It doesn’t matter if you are an Adele fan or not; if you love listening to music, Adele’s Rolling in the Deep surely exists in your playlist. This song is part of her second studio album, 21, which was released in 2011. Rolling in the Deep became the lead single and even the opening track of the album. The lyrics of the song were written by Adele and Paul Epworth.
In 2011, when the song was first released, it became one of the biggest crossover hits in the United States since 1985. The official music video of the song was uploaded on YouTube on November 30 2010. Till now, it has gained 2.7 billion views and has 13 million likes on it.
Rolling in the Deep got widespread critical acclaim from the production of the song to the lyrics and even Adele’s vocal performance. This song was the commercial breakthrough for Adele, making her go from a UK-based female singer to a global star.
Adele topped in 12 different countries and reached the top 10 in 20 countries. This song also became Adele’s first number-one song in the United States. She reached the top of the Billboard 100 chart, and her song stayed there for 7 weeks straight. By February 2012, her song Rolling in the Deep sold over 8.7 million copies in the United States, making the song the best-selling single in the US by female artists. In addition to this, Rollin in the Deep went out to become the second best-selling digital song in the US in 2012. Without a doubt, this song has become 5th best-selling song of all time, with over 20.6 million copies being sold by 2019.
To help you learn the guitar chords of this song, we have asked J.J. Pattishall to be your guitar instructor. J.J. is a rockstar himself; he was born in Central Florida, and both of his parents were talented musicians. So, to find his voice in music, he went to Rollins College in Orlando to get a B.A in music. Right now, he is serving as the adjunct professor of Contemporary Guitar Studies at the same college.
J.J. has studied and performed with some of the greatest musicians of all time. Now it’s his time to showcase to the future generation how to be great at guitar playing. J.J. has divided this song lesson into 5 segments where he will show the required chords, rhythms, song arrangement, how to sing and play at the same time, and also give you a song demo at the very end.
On the other hand, if you are a complete newbie in the world of music, you can check out our online guitar course to start your musical journey with a bang.
