"I Remember"
Single by Deadmau5 and Kaskade
from the album Random Album Title and Strobelite Seduction
Released15 September 2008
Recorded2008
Length
  • 9:54 (vocal mix)
  • 9:08 (mixed album version)
  • 3:21 (radio edit)
  • 4:44 (Strobelite edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Deadmau5
Deadmau5 singles chronology
"Move for Me"
(2008)		 "I Remember"
(2008)		 "Ghosts 'n' Stuff"
(2008)
Kaskade singles chronology
"Move for Me"
(2008)		 "I Remember"
(2008)		 "Dynasty"
(2010)
Music video
"I Remember" (extended) on YouTube
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Digital Spy[1]

"I Remember" is a song by Canadian electronic music composer Deadmau5 and American DJ Kaskade. It was produced by Deadmau5, co-written by Kaskade with Finn Bjarnson and features vocals by Haley Gibby. It was released as the fifth single from Deadmau5's third studio album, Random Album Title, on 15 September 2008.

Music video

There are two video versions, a 10-minute short film and an edited 4-minute version. It was produced by Anthony and Christopher Donnelly of Mancunian Gio-Goi fame and Mike Moran from Mojofuel. The video was directed by Colin O'Toole, cast by Graeme Brown, and stars British actor Stephen Graham,[2] Warren Brown, Aston Kelly (Graham's brother), Greg Costello, and Coronation Street actress Emma Edmondson. It was filmed in Manchester and features Graham's character talking to two young men (Brown & Kelly) about life and rave culture. The young men then proceed to find a suitable venue for what is later revealed to be an illegal rave with Deadmau5 performing as the DJ.

The video features a raver (Costello) wearing a Kaskade t-shirt, and Deadmau5 wearing a YourOwnClothing t-shirt. At the end of the video, the Deadmau5 song "Brazil (2nd edit)" is mixed in as an outro. Graham was almost arrested after police mistook the video for a genuine illegal rave. The video also ends with a "to be continued" title card but no video appears to have been designated as the plot continuation.

The audio-only version upload on September 19, 2008, onto the Ultra Music YouTube channel has been played 78.9 million times as of April 2023.[3]

Appearances

A remix of the song by FreeStyleGames appears in the 2010 video games GoldenEye 007 and DJ Hero 2.[4]

"I Remember" was also featured on the soundtrack of the 2011 film The Lincoln Lawyer.[5] The song can be heard during the film when Jesus Martínez, played by Michael Peña, explains his version of the events which occurred on the night of Donna Rentería's murder.

This song is also featured in the television series Gossip Girl episode "The Empire Strikes Jack" (Season 3 episode 16).[6] The song, being played by Deadmau5 himself, appears in the scene of Eleanor Waldorf's pop up fashion show.

Large sections of "I Remember" were sampled by hip-hop duo Suicideboys on their song "Antarctica", from their 2016 EP Dark Side of the Clouds.[7] Deadmau5 publicly lamented the duo for this on Twitter, claiming that Suicideboys were "publicizing other people's intellectual property without consent."[8] "Antarctica", which had been out since January and subsequently reached millions of plays on both YouTube and SoundCloud, was taken down by Suicideboys on both platforms and no further action was taken. Antarctica was reuploaded to Spotify and YouTube in late 2021, with Deadmau5 getting considerable publishing credits.

Impact and legacy

In 2022, American magazine Rolling Stone ranked "I Remember" number 149 in their list of 200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time.[9]

Track listings

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."I Remember" (Original Mix)10:01
2."I Remember" (Instrumental Mix)9:57
12" vinyl
No.TitleLength
1."I Remember" (Vocal Mix)9:53
2."I Remember" (Instrumental)9:57
12" vinyl (Italy)
No.TitleLength
1."I Remember" (Vocal Mix)9:57
2."Bye Friend" (Original)5:40
CD promo (US)
No.TitleLength
1."I Remember" (Radio Edit)3:50
2."I Remember" (Vocal Mix)9:53
3."I Remember" (Instrumental)4:42
CD single (UK)
No.TitleLength
1."I Remember" (Extended Version)9:54
2."I Remember" (Extended Version) (Edit)6:00
3."I Remember" (Instrumental)9:58
4."I Remember" (J Majik & Wickaman Vocal Mix)6:15
5."I Remember" (Radio Edit)3:21
6."I Remember" (Caspa Remix)5:35
Digital download (Remixes)
No.TitleLength
1."I Remember" (Radio Edit)3:20
2."I Remember" (Vocal Mix)9:53
3."I Remember" (Instrumental)4:42
4."I Remember" (J Majik & Wickaman Remix)6:14
5."I Remember" (J Majik & Wickaman Dub)6:13
6."I Remember" (Caspa Remix)5:35
7."I Remember" (Caspa Remix Instrumental)5:35

Strobelite Edit

Kaskade released an edit of the song on his Strobelite Seduction album.

No.TitleLength
6."I Remember" (Strobelite Edit)4:43

Charts performance

In the United Kingdom, the single charted and peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart on 17 May 2009. It spent a total of nine weeks in the top 40 chart. The song has since been certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for sales of 200,000 units.[10] In the summer of 2009, the single was regularly played in UK clubs, especially in bigger clubs in London. In the United States, it reached number one on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart on the issue dated 17 October 2009 giving the duo their second consecutive number one together, following "Move for Me" (2008).

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[23] Gold 40,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[24] Gold 400,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ David Balls (14 May 2009). "Deadmau5 & Kaskade: 'I Remember'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Archived 30 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "deadmau5 & Kaskade - I Remember (HQ)". Ultra Music. 19 September 2008. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "GoldenEye - more details (and a surprising DJ Hero 2 tie-in) | GoNintendo - What are YOU waiting for?". GoNintendo. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) - IMDb". IMDb.
  6. ↑ ""Gossip Girl" The Empire Strikes Jack (TV Episode 2010) - IMDb". M.imdb.com. 29 March 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  7. ↑ "deadmau5 Clashes With 'Shadow Rap' Group $uicideboys$ Over Copyright Infringement". 8 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Goat lord on Twitter".
  9. ↑ Dolan, Jon; Lopez, Julyssa; Matos, Michaelangelo; Shaffer, Claire (22 July 2022). "200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  10. ↑ "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  11. ↑ "Deadmau5 %2B Kaskade – I Remember" (in Dutch). Ultratop Dance.
  12. ↑ "Deadmau5 %2B Kaskade – I Remember" (in French). Ultratop Dance.
  13. 1 2 "Deadmau5". Billboard. 24 January 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  14. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 42, 2009" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  15. ↑ "Deadmau5 %2B Kaskade – I Remember" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  16. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  17. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  18. ↑ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company.
  19. ↑ "Deadmau5 Chart History (Dance Mix/Show Airplay)". Billboard.
  20. ↑ "Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 2009". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  21. ↑ "Official Singles Chart 2009" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  22. ↑ "Dance/Mix Show Songs – Year-End 2009". Billboard. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  23. ↑ "Canadian single certifications – Deadmau5 & Kaskade – I Remember". Music Canada. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  24. ↑ "British single certifications – Deadmau5 & Kaskade – I Remember". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
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