"Underwater" is a single by Canadian

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group

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, featuring Australian singer Rani Kamal (daughter of

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) on vocals. It was the second single released from the album, ''

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'', and reached number nine on the ''Billboard''

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chart in the U.S.

Song

The album version of the song has a slow, ambient arrangement focused primarily on

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performances. Like nearly all Delerium singles to date since "

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", the single release put greater emphasis on a number of

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es commissioned by

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to promote the song through

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play. Notable remixers featured on the various releases of the single include Above & Beyond,

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, Hydrogen Rockers (an alias of

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), and

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(of

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and

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). The music video for the song was directed by directors collective Twobigeyes. It was aired in two different edits, which were set to the Above & Beyond remix (the more common version) and the Rank 1 remix.

Track listing

;UK CD Single 1 – 2001 # "Underwater (Above & Beyond 21st Century Mix Edit)" – 3:50 # "Underwater (MaUVe's Dark Vocal Mix)" – 8:32 # "Underwater (Album Version Edit)" – 3:59 ;UK CD Single 2 – 2001 # "Underwater (Above & Beyond 21st Century Mix)" – 8:17 # "Underwater (Hydrogen Rockers Vocal Mix)" – 8:15 # "Underwater (Jim Skreech Remix Edit)" – 3:20 ;UK Vinyl 1 – 2001 # "Underwater (Above & Beyond 21st Century Mix)" – 8:17 # "Underwater (Hydrogen Rockers Vocal Mix)" – 8:15 ;UK Vinyl 2 – 2001 # "Underwater (MaUVe's Dark Vocal Mix)" – 8:32 # "Underwater (Hydrogen Rockers Dub Mix)" – 7:40 # "Underwater (MaUVe's Reprise)" – 4:15 ;Benelux CD Single – 2001 # "Underwater (Rank 1 Radio Edit)" – 4:05 # "Underwater (Rank 1 Remix)" – 9:16 ;Benelux CD Maxi – 2001 # "Underwater (Rank 1 Remix)" – 9:16 # "Underwater (MaUVe's Dark Vocal Mix)" – 8:32 # "Underwater (Above & Beyond 21st Century Mix)" – 8:17 # "Underwater (Hydrogen Rockers Vocal Mix)" – 8:15 # "Underwater (Jim Skreech Remix)" – 6:39 ;Spain CD Maxi – 2001 # "Underwater (Above & Beyond 21st Century Mix Edit)" – 3:50 # "Underwater (Above & Beyond 21st Century Mix)" – 8:17 # "Underwater (Hydrogen Rockers Vocal Mix)" – 8:15 # "Underwater (MaUVe's Dark Vocal Mix)" – 8:32 # "Underwater (Jim Skreech Remix)" – 6:39 # "Underwater (Hydrogen Rockers Dub Mix)" – 7:40 # "Underwater (Album Version Edit)" – 3:59 ;German CD Maxi – 2003 # "Underwater (Above & Beyond 21st Century Mix Edit)" – 3:50 # "Underwater (Rank 1 Radio Edit)" – 4:08 # "Underwater (Peter Luts Mix)" – 7:56 # "Underwater (Above & Beyond 21st Century Mix)" – 8:17 # "Underwater (Rank 1 Remix)" – 9:16

Charts

References

Delerium songs 2002 singles 2000 songs Nettwerk Records singles Songs written by Bill Leeb {{2000s-electronic-song-stub