Rolling in the Deep

~ Recording by Adele

Annotation

Notes from booklet + Sub Optimal Credits

Backing Vocals: Paul Epworth (credited as background vocals)
The trumpet and sax might not be applicable, credited like so: "Harry Brown Trombone and Horn Arrangement on I'll be Waiting. Noel Langley Trumpet. Ray Carless Tenor Sax."
Mastered at Sterling Sound, NY.

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Country/Date
Official
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:50	Adele	Rolling in the Deep	2010-11-29 NL 2011-01-14 DE 2011-01-17 GB 2011-01-24 FR
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	Rolling in the Deep	2010-11-30 US
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:50	Adele	Rolling in the Deep	2010 TW
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	Rolling in the Deep	2011-01-16 AF 2011-01-16 AL (show 177 more) 2011-01-16 ZW
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	Rolling in the Deep	2011-01-16 GB
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	21	2011-01-19 ZA
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	21	2011-01-19 JP
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	21	2011-01-19 JP
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	21 (limited edition)	2011-01-20 GB 2011-01-21 DE 2011-01-21 NL
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	21	2011-01-20 AU
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	21 (iTunes interview version)	2011-01-21 GB
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	21	2011-01-21 XE
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	21 (Amazon digital booklet version)	2011-01-24 US
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	21 (iTunes digital booklet version)	2011-01-24 US
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	21	2011-01-24 -
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	21	2011-01-24 -
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	21	2011-01-24 XE
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:50	Adele	Radio 538: Hitzone 56	2011-02-04 NL
3.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	Brit Awards 2011	2011-02-07 GB
2.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	Bravo Hits 72	2011-02-11 DE
2.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	Bravo Hits 72	2011-02-11 DE
2.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	Bravo Hits 72	2011-02-11 AT
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	21 (deluxe edition)	2011-02-22 US
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	21	2011-02-22 US
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	21	2011-02-22 AR 2011-02-22 BO (show 15 more) 2011-02-22 UY
1.4	Rolling in the Deep	3:47	Adele	De Afrekening 50	2011-03-18 BE
1.2	Rolling in the Deep	3:47	Adele	Ö3 Greatest Hits 53	2011-03-18 AT
2.2	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	The Dome, Volume 57	2011-03-18 DE
1.2	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	NRJ Hit Music Only 2011	2011-03-23 FR
1.16	Rolling in the Deep	3:47	Adele	NOW: The Hits of Autumn 2011	2011-04-01 AU
1.2	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	Now That’s What I Call Music! 78	2011-04-11 GB
2.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:47	Adele	Life Is Music 2011.1	2011-04-29 BE
2.13	Rolling in the Deep	?:??	Adele	Los números 1 de Cadena 100	2011-05-03 ES
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	Absolute Summer Hits	2011-06-10 DK
2.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	RTL Sommer Hits 2011	2011-06-17 DE
1.3	Rolling in the Deep	3:46	Adele	More Music 4	2011-06-27 DK
2.6	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	NRJ Summer Hits Only 2011	2011-06-27 FR
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	Matuschkes Lieblinge	2011-07-29 DE
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:53	Adele	21	2011-08-30 TW
1.2	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	Absolute Music 67	2011-08-31 SE
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:47	Adele	NOW: The Hits of Spring 2011	2011-09-09 AU
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	Radio 538 Hitzone: Best of 2011	2011-11-11 NL
2.3	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	Bravo: The Hits 2011	2011-11-18 DE
2.2	Rolling in the Deep	3:47	Adele	Cafe Puls Hits 11	2011-11-25 AT
1.4	Rolling in the Deep	3:47	Adele	Humo Selecteert - Meer Dan Het Beste Uit 2011	2011-11-25 BE
1.4	Rolling in the Deep	3:47	Adele	Humo's Top 2011 (Humo Selecteert Meer Dan Het Beste Uit 2011)	2011-11-25 BE
2.1	Rolling In The Deep	3:50	Adele	Die ultimative Chart Show: Die erfolgreichsten Hits 2011	2011-12-02 DE
1.5	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	NRJ Music Awards 2012	2011-12-23 FR
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:51	Adele	21	2011 ZA
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	21	2011 US
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	21	2011 CA
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	21	2011 -
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	?:??	Adele	21	2011 RU
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	21	2011 SG
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	21	2011 BR
2.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:50	Adele	100% Hits – The Best of 2011 Summer Edition	2011 AU
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	Absolute Summer Hits	2011 DK
1.4	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	Absolute Summer Hits 2011	2011 SE
2.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	Bravo Hits 72	2011 CH
2.3	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	Bravo: The Hits 2011	2011 AT
2.8	Rolling in the Deep	3:47	Adele	Millennium The Next Generation, Vol. 11	2011 AT
1.2	Rolling in the Deep	3:47	Adele	MNM Big Hits 2011.1	2011 BE
1.2	Rolling in the Deep	3:47	Adele	MNM Big Hits Best of 2011	2011 BE
1.9	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	Now That’s What I Call Music 36	2011 NZ
1.9	Rolling in the Deep	3:50	Adele	Now! 18	2011 CA
1.5	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	NRJ Hit List 2011	2011 FR
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:50	Adele	RTL Hits 2011	2011 DE
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	The Singer, the Song	2011 US
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	Un Maxx de tubes	2011 FR
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	2012 GRAMMY Nominees	2012-01-24 US
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:47	Adele	2012 GRAMMY Nominees	2012-01-24 US
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:50	Adele	Power Vrouwen Top 101	2012-02-24 NL
1.4	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	The Gangbang EP	2012-05-31 US
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	21	2013-03-07 CN
3.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	NOW That’s What I Call 30 Years (30th Anniversary of UK series)	2013-05-27 GB
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	Mastermix Classic Cuts, Volume 139: Modern Soul, Jazz & Pop	2013 GB
2.18	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	XL Recordings: Pay Close Attention	2014-08-25 XW
2.20	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	XL Recordings: Pay Close Attention	2014-08-25 GB
2.18	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	XL Recordings: Pay Close Attention	2014-08-25 GB
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	21 (no SID codes)	2020-12-01 XE 2020-12-01 US
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	21	2020-12-14 AR 2020-12-14 BZ (show 19 more) 2020-12-14 VE
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	21	2020-12-14 AR 2020-12-14 BZ (show 19 more) 2020-12-14 VE
Promotion
1.1	Rolling in the Deep (explicit version)	3:48	Adele	Rolling in the Deep	2010 XE
1.2	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	Hits: February 2011	2011-03-01 GB
1.3	Rolling in the Deep	3:47	Adele	Promo Only: Mainstream Radio, April 2011	2011-03-17 US
1.17	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	Promo Only: Urban Radio, May 2011	2011-04 US
1.5	Rolling in the Deep	3:55	Adele	Promo Only: Modern Rock Radio, April 2011	2011 US
Bootleg
1.3	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	2010-10-21: The Current Studios, St. Paul, MN, USA	2010-10-21 US
1.2	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	Greatest Hits	2012 RU
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	Greatest Hits	2012 -
1.7	Rolling in the Deep	3:50	Adele	Greatest Hits 2012	2012 -
1.11	Rolling in the Deep	?:??	Adele	Hiding My Heart	2012 -
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:48	Adele	Music Sounds Better Fundamentals	2015-11-20 XW
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	21 (Bonus Tracks Edition)	2018-10-19 XW
1.1	Rolling in the Deep	?:??	Adele	Greatest Hits	- RU
1.7	Rolling in the Deep	3:49	Adele	I Am Number Four Unofficial Soundtrack
(unknown)
2.1	Rolling In The Deep	3:48	Adele	Maximum Hit Music Best Of 2011	2011-12 BE
1.13	Rolling in the Deep (OA)	3:53	Adele	Tonart 9/10 (Ausgabe 2013)	2013 DE

Relationships

recording engineer:	Mark Rankin
engineer:	Mark “Top” Rankin
producer:	Paul Epworth
assistant mixer:	Dan Perry
mixer:	Tom Elmhirst
acoustic guitar, bass, electric guitar and percussion and background vocals:	Paul Epworth
drums (drum set):	Leo Taylor
piano:	Neil Cowley
tenor saxophone:	Ray Carless
trumpet:	Noel Langley
lead vocals:	Adele Laurie Blue Adkins

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	XL Recordings Ltd. (in 2011)

recorded at:	Eastcote Studios in London, England, United Kingdom

has remixes:	Rolling in the Deep by Kina Grannis Rolling in the Deep (Deathstar remix) by Adele feat. MartyParty & Minnesota Rolling in the Deep (The Living Tombstone remix) In the deep (Rolling in the Deep) (Kizomba remix by DJ Radikal) (on 2015-02-27)
sampled by:	love language by PaulGMashups
mash-ups:	Crazy in the Deep by SmadaLeinad Crazy in the Deep (Gnarls Barkley vs. Adele) by Divide & Kreate Cruelly Good Summer Feeling (Ace of Base vs. Jason Derulo vs. Aura Dione vs. Stanton Warriors feat. Hollywood Holt & Ruby Goe vs. Flo Rida vs. Britney Spears vs. Groove Armada vs. Britney Spears vs. Avicii vs. Sak Noel vs. t.A.T.u. vs. Adele vs. Travie McCoy) by DJ Schmolli Cruelly Good Summer Feeling (Ace of Base vs. Jason Derulo vs. Aura Dione vs. Stanton Warriors feat. Hollywood Holt & Ruby Goe vs. Flo Rida vs. Britney Spears vs. Groove Armada vs. Britney Spears vs. Avicii vs. Sak Noel vs. t.A.T.u. vs. Adele vs. Travie McCoy) by DJ Schmolli Deep in the Levels by The White Panda Mashups Like This by Triple‐Q Rebirth in the Deep by Triple‐Q Rolling in the Eye of the Tiger One More Time by SmadaLeinad Rolling in the G.U.Y. by SmadaLeinad Rolling in the Grenade by SmadaLeinad Rolling in the Nexus by nakinyko Rolling in the Sulfur by Cryptidd Mashups Scream and Shout and Something Else Too by Pantsmode The End by V‐FUN Till the Edge of Party Rock S&M by SmadaLeinad Troublemaker in the Deep by SmadaLeinad We Are Rolling in the Deep by SmadaLeinad
music videos:	Rolling in the Deep

part of:

Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s (number: 3) (order: 3)
Billboard Decade End Chart: Adult Contemporary Songs (number: 11) (order: 11)
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 30) (order: 30)
Billboard: Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs (number: 39) (order: 39)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 82) (order: 82)
Pitchfork: The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s (number: 171) (order: 171)
BILLIONS CLUB (order: 227)

stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/track/4OSBTYWVwsQhGLF9NHvIbR [info]
stream video for free:	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYEDA3JcQqw [info]

recording of:	Rolling in the Deep

Rolling in the Deep

writer:	Adele Adkins Paul Epworth

publisher:	EMI Blackwood Music Inc. EMI Music Publishing Ltd. Nebo Ridge Publishing Universal Music Publishing Ltd. Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.

later parody versions:	Snoring in Your Sleep
later translated versions:	Er breekt brand uit
later versions:	Rolling in the Deep (the Aretha version)

Rolling in the Deep

Genres: pop, pop soul, soul, blue-eyed soul, neo soul

Other tags: dr5, alternative/indie rock, adult alternative pop/rock, pop/rock, soul-jazz

Annotation

Notes from booklet + Sub Optimal Credits

Appears on releases

Relationships

Rolling in the Deep

Rolling in the Deep

Genres: pop, pop soul, soul, blue-eyed soul, neo soul

Other tags: dr5, alternative/indie rock, adult alternative pop/rock, pop/rock, soul-jazz

Annotation

Notes from booklet + Sub Optimal Credits

Appears on releases

Relationships

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Rolling in the Deep