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"Some Chords" is an instrumental by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5, released on 3 May 2010 as the first single from his fifth studio album 4×4=12. The song peaked at 13 on the Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart in the US, and 120 in the UK Singles Chart. In 2014, a remix by Dillon Francis was released for Deadmau5's compilation album, 5 Years of Mau5.

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In popular culture

The track was featured in an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation entitled "Pool Shark".^[1]

Remixes

A remix by Dillon Francis was released for the 5 Years of Mau5 compilation album in 2014. The remix charted in the US, peaking at 50 in the Dance/Electronic Songs chart. A remix contest was also hosted by Beatport Play, in which participants were given the parts to rework Francis' version of the song.^[2] The winner of the contest was Andrei Stephen, whose remix is expected to see an official release through Mau5trap, and the runner up was Approaching Nirvana, as determined by the community's votes.^[2]

Music video

Deadmau5 had held a competition using Wooshii which asked fans to create a video to go along with the song. The competition lasted 2 weeks and had over 82 pitches. The winning video was directed by Chris Lee, and produced by Pommez Films. It features a person named Tom who has a snare drum for a head. ^[3]

Track listing

Digital download (US)^[4]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Some Chords (Original Mix)"	7:23

Digital download (international)^[5]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Some Chords (Radio Edit)"	6:55

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
US Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales (Billboard)^[6]	13
UK Singles Chart (OCC)^[7]	120

Dillon Francis Remix

Chart (2014)	Peak position
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)^[6]	50
US Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales (Billboard)^[6]	44

References

^ "Deadmau5". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Deadmau5 - Some Chords (Dillon Francis Remix)". Beatport Play. December 30, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
^ "Deadmau5 - Some Chords (wooshii web video)". 2010-08-02. Retrieved 2014-02-15 – via YouTube.
^ "iTunes - Music - Some Chords - Single by deadmau5". iTunes US. 2010-11-07.
^ "iTunes - Music - Some Chords - Single by deadmau5". iTunes UK. 2010-11-05.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Deadmau5 Album & Song Chart History". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
^ "Chart Log UK: Asher D – Dyverse". Zobbel. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

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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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