# Not Exactly
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{{Infobox song
| name = Not Exactly
| cover = Deadmau5 - Not Exactly.png
| alt =
| border = yes
| type = single
| artist = [Deadmau5](/source/Deadmau5)
| album = [Random Album Title](/source/Random_Album_Title)
| B-side = We Fail
| released = {{Start date|2007|08|27}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = [Progressive house](/source/Progressive_house), [ambient house](/source/ambient_house)
| length = 9:15 (original mix)
| label = [Mau5trap](/source/Mau5trap)
| writer = [Joel Zimmerman](/source/deadmau5)
| producer = Deadmau5
| chronology = [Deadmau5](/source/Deadmau5)
| prev_title = [Faxing Berlin](/source/Faxing_Berlin)
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = Arguru
| next_year = 2007
}}
"'''Not Exactly'''" is an [instrumental](/source/instrumental) by Canadian electronic music producer [Deadmau5](/source/Deadmau5). It was released as the second single from his third studio album, ''[Random Album Title](/source/Random_Album_Title)''. First released on August 27, 2007, "Not Exactly" became the second release on Deadmau5's label [Mau5trap](/source/Mau5trap).[{{cite web|title=Deadmau5 - Not Exactly / We Fail (File, MP3) at Discogs|website=[Discogs](/source/Discogs) |url=http://www.discogs.com/Deadmau5-Not-Exactly-We-Fail/release/1085783}}]
==Background and composition==
"Not Exactly" is a [progressive house](/source/progressive_house) song with a tempo of 128 [beats per minute](/source/beats_per_minute) and is written in the key of [F major](/source/F_major).[{{cite web|title=Not Exactly / We Fail on Beatport|website=[Beatport](/source/Beatport) |url=http://www.beatport.com/release/not-exactly-we-fail/359363}}]
The single charted in the [US Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales Chart](/source/US_Dance_Chart) two years after its release, peaking at position #46.[{{cite magazine|title=Deadmau5 - Chart History|magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/300586/deadmau5/chart?page=1&f=1099&sort=position|accessdate=16 August 2017}}] The song also won the Beatport Music Award for "Best Single" in 2008.[[deadmau5 Awards and Nominations](/source/deadmau5)]
==Formats and track listings==
{{Track listing
| headline = Digital download / 12" – Single
position
|-
!scope="row"|US [Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales](/source/Dance%2FElectronic_Digital_Song_Sales) (''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'')[{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/deadmau5/chart-history/ddt/|title=Deadmau5 Chart History: Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales|magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|access-date=July 28, 2023}}]
| style="text-align:center;"| 46
|}
==Release history==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Release history and formats for "Not Exactly"
! scope="col"| Country
! scope="col"| Date
! scope="col"| Format
! scope="col"| Label
|-
! scope="row"| Canada
| rowspan="2"| August 27, 2007[{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Deadmau5-Not-Exactly-We-Fail/release/1108113 |title=Deadmau5 – Not Exactly / We Fail |author= |website=[Discogs](/source/Discogs) |accessdate= }}][{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Deadmau5-Not-Exactly-We-Fail/release/1085783 |title=Deadmau5 – Not Exactly / We Fail |author= |website=[Discogs](/source/Discogs) |accessdate= }}]
| Digital download
| rowspan="2"| Mau5trap
|-
! scope="row"| United Kingdom
| rowspan="4"| 12" vinyl
|-
! scope="row"| Italy
| October 22, 2007[{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Deadmau5-Not-Exactly/release/1110158 |title=Deadmau5 – Not Exactly |website=[Discogs](/source/Discogs) |accessdate= }}]
| Cinnamon Flava
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="3"| Germany
| December 2007[{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Deadmau5-Not-Exactly-We-Fail/release/1197446 |title=Deadmau5 – Not Exactly |website=[Discogs](/source/Discogs) |accessdate= }}] || rowspan="3"| Electric
|-
| February 2008[{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Deadmau5-Not-Exactly-The-Remixes/release/1254332 |title=Deadmau5 – Not Exactly (The Remixes) |website=[Discogs](/source/Discogs) |accessdate= }}]
|-
| March 10, 2008[{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Deadmau5-Not-Exactly-Remixes/release/1551132 |title=Deadmau5 – Not Exactly Remixes |website=[Discogs](/source/Discogs) |accessdate= }}]
| rowspan="2"| Digital download
|-
! scope="row"| United States
| April 12, 2011[{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/deadmau5-Not-Exactly-We-Fail/release/3811324 |title=deadmau5 – Not Exactly / We Fail |website=[Discogs](/source/Discogs) |accessdate= }}]
| Ultra
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.deadmau5.com deadmau5.com]
* {{Allmusic |class = album |id = mw0001751794 |tab = |label = Not Exactly |first = |last = |accessdate =}}
* {{Allmusic |class = song |id = mt0019778654 |tab = |label = Not Exactly |first = |last = |accessdate =}}
* {{Discogs master |master=97868 |name=Not Exactly / We Fail |type=single}}
* {{Discogs master |master=97865 |name=Not Exactly |type=single}}
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Category:2007 singles
Category:Deadmau5 songs
Category:House music songs
Category:2007 songs
Category:Songs written by Deadmau5
Category:Progressive house songs
Category:Electronic instrumentals
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