Underground (Ben Folds Five song)

"Underground"
Single by Ben Folds Five
from the album Ben Folds Five
ReleasedAugust 8, 1995 (album)
1996 (single)
RecordedWave Castle, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
February 1995
GenreAlternative rock
Length4:12
LabelPassenger/Caroline
Vital Distribution (single)
Songwriter(s)Benjamin Scott Folds
Producer(s)Caleb Southern
Ben Folds Five singles chronology
"Jackson Cannery"
(1994)
"Underground"
(1995)
"Where's Summer B.?"
(UK; 1996)
Music video
"Underground" on YouTube

"Underground" is a song from Ben Folds Five's 1995 self-titled debut album. It was written by Ben Folds. The song is about geeks and social outcasts looking for solace in numbers in underground music and art scenes. It peaked at #37 on the UK Singles Chart. The track was #3 for the year of 1996 on Australia's Triple J Hottest 100.