DEEP CUT Definition & Meaning

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deep cut

[ deep kuht ]

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noun

a song that is less widely played and less well-known than other songs on the same album or by the same artist:
The band performed a fan-favorite deep cut as part of their encore, and the crowd went wild!
anything, but especially media such as a television show, movie, video game, or book, that is not well-known to the general public, but has a fan base or cult following:
This list of the top 25 horror films of all time has some deep cuts I’d never seen before.
a reference to a television show, movie, video game, book, etc., that would be appreciated or understood only by fellow fans, similar to an homage or inside joke:
My husband’s joke about how he plays sax and I play clarinet, so our kids should learn to play piano and drums and then we can start our own Mos Eisley cantina band is a pretty deep cut.

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Origin of deep cut¹

First recorded in 2005–10

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Yet this deep cut — co-written by the two with Charles Mann — is perhaps the LP’s emotional centerpiece.

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Featuring stars Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine and Lela Rochon, the best friends jam out to Flack's deep cut, "It Might Be You," with Houston's voice at the forefront.

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The song merges house, electronica and those Euro-rave basslines that became Gaga staples on “The Fame Monster” and “Born This Way,” the same ones that the public fell back in love with when “Bloody Mary,” a deep cut from the latter album, went viral two years back.

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So, yes, as a native Angeleno his loss was a deep cut.

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Cairngorn Mountain Rescue Team said they were called out to two simultaneous rescues on Monday night, helping a climber who had sustained a deep cut to their lower leg and a couple who intended to camp but raised the alarm after conditions deteriorated.

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