Rolling in the Deep Trivia Questions

At the 54th Grammys in 2012, "Rolling in the Deep" won Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Short Form Music Video.

The video is actually in color but uses a desaturated, grungy filter. It also features Adele in a room full of floating chairs and broken glass.

No other artist was considered. Adele wrote it for herself, and Beyoncé later covered it live but was never offered the original recording.

Adele and co-writer Paul Epworth wrote the song in a single, furious session after a friend's suggestion to channel her anger into music.

"Rolling in the Deep" is a British idiom meaning to be deeply involved or immersed, but Adele used it to describe the intensity of her anger, not love.

Adele and Epworth invited a group of friends to sing the gospel-style chorus in a small church studio to capture a live, communal energy.

The drums were played live by session drummer Tom Vanstiphout. No samples were used; the raw, stomping beat was created in the studio.

XL Recordings executives worried the raw emotion was too intense for mainstream pop, but Adele insisted it stay as recorded.