Needles & Grooves

I think it can be both depending on the context, but technically it's A.

Is it though? Because the orgins of the word refer to the inner side of a record that's less likely to get played. And if you own a record, are you not a fan?

And if it were A than why is it a "deep" cut instead of just a middy

...'round here we call a deep cut a stab wound.

Sometimes people don't own a record, maybe they only hear singles, only bought the single/7", only stream a playlist or don't know of non-single tracks. I think depending on the body of work, a song that was a single can be a deep cut. It could have been minimally popular and then fallen off, so a single or something that was once on the radio can be a deep cut depending on the context.

A deep cut to me is a song by an artist or band that is less commercial or radio-friendly...more obscure if you will

I think it also has to be an album track. A single released only as a b-side, for example, is just that. A b-side/rarity. A deep cut is an underappreciated album track.

@Corycm So not off an EP either. Basically a track from an LP that often gets over looked?

It’s neither but it can also be both. It’s by very definition a song that you have to scratch below the surface to discover. What that is can vary massively depending on the act and the song.

My favourite deep cut is Killer Cars.

@DownIsTheNewUp EP is a weird one. I would say an EP is fair game in most cases - particularly if it’s an artist’s first release.

@Joe Mac-- w/ Radiohead, mine is either The Trickster or Wickid Child. But I feel like both of those fall more into the category of B-sides

Trickster is meaningless
Trickster is weak