Soul Deep (The Box Tops song)

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"Soul Deep"
Soul Deep - The Box Tops.jpg
Single by The Box Tops
from the album Dimensions
B-side "(The) Happy Song"
ReleasedJune 1969
Recorded1969
Genre Blue-eyed soul [1]
Label Mala
Songwriter(s) Wayne Carson-Thompson
Producer(s) Tommy Cogbill, Chips Moman
The Box Tops singles chronology
"I Shall Be Released"
(1969)
"Soul Deep"
(1969)
"Turn on a Dream"
(1969)
"Soul Deep"
Soul Deep - Eddy Arnold.jpg
Single by Eddy Arnold
from the album Love & Guitars
B-side "(Today) I Started Loving You Again"
ReleasedMarch 1970
Genre Country, Easy Listening
Length2:25
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Wayne Carson-Thompson
Producer(s) Chet Atkins
Eddy Arnold singles chronology
"Since December"
(1969)
"Soul Deep"
(1970)
"A Man's Kind of Woman"
(1970)

"Soul Deep" is a song originally recorded by Robbie Lane and the Disciples in 1966, but best known by a recorded version by The Box Tops. It was the third of three singles released from their 1969 Dimensions LP. [2] Lead vocals were provided by Alex Chilton.

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The Box Tops' song became an international Top 40 hit, charting modestly at #22 in the UK and #18 in the U.S. [3] It reached the Top 10 in Australia (#7) and in Canada (#9). [4] "Soul Deep" did best in South Africa, where it reached #2. [5]

Background

Record World called it "a rhythm-wide, soul-deep song...which is soulful and contemporary." [6]

"Soul Deep" became the group's final U.S. Top 40 entry. Regionally, it peaked at #3 on KHJ (Los Angeles) on 30 July [7] and on WLS (Chicago) on 18–25 August. [8] "Soul Deep" was also part of the title of the group's 1996 anthology.

Eddy Arnold cover

"Soul Deep" was covered by Eddy Arnold in 1970. The track is included on his album, Love and Guitars. Arnold had a Top 40 Country as well as Adult Contemporary hit with the song in both the U.S. and Canada. [9]

Other cover versions

Chart history

Weekly charts

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