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"Rolling in the Deep" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter Adele for her second studio album, 21. The song was written by Paul Epworth and Adele, who described it as a "dark blues-y gospel disco tune".
It was first released on 29 November 2010 as the lead single of the album.
The song has been acclaimed by music critics. The single has peaked at number one in some countries in Europe, as well in Canada and the United States. As of November 2011, "Rolling in the Deep" had sold 5,567,000 copies in the United States, making it her best-selling single outside her native country, topping her previous best-selling "Chasing Pavements".
"Rolling in the Deep" has reached number one in 11 countries and top five in several other countries. The song has also become Adele's first number-one song in the U.S., reaching the top spot of four Billboard charts. "Rolling in the Deep" spent seven weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, the longest-running number-one single of 2011 so far. In July, the video was nominated for seven MTV Video Music Awards nominations, making it the most nominated music video of the year. The video won three awards: Best Editing, Best Cinematography and Best Art Direction.

The song became popular and has been covered by various artists included David Cook, Haley Reinhart, and Nicole Scherzinger and rapper Lil Wayne. John Legend uploaded an R&B a capella version of the song in April 2011 on SoundCloud. Legend's version was then covered by Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff of Glee for the second season episode "Prom Queen". The single charted at number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at 49 on the UK Singles Chart and was later released on the album Glee: The Music, Volume 6. At the 2011 iTunes Festival, Linkin Park performed an acoustic version of "Rolling in the Deep" as part of their set, with Chester Bennington as the vocalist. This recording was released to the iTunes Store as a single, debuting at number 42 on the UK Singles Chart. Black Stone Cherry have covered the song live on several occasions. On 14 July 2011, Patti Smith included a cover of "Rolling in the Deep" at her performance at the Castle Clinton. Quentin Elias released a cover of the song as a single on 6 September 2011. It also appears on his EP I Can Do Bad All By Myself released simultaneously. Although currently unreleased, Pop-Punk band, Go Radio will be covering the song for the compilation CD 'Punk Goes Pop 4, to be released by Fearless Records. The Collective performed the song on the third season of The Sing-Off. Contestant Misha Bryan (known as Misha B) covered the song on the eighth season of The X Factor and included a rap verse.