I Remember (Deadmau5 song)
Encyclopedia
I Remember is a progressive house song by Canadian artist Deadmau5
and American
DJ Kaskade
. It features vocals from Haley Gibby
. The song appears in the 2010 video games GoldenEye 007
and DJ Hero 2
.
on May 17, 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. In the United States, it reached number one on Billboard
s Hot Dance Airplay
chart on the issue dated October 17, 2009 giving the duo their second consecutive number one together, following "Move for Me
" (2008).
fame. The video was directed by Colin O'Toole, cast by Graeme Brown and stars British actor Stephen Graham
. Warren Brown
, Aston Kelly (Stephen Grahams brother), Greg Walsh & also features ex-Coronation Street
actress Emma Edmondson
. It was filmed in Manchester and features Graham's character talking to two young men (Warren Brown
& Aston Kelly) about life and rave culture. The two 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
(Walsh) 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.
CD Single (US
CD Single (UK
12" Vinyl (Italy
Soundtrack. This version was also featured in GoldenEye 007
.
"I Remember" was also featured on the soundtrack of the 2011 film The Lincoln Lawyer
. 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.
Deadmau5
Joel Thomas Zimmerman , better known by his stage name deadmau5 , is a Canadian progressive, electro, and house producer based in Toronto...
and American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
DJ Kaskade
Kaskade
Ryan Raddon , better known by his stage name Kaskade, is an American DJ and record producer. On October 20, 2011, DJ Magazine announced the results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll, with Ultra Records Kaskade placed at #30...
. It features vocals from Haley Gibby
Haley Gibby
Haley Gibby is an Electronic music singer. She is better known for her frequent work with Ryan Raddon a.k.a Kaskade and Finn Bjarnson. She does vocals on Deadmau5 vs. Kaskade's tracks I Remember and Move for Me, and on Kaskade's songs Dynasty, This Is How It Goes, Only You, Hearts Reaction, and...
. The song appears in the 2010 video games GoldenEye 007
GoldenEye 007 (2010 video game)
GoldenEye 007 is a 2010 first-person shooter video game developed by Eurocom and published by Activision for the Wii video game console, and the Nintendo DS handheld game console. It is a reimagining of the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye, and the 1997 Nintendo 64 video game GoldenEye 007...
and DJ Hero 2
DJ Hero 2
DJ Hero 2 is a rhythm video game and a sequel to DJ Hero, a spinoff of the Guitar Hero series. DJ Hero 2 uses a special turntable-controller, the same as introduced in DJ Hero, to simulate turntablism, the act of creating a new musical work from one or more previously recorded songs using record...
.
Chart performance
In the United Kingdom, the single charted and peaked at number 14 on the UK Singles ChartUK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
on May 17, 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
British Phonographic Industry
The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies...
(BPI) for sales of 200,000 units. In the United States, it reached number one on Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
s Hot Dance Airplay
Hot Dance Airplay
Dance/Mix Show Airplay is a monitored electronic dance music radio chart that is featured weekly in Billboard magazine. The chart came about as a result of the small but influential impact of electronic dance music on the radio in the United States and the stations that program it...
chart on the issue dated October 17, 2009 giving the duo their second consecutive number one together, following "Move for Me
Move for Me
-Charts:...
" (2008).
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting... |
14 |
| UK Dance Chart UK Dance Chart The UK Dance Chart is a chart compiled by The Official Charts Company from sales in record stores and digital downloads. Although the chart does not currently receive any airplay on the radio or television, the chart can be viewed on the BBC Radio 1 and The Official Charts Company website.Digital... |
3 |
| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
14 |
| US Hot Dance Airplay Hot Dance Airplay Dance/Mix Show Airplay is a monitored electronic dance music radio chart that is featured weekly in Billboard magazine. The chart came about as a result of the small but influential impact of electronic dance music on the radio in the United States and the stations that program it... (Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... ) |
1 |
Music video
There are two video versions, a 10-minute short film and an edited 4-minute version. It was produced by production company "donnelly24.com" by Anthony & Christopher Donnelly of Mancunian Gio-GoiGio-Goi
Gio-Goi is a British fashion brand created in the 1980s, and relaunched in 2005.The label has its roots in the Manchester band scene of the late 1980s, which mixed indie rock and dance music...
fame. The video was directed by Colin O'Toole, cast by Graeme Brown and stars British actor Stephen Graham
Stephen Graham (actor)
Stephen Graham is an English actor from Kirkby, Liverpool. He is best known for his roles as Tommy in the movie Snatch, Combo in This Is England and its four-part television sequel This Is England '86, Danny Ferguson in Occupation, Billy Bremner in The Damned United, notorious bank robber Baby...
. Warren Brown
Warren Brown (actor)
Warren Brown is an English actor and former professional Thaiboxer, well known for his roles as Andy Holt in teen soap opera Hollyoaks and Lee Hibbs in the three-part BBC drama series Occupation written by Peter Bowker...
, Aston Kelly (Stephen Grahams brother), Greg Walsh & also features ex-Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
actress Emma Edmondson
Emma Edmondson
Emma Edmondson is a British television actress, best known for playing Mel Morton in Coronation Street.She is currently appearing in Manchester-based soap opera Coronation Street playing one of the members of the Morton family, Mel Morton. She joined the soap in March 2007...
. It was filmed in Manchester and features Graham's character talking to two young men (Warren Brown
Warren Brown (actor)
Warren Brown is an English actor and former professional Thaiboxer, well known for his roles as Andy Holt in teen soap opera Hollyoaks and Lee Hibbs in the three-part BBC drama series Occupation written by Peter Bowker...
& Aston Kelly) about life and rave culture. The two young men then proceed to find a suitable venue for, what is later revealed to be, an illegal
Free party
A free party is a party "free" from the restrictions of the legal club scene, similar to the free festival movement. It typically involves a sound system playing electronic dance music from late at night until the time when the organisers decide to go home. A free party can be composed of just one...
rave
Dance party
A dance party is a social gathering where dancing is the primary activity. Some dance parties are held in a casual setting and open to the public, such as a rave, or those held in nightclubs and discothèques...
with Deadmau5
Deadmau5
Joel Thomas Zimmerman , better known by his stage name deadmau5 , is a Canadian progressive, electro, and house producer based in Toronto...
performing as the DJ.
The video features a raver
Raver
Raver or ravers may refer to:* Raver, Maharashtra, a city in India* Raver, a party-goer: in the 1960s and 1970s, a "party animal"; since the 1980s, more specifically an aficionado of raves...
(Walsh) wearing a Kaskade
Kaskade
Ryan Raddon , better known by his stage name Kaskade, is an American DJ and record producer. On October 20, 2011, DJ Magazine announced the results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll, with Ultra Records Kaskade placed at #30...
t-shirt, and Deadmau5 wearing a YourOwnClothing t-shirt. At the end of the video, the Deadmau5
Deadmau5
Joel Thomas Zimmerman , better known by his stage name deadmau5 , is a Canadian progressive, electro, and house producer based in Toronto...
song "Brazil (2nd edit)" is mixed
DJ mix
A DJ mix or DJ mixset is a sequence of musical tracks typically mixed together to appear as one continuous track. When a DJ mix or DJ mixset is recorded onto some medium, it is often referred to as a mix tape...
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.
12" Vinyl
CD Single (USUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
)
CD Single (UKUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
)
12" Vinyl (ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
)
Digital (Remixes)
Appearances
A Remix of "I Remember" by FSG was included in the DJ Hero 2DJ Hero 2
DJ Hero 2 is a rhythm video game and a sequel to DJ Hero, a spinoff of the Guitar Hero series. DJ Hero 2 uses a special turntable-controller, the same as introduced in DJ Hero, to simulate turntablism, the act of creating a new musical work from one or more previously recorded songs using record...
Soundtrack. This version was also featured in GoldenEye 007
GoldenEye 007 (2010 video game)
GoldenEye 007 is a 2010 first-person shooter video game developed by Eurocom and published by Activision for the Wii video game console, and the Nintendo DS handheld game console. It is a reimagining of the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye, and the 1997 Nintendo 64 video game GoldenEye 007...
.
"I Remember" was also featured on the soundtrack of the 2011 film The Lincoln Lawyer
The Lincoln Lawyer (film)
The Lincoln Lawyer is a 2011 American thriller film adapted from the novel of the same name by Michael Connelly, starring Matthew McConaughey, Ryan Phillippe, William H. Macy and Marisa Tomei...
. The song can be heard during the film when Jesus Martínez, played by Michael Peña
Michael Peña
Michael Anthony Peña is an American film and television actor. He is probably best known for his roles in the films Crash, World Trade Center, Observe and Report, 30 Minutes or Less and Tower Heist...
, explains his version of the events which occurred on the night of Donna Rentería's murder.