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"Strobe" is an instrumental by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5. It was released as the sixth and final single from his fourth studio album For Lack of a Better Name on 3 September 2009. It charted at numbers 128 and 13 on the UK Singles Chart and UK Dance Chart in the United Kingdom. The track featured on Deadmau5's greatest hits album, 5 Years of Mau5; a live version was featured on the iTunes version of Album Title Goes Here; and an orchestral version was featured on Where's the Drop?.

"Strobe"
Single by Deadmau5
from the album For Lack of a Better Name
Released	3 September 2009[1]
Recorded	2009
Genre	Progressive house ambient trance
Length	10:34 (Original Mix) 6:21 (Club Edit) 3:34 (Radio Edit)
Label	Mau5trap Ultra Virgin
Songwriter(s)	Joel Zimmerman
Producer(s)	Deadmau5
Deadmau5 singles chronology
"Ghosts 'n' Stuff" (2009) "Strobe" (2009) "Some Chords" (2010)

Background

The song originated from a track titled "Then We Stood Still", which was used in a YouTube video uploaded to Zimmerman's account several months prior to its release.[2] A live version was released exclusively on the iTunes version of his sixth studio album Album Title Goes Here.

In 2016, "Strobe" received an update when Deadmau5's record label Mau5trap released the album Strobe (Remixes), in celebration of the one hundredth release on the label. This release included remixes from Dimension, Feed Me, Com Truise, Lane 8, and Attlas.[3]

In 2017, Billboard Dance listed "Strobe" as Deadmau5's best song of all time on their list of the artist's 20 best tracks.[4]

In 2018, Deadmau5 and Gregory Reveret recorded an orchestral version of "Strobe" for the album Where's the Drop?.[5]

Track listing

Charts

Chart (2009-2010)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	128
UK Dance (OCC)[9]	13
US Dance/Electronic Digital Songs	29
Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)[10]	6

References

На других языках

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[de] Strobe (Lied)

Strobe ist ein Lied des kanadischen Produzenten Deadmau5. Es wurde erstmals am 23. Februar 2010 bei iTunes veröffentlicht.[1] Das Lied erschien in Kanada und den USA beim Label Ultra Records und in den anderen Ländern beim Label Virgin Records und zusätzlich bei mau5trap. Der Song verwendet Teile von Deadmau5s Song „Then We Stood Still“ aus dem Jahr 2006.[2]

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- [en] Strobe (instrumental)

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[ru] Strobe

«Strobe» — инструментальная песня канадского музыканта deadmau5, выпущенная как шестой и последний сингл с его четвёртого альбома For Lack of a Better Name 23 февраля 2010 года. Позже песня вошла в сборник лучших песен 5 Years of mau5, концертная версия сингла вошла в расширенное издание альбома Album Title Goes Here на iTunes, а оркестровая версия — в альбом Where's the Drop?.

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