"Dig" is a song by American heavy metal band

Mudvayne Mudvayne is an American Heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed in Peoria, Illinois, Peoria, Illinois, in 1996. Known for their sonic experimentation, face and body paint, masks and uniforms, the band has sold over five million records wor ...

, released in 2000 as the band's debut single. It appears on the band's debut studio album '' L.D. 50'' (2000). A music video was released for the song on April 10, 2001, and it later won the first ever

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Award. It is also one of the band's most well-known songs, being certified gold in the United States. A live version of the song taken from the Tattoo the Earth tour appears on the live album ''Tattoo the Earth: The First Crusade''. The song also appeared on the compilation album '' WWF Tough Enough''. The song has also spawned an

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known as "Brbr Deng" (the

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of the opening bass riff), which bassist

Ryan Martinie Ryan Daniel Martinie (born August 6, 1975) is an American musician, best known as the bassist for heavy metal band Mudvayne. Career Mudvayne In 1996, Mudvayne was formed. They initially had a different bass player, Shawn Allen (Barclay was a j ...

has expressed some ambivalence about.

Music video

The

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for the song won the MTV2 Award in 2001 and was directed by Thomas Mignone. It was one of the first music videos to feature heavy metal artists in vibrant, brightly lit and color-saturated images, in sharp contrast to the dark, shadowy videos typical of the genre. The award was to honor the best overall achievement by an act whose video premiered on

and received significant on-air rotation. A special edition DVD single was released featuring nine different camera angles, allowing viewers to switch between the various bandmembers' performances filmed during the video's production. The DVD also included a behind the scenes featurette titled "Dig a Little Deeper".

Track listing

;Promo single ;Maxi single ;Cassette single

Charts

Weekly

Year-end

Certifications

Internet memes

The music video of "Dig" resurfaced during 2012 on

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, most notably when creators would dub funny noises over the scream

Chad Gray Chad Gray (born October 16, 1971) is an American singer, best known as the lead vocalist of heavy metal bands Mudvayne and Hellyeah. Career Mudvayne Gray quit his factory job that paid $40,000 a year to move to Peoria, Illinois and formed Mud ...

does at the beginning of the song. The most viewed one of these videos is 'Most Brutal Metal Scream 2012', with over 15 million views. Another

created from this video was 'brbr deng', which refers to the prominent slapping and popping of bassist Ryan Martinie.

References

2000 debut singles 2000 songs Mudvayne songs Songs written by Chad Gray Songs written by Ryan Martinie Songs written by Matthew McDonough Songs written by Greg Tribbett Song recordings produced by Garth Richardson {{Metal-song-stub