence about.

Music video

The

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for the song won the MTV2 Award in 2001 and was directed by

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. It was one of the first music videos to feature heavy metal artists in vibrant, brightly lit and color-saturated images, in sharp contrast to the dark, shadowy videos typical of the genre. The award was to honor the best overall achievement by an act whose video premiered on

and received significant on-air rotation. A special edition

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single was released featuring nine different camera angles, allowing viewers to switch between the various bandmembers' performances filmed during the video's production. The DVD also included a behind the scenes featurette titled "Dig a Little Deeper".

Track listing

;Promo single ;Maxi single ;Cassette single

Charts

Weekly

Year-end

Certifications

References

2000 debut singles 2000 songs Mudvayne songs Songs written by Chad Gray Songs written by Ryan Martinie Songs written by Matthew McDonough Songs written by Greg Tribbett Song recordings produced by Garth Richardson {{Metal-song-stub