Deep Cover (song)

"Deep Cover"
Single by Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg
from the album Deep Cover (soundtrack)
B-side
  • "Party Groove"
  • "Back to Life"
ReleasedApril 9, 1992
Recorded1991
StudioGF Studios (Hollywood, Los Angeles)
Genre
Length4:17
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Dr. Dre
Dr. Dre singles chronology
"Funky Flute"
(1991)
"Deep Cover"
(1992)
"Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang"
(1993)
Snoop Doggy Dogg singles chronology
"Deep Cover"
(1992)
"Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang"
(1993)
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"Deep Cover" is the debut solo single by American rapper Dr. Dre and his first track released after the breakup of N.W.A. The track was recorded for the soundtrack of the film Deep Cover by Solar Records and distributed by Epic Records. The song features fellow American rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg in his first appearance on a record release. Shortly after the song's release Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg remade the song and released it as "One Eight Seven" under Death Row Records. In 1994 "One Eight Seven" was remixed for the reissue of the Deep Cover soundtrack and retitled "187um".