Underground most commonly refers to:

  • Subterranea (geography), the regions beneath the surface of the Earth

Underground may also refer to:

Places

  • Buenos Aires Underground, a rapid transit system
  • London Underground, a rapid transit system
  • The Underground (Boston), a music club in the Allston neighborhood of Boston
  • The Underground (Stoke concert venue), a club/music venue based in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent
  • Underground (Manhattan), a music club (1980–1989) in Manhattan
  • Underground Atlanta, a shopping and entertainment district in the Five Points neighborhood of downtown Atlanta, Georgia
  • Underground City, Montreal
  • Underground city, a series of linked subterranean spaces
  • Underground living, modes of living below the ground's surface

Transport

  • London Underground, Metro network in London

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

  • Underground (1928 film), a drama by Anthony Asquith
  • Underground (1941 film), a war drama by Vincent Sherman
  • Underground (1970 film), a war drama starring Robert Goulet
  • Underground (1976 film), a documentary about the radical organization the Weathermen
  • Underground, a 1989 film featuring Melora Walters
  • Underground (1995 film), a film by Emir Kusturica
  • Underground, a 2007 British independent film starring Mark Strange
  • Underground (2020 film), a/k/a Souterrain, a drama film directed by Sophie Dupuis
  • Underground: The Julian Assange Story, a 2012 Australian television film on Julian Assange for Network Ten

Games

  • Underground (role-playing game), a satirical superhero game
  • Underground, an expansion pack for Tom Clancy's The Division
  • Medal of Honor: Underground, a 2000 first-person shooter
  • Need for Speed: Underground, a 2003 racing video game
  • Need for Speed: Underground 2, a 2004 racing video game
  • Tony Hawk's Underground, a 2003 skateboarding video game
  • Tony Hawk's Underground 2, a 2004 skateboarding video game
  • Underground Zone, the first level in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)
  • Undertale, an indie role-playing game

Literature

  • Underground (Dreyfus book), a 1997 nonfiction book about computer hacking
  • Underground (McGahan novel), by Andrew McGahan
  • Underground (Murakami book), a 1998 collection of interviews about the Tokyo sarin gas attack
  • Underground comix, small press or self-published comic books that are often socially relevant or satirical in nature
  • BaMahteret (lit. Underground), a newspaper of the Lehi (militant group)
  • The Underground (Animorphs), by K. A. Applegate
  • The Underground (Left Behind: The Kids), by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye

Music

Albums

  • Underground, by Analog Pussy, 2001
  • Underground (Chris Potter album), 2006
  • Underground (Courtney Pine album), 1997
  • Underground (The Electric Prunes album), 1967
  • Underground (soundtrack), by Goran Bregović, 2000
  • Underground (Graham Bonnet album), 1997
  • Underground (Jayo Felony album), 1999
  • Underground, by Messiah, 1994
  • Underground (Phil Keaggy album), 1983
  • Underground (Thelonious Monk album), 1968
  • Underground (Twinkle Brothers album), 1982
  • Underground Vol. 1: 1991–1994, a compilation album by Three 6 Mafia, 1999
  • Underground Vol. 2: Club Memphis, a compilation album by Three 6 Mafia, 1999

Songs

  • "Underground" (Ben Folds Five song), 1995
  • "Underground" (David Bowie song), featured in the film Labyrinth
  • "Underground" (Evermore song), 2010
  • "Underground", by Adam Lambert from The Original High, 2015
  • "Underground", by Circa Zero from Circus Hero, 2013
  • "Underground", by Curtis Mayfield from Roots, 1970
  • "Underground", by Decadence from Undergrounder, 2017
  • "Underground", by Eminem from Relapse, 2009
  • "Underground", by Gentle Giant from Civilian, 1980
  • "Underground", by Hayley Kiyoko from Panorama, 2022
  • "Underground", by Jane's Addiction from The Great Escape Artist, 2011
  • "Underground", by Men at Work from Business as Usual, 1981
  • "Underground", by @onefive from 1518, 2022
  • "Underground", by Pokey LaFarge from Something In The Water, 2015
  • "Underground", by The Tea Party from Triptych, 1999
  • "Underground", by Tom Waits from Swordfishtrombones, 1983
  • "The Underground", by Mani Spinx, 2008

Other uses in music

  • Underground music, a variety of music subgenres

Television

  • Underground (TV series), a 2016 American television drama series
  • TCM Underground, a weekly cult-film showcase
  • The Underground (TV series), a sketch comedy show
  • "Underground" (Armchair Theatre), a 1958 British television drama, part of Armchair Theatre
  • "Underground" (Stargate Atlantis), an episode of Stargate Atlantis
  • "Underground" (BoJack Horseman), an episode of BoJack Horseman
  • "Underground", a Transformers: Armada episode

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

  • Underground (play), by Michael Sloane
  • Underground press, independent counterculture publications
  • Underground producciones, an Argentine producer of TV series

Groups and organizations

  • Narodnaya Volya, an underground group in late 19th-century Russia
  • Resistance movement
  • Resistance during World War II, with some groups sometimes referred to informally as "The Underground"
  • Polish Underground State (), 1939-1945
  • Weather Underground, a clandestine far-left terrorist group which operated in the United States of America between 1969 and 1977

Other uses

  • Underground economy, a market system operating outside of legal regulations
  • UK underground, a counter-cultural movement in the United Kingdom
  • UK underground rap, a 2020s music scene in the United Kingdom
  • Underground Railroad, an informal network of secret routes and safe houses
  • The Underground (roller coaster), a wooden roller coaster at Adventureland (Iowa)
  • Underground mining (hard rock), removal of valuable minerals from below the Earth's surface

See also

  • Rapid transit, rail-based transportation systems, which often operate in tunnels
  • Underground culture (disambiguation)
  • Underground 2 (disambiguation)
  • 6 Underground (disambiguation)
  • Overground (disambiguation)