"Deep and Meaningless" is a song by English

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. Written by vocalist Nick Atkinson, guitarist Luke Potashnick and production duo

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, it was produced by

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and featured on the band's 2005 self-titled debut album. "Deep and Meaningless" was released as the fourth and final single from the album on 11 July 2005, reaching number 29 on the UK Singles Chart.

Release and reception

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'' in January 2005, "Deep and Meaningless" was released as a single on 11 July 2005. It was backed with a live recording of the Blackstreet song " No Diggity" recorded on the

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show on 29 April 2005. The single reached number 29 on the UK Singles Chart, which was the lowest position of all four singles from the album. In a review of the album for the website

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, writer Alex Lai criticised "Deep and Meaningless", describing it as a "bog-standard ... ballad" and claiming that only the

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(which was described as "borrowed from

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") made it "interesting".

Music video

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for "Deep and Meaningless" was directed by Robert Hales and first aired in the week of 30 May 2005.

Track listing

References

{{Authority control 2005 singles Rooster (band) songs Songs written by Nick Atkinson Songs written by Espen Lind Songs written by Amund Bjørklund Song recordings produced by Steve Robson