How Deep Is Your Love (Dru Hill song) explained

How Deep Is Your Love
Cover:Dru Hill How Deep Is Your Love.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Dru Hill featuring Redman
Album:Enter the Dru and Rush Hour (soundtrack)
Released:September 22, 1998
Recorded:1998
Genre:R&B, hip hop
Length:3:58
Label:Island
Producer:Warryn Campbell, Dutch, Nokio
Chronology:Dru Hill
Prev Title:We're Not Making Love No More
Prev Year:1997
Next Title:These Are the Times
Next Year:1998

"How Deep Is Your Love" is an R&B single by group Dru Hill. It is the first single from the group's second album, Enter the Dru. The song was released on September 22, 1998. It spent three weeks at number-one on the US R&B chart, and peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song, in its single version with rapper Redman, was also used in the end credits and is featured on the soundtrack to the 1998 film Rush Hour. To date, this is Dru Hill's highest-charting hit.

Music video

The music video was directed by Brett Ratner and was shot on top of Hopewell Centre in Wan Chai, Hong Kong and features clips from Rush Hour. Redman's verse is cut from both the group's album and the video version as he does not appear in the video.

Track listing

US 12" single[1] Side A

  1. "How Deep Is Your Love" – 4:03
  2. "How Deep Is Your Love" (featuring Redman) – 3:58
  3. "How Deep Is Your Love" (Instrumental) – 4:05

Side B

  1. "Beauty"/"What Do I Do with the Love"/"You Are Everything" (snippets) – 3:35
  2. "How Deep Is Your Love" (a cappella) (featuring Redman) – 3:58

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1998)Peak
position
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[2] 27
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[3] 9

Year-end charts

Chart (1998)Position
Germany (Official German Charts)[4] 85
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[5] 91
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 94
UK Urban (Music Week)[7] 35
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 71
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[9] 45
Chart (1999)Position
Australia (ARIA)[10] 77
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[11] 120
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[12] 65

Certifications

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dru Hill - How Deep Is Your Love (Vinyl) at Discogs . Discogs.com . 2012-02-22.
  2. Web site: Euro Chart Hot 100. Music & Media. 10. 1999-02-13. June 16, 2018.
  3. Web site: DRU HILL | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company . .
  4. Web site: Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts. de . . April 18, 2018.
  5. Web site: Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1998. Dutch Top 40. March 7, 2020.
  6. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Single 1998. dutchcharts.nl. March 7, 2020.
  7. The Urban Top 40 Of 1998. Music Week. January 9, 1999. August 6, 2023.
  8. Web site: Billboard Top 100 - 1998 . August 28, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090309202636/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1998 . March 9, 2009 .
  9. 1998 The Year in Music. Billboard. 110. 52. YE-51. December 26, 1998. July 16, 2021.
  10. Web site: ARIA End of Year Singles Chart 1999. Australian Recording Industry Association. March 7, 2020.
  11. Web site: Jaarlijsten 1999. nl. Dutch Top 40. May 12, 2022.
  12. Web site: Årslista Singlar – År 1999. Sverigetopplistan. sv. March 7, 2020.