6 Underground
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| Single by Sneaker Pimps from the album Becoming X |
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| Released | September 30, 1996 (UK) | ||||
| Format | CD, 12" | ||||
| Recorded | 1996 | ||||
| Genre | Trip hop | ||||
| Length | 3:56 | ||||
| Label | Clean Up | ||||
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"6 Underground" is a song by the British band Sneaker Pimps, from their 1996 album Becoming X. At first, the song had moderate radio airplay. However, after appearing on the soundtrack of the 1997 movie The Saint, radio stations began playing it much more frequently. The version most frequently heard on radio was the remix by Nellee Hooper (which appeared as a hidden track on the album). "6 Underground" became a crossover success, mainly on rock, alternative, and pop stations. 6 Underground has surprising staying power and can still be heard a few times a week on many Alternative stations across the United States. The song peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart and No. 45 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The harp melody at the beginning of the song is sampled from the track "Golden Girl" from the soundtrack for the 1964 James Bond movie Goldfinger (specifically the scene where Bond discovers Jill Masterson covered in gold paint).
The music video for the song gives off a dark atmosphere. Throughout the video, the camera focuses on Kelli Dayton singing in the middle of a dark room sitting in a dentist chair. Occasionally, clips of the other band members are shown. The camera follows Kelli as she slowly walks around the darkened room singing the song.
Originally, the song was a club hit in the UK. After the commercial success and popularity of the album version of the song, the group released several remixes, some of which become hits in dance clubs and radio stations with a dance format.
The song has been featured in many films:
- The Saint, just before the sex scene
- The Watcher, in a camera store when David Allen Griffin (Keanu Reeves) is seducing his next victim, an employee of the store
- Can't Hardly Wait Upon the entrance of Jennifer Love Hewitt's character Amanda Beckett to the party that makes up the core of the film.
- A Man Apart
- Cruel Intentions
- Enemy of the State, in the lingerie store scene
- Dogtown and Z-Boys, in the segment about Pacific Ocean Park pier
It has appeared in a number of TV shows too: it was the opening theme song of the short-lived television series Titans, during the opening credits of episode #221 "Friends in Deed" of Beverly Hills, 90210, during the Daria episode The Invitation, and on promos for The History Channel's new series, Cities of the Underworld, as well as the FX series Over There.
