"Strobe" is an

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by Canadian electronic music producer

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. It was released as the sixth and final single from his fourth studio album, ''

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'', on 3 September 2009. It charted at numbers 122 and 13 on the UK Singles Chart and

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. The track featured on Deadmau5's greatest hits album, ''

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''; a live version was featured on the

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version of ''

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studio album

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''; and an orchestral version was featured on ''

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''.

Background

The song originated from a track titled "Then We Stood Still", which was used in a

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video uploaded to Zimmerman's account several months prior to its release. A live version was released exclusively on the

version of his sixth studio album ''

Album Title Goes Here ''Album Title Goes Here'' (stylized as ''> album title goes here <'') is the sixth

studio album

by Canadian electronic musi ...

''. In 2016, "Strobe" received an update when Deadmau5's record label

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released the album ''Strobe (Remixes)'', in celebration of the one hundredth release on the label. This release included remixes from Dimension, Feed Me,

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, and

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. In 2017, '' Billboard Dance'' listed "Strobe" as Deadmau5's best song of all time on their list of the artist's 20 best tracks. In 2018, Deadmau5 and Gregory Reveret recorded an orchestral version of "Strobe" for the album ''

''.

Track listing

Charts

References

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