{{Infobox song | name = Not Exactly | cover = Deadmau5 - Not Exactly.png | alt = | border = yes | type = single | artist = Deadmau5 | album = Random Album Title | B-side = We Fail | released = {{Start date|2007|08|27}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = Progressive house, ambient house | length = 9:15 (original mix) | label = Mau5trap | writer = Joel Zimmerman | producer = Deadmau5 | chronology = Deadmau5 | prev_title = Faxing Berlin | prev_year = 2006 | next_title = Arguru | next_year = 2007 }}
"'''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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Deadmau5 - Not Exactly / We Fail (File, MP3) at Discogs|website=Discogs |url=http://www.discogs.com/Deadmau5-Not-Exactly-We-Fail/release/1085783}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Not Exactly / We Fail on Beatport|website=Beatport |url=http://www.beatport.com/release/not-exactly-we-fail/359363}}</ref>
The single charted in the US Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales Chart two years after its release, peaking at position #46.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Deadmau5 - Chart History|magazine=Billboard|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/300586/deadmau5/chart?page=1&f=1099&sort=position|accessdate=16 August 2017}}</ref> The song also won the Beatport Music Award for "Best Single" in 2008.<ref>deadmau5 Awards and Nominations</ref>
==Formats and track listings== {{Track listing | headline = Digital download / 12" – Single<ref name="vinyl"/> | title1 = Not Exactly | length1 = 9:15 | title2 = We Fail | length2 = 6:30 }}
{{Track listing | headline = 12" – Remixes<ref name="remix1"/> | title1 = Not Exactly | note1 = Peter Gelderblom Remix | length1 = 7:39 | title2 = Not Exactly | note2 = Trick & Kubic Remix | length2 = 6:15 | title3 = Not Exactly | note3 = Jean Claude Ades Hypnotic Remix | length3 = 8:46 | title4 = Not Exactly | note4 = Major North Reprise | length4 = 7:31 }}
{{Track listing | headline = Digital download – Remixes<ref name="remix2"/> | title1 = Not Exactly | note1 = Peter Gelderblom Remix | length1 = 7:39 | title2 = Not Exactly | note2 = Trick & Kubic Remix | length2 = 6:15 | title3 = Not Exactly | note3 = Jean Claude Ades Hypnotic Remix | length3 = 8:46 | title4 = Not Exactly | note4 = Major North Reprise | length4 = 7:31 | title5 = Not Exactly | note5 = Talla 2XLC Trance Rework | length5 = 6:08 }}
==Charts== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+Chart performance for "Not Exactly" !scope="col"|Chart (2010) !scope="col"|Peak<br />position |- !scope="row"|US Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/deadmau5/chart-history/ddt/|title=Deadmau5 Chart History: Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 28, 2023}}</ref> | 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<ref name="vinyl">{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Deadmau5-Not-Exactly-We-Fail/release/1108113 |title=Deadmau5 – Not Exactly / We Fail |author= |website=Discogs |accessdate= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Deadmau5-Not-Exactly-We-Fail/release/1085783 |title=Deadmau5 – Not Exactly / We Fail |author= |website=Discogs |accessdate= }}</ref> | Digital download | rowspan="2"| Mau5trap |- ! scope="row"| United Kingdom | rowspan="4"| 12" vinyl |- ! scope="row"| Italy | October 22, 2007<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Deadmau5-Not-Exactly/release/1110158 |title=Deadmau5 – Not Exactly |website=Discogs |accessdate= }}</ref> | Cinnamon Flava |- ! scope="row" rowspan="3"| Germany | December 2007<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Deadmau5-Not-Exactly-We-Fail/release/1197446 |title=Deadmau5 – Not Exactly |website=Discogs |accessdate= }}</ref> || rowspan="3"| Electric |- | February 2008<ref name="remix1">{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Deadmau5-Not-Exactly-The-Remixes/release/1254332 |title=Deadmau5 – Not Exactly (The Remixes) |website=Discogs |accessdate= }}</ref> |- | March 10, 2008<ref name="remix2">{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Deadmau5-Not-Exactly-Remixes/release/1551132 |title=Deadmau5 – Not Exactly Remixes |website=Discogs |accessdate= }}</ref> | rowspan="2"| Digital download |- ! scope="row"| United States | April 12, 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/deadmau5-Not-Exactly-We-Fail/release/3811324 |title=deadmau5 – Not Exactly / We Fail |website=Discogs |accessdate= }}</ref> | Ultra |}
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==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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