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"Not Exactly" is an instrumental by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5. It was released as the second single from his third studio album, Random Album Title. First released on August 27, 2007, "Not Exactly" became the second release on Deadmau5's label Mau5trap.^[1]

Background and composition

"Not Exactly" is a progressive house song with a tempo of 128 beats per minute and is written in the key of F major.^[2]

The single charted in the US Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales Chart two years after its release, peaking at position #46.^[3] The song also won the Beatport Music Award for "Best Single" in 2008.^[4]

Formats and track listings

Digital download / 12" – Single^[5]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Not Exactly"	9:15
2.	"We Fail"	6:30

12" – Remixes^[6]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Not Exactly" (Peter Gelderblom Remix)	7:39
2.	"Not Exactly" (Trick & Kubic Remix)	6:15
3.	"Not Exactly" (Jean Claude Ades Hypnotic Remix)	8:46
4.	"Not Exactly" (Major North Reprise)	7:31

Digital download – Remixes^[7]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Not Exactly" (Peter Gelderblom Remix)	7:39
2.	"Not Exactly" (Trick & Kubic Remix)	6:15
3.	"Not Exactly" (Jean Claude Ades Hypnotic Remix)	8:46
4.	"Not Exactly" (Major North Reprise)	7:31
5.	"Not Exactly" (Talla 2XLC Trance Rework)	6:08

Charts

Chart performance for "Not Exactly"
Chart (2010)	Peak position
US Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales (Billboard)^[8]	46

Release history

Release history and formats for "Not Exactly"
Country	Date	Format	Label
Canada	August 27, 2007^[5]^[9]	Digital download	Mau5trap
United Kingdom	August 27, 2007^[5]^[9]	12" vinyl	Mau5trap
Italy	October 22, 2007^[10]		Cinnamon Flava
Germany	December 2007^[11]		Electric
	February 2008^[6]
	March 10, 2008^[7]	Digital download
United States	April 12, 2011^[12]	Digital download	Ultra

References

^ "Deadmau5 - Not Exactly / We Fail (File, MP3) at Discogs". Discogs.
^ "Not Exactly / We Fail on Beatport". Beatport.
^ "Deadmau5 - Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
^ deadmau5 Awards and Nominations
^ ^a ^b "Deadmau5 – Not Exactly / We Fail". Discogs.
^ ^a ^b "Deadmau5 – Not Exactly (The Remixes)". Discogs.
^ ^a ^b "Deadmau5 – Not Exactly Remixes". Discogs.
^ "Deadmau5 Chart History: Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales". Billboard. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
^ "Deadmau5 – Not Exactly / We Fail". Discogs.
^ "Deadmau5 – Not Exactly". Discogs.
^ "Deadmau5 – Not Exactly". Discogs.
^ "deadmau5 – Not Exactly / We Fail". Discogs.

External links

deadmau5.com
Not Exactly at AllMusic
Not Exactly at AllMusic
"Not Exactly / We Fail" at Discogs (list of releases)
"Not Exactly" at Discogs (list of releases)

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Discography Awards and nominations
Studio albums	Get Scraped Random Album Title For Lack of a Better Name 4×4=12 Album Title Goes Here While(1<2) W:/2016Album/ Kx5
Compilation albums	Deadmau5 Circa 1998–2002 5 Years of Mau5 Stuff I Used to Do Where's the Drop?
Mix albums	At Play At Play Vol. 2
Extended plays	Mau5ville: Level 1 Mau5ville: Level 2 Mau5ville: Level 3
Singles	"Faxing Berlin" "Not Exactly" "Move for Me" "I Remember" "Ghosts 'n' Stuff" "Strobe" "Some Chords" "Animal Rights" "Sofi Needs a Ladder" "Raise Your Weapon" "Aural Psynapse" "Maths" "The Veldt" "Professional Griefers" "Channel 42" "Telemiscommunications" "Avaritia" "Seeya" "Infra Turbo Pigcart Racer" "Phantoms Can't Hang" "Snowcone" "Beneath with Me" "Let Go" "Legendary" "Bridged by a Lightwave" "When the Summer Dies"
Other songs	"A City in Florida" "4ware" "Monophobia"
Related articles	Mau5trap Lots of Shows in a Row Steve Duda "Happiness"
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