The mouse-head singles every player knows
Three tracks carry most of the easy points. 'Ghosts 'n' Stuff', 'I Remember' and 'Strobe' are the ones players place from the first loop, the deadmau5 singles that turn up on every dance playlist.
deadmau5 Quiz: Guess the Song & Test Your Trivia
Test your knowledge of deadmau5's biggest hits, deep cuts and iconic moments.
deadmau5 at a glance
- Main genre
- Electronic (progressive house)
- Real name
- Joel Zimmerman
- Best-known songs to guess
- Ghosts 'n' Stuff, I Remember, Strobe, Raise Your Weapon
- Deep cuts fans miss
- Some Chords, The Veldt, Sofi Needs a Ladder
- Eras in the quiz
- 2008 Random Album Title, 2010 4x4=12, 2012 album title goes here
- Signature sound
- Strobe's long, slow build, the opposite of a quick drop
- Related artists
- Skrillex, Swedish House Mafia, Avicii
- Quiz difficulty
- Easy on 'Ghosts 'n' Stuff', hard on the ten-minute 'Strobe' and the joke album titles
Guess the deadmau5 Song
The tracks that announce themselves from the first bar, before the slow builds arrive.
- 01
Ghosts 'n' Stuff
- 02
I Remember
- 03
Strobe
- 04
Raise Your Weapon
- 05
Some Chords
- 06
The Veldt
- 07
Sofi Needs a Ladder
- 08
Escape
deadmau5 Trivia: The Mouse and the Cube
Stage-name lore, guest singers and the man who called out push-button DJ sets.
- The name deadmau5 comes from a dead mouse Joel Zimmerman once found inside a computer, and it is spoken as 'dead mouse'.
- His live shows are built around a large illuminated cube, and he performs in an oversized mouse-head helmet fans call the mau5head.
- 'Ghosts 'n' Stuff' features Rob Swire of Pendulum on its vocal version, one of his most recognizable singles. The guest vocal is a useful clue when you guess the artist from a hook.
- 'I Remember' pairs deadmau5 with co-producer Kaskade, with Haley Gibby singing the hook, a slow-building favourite among longtime fans. Both singles sit in the late 2000s if you prefer a quiz on music by decade.
- He publicly criticized push-button DJ sets, once arguing that many big headliners essentially just press play.
How Well Do You Know deadmau5's Builds
His catalogue climbs from instant hooks to a ten-minute build, so difficulty rises with runtime.
Strobe and the long build with no quick drop
'Strobe' runs about ten and a half minutes, and its beat only lands after a long, unhurried intro rather than a fast festival drop. 'Some Chords' and 'The Veldt' share that patient mood, though both reach their peak sooner than 'Strobe' does, so a clip can still slip past before the payoff most dance tracks hand you.
The guest voices behind the hooks
Rob Swire of Pendulum sings 'Ghosts 'n' Stuff', while Haley Gibby is the voice on 'I Remember', a track deadmau5 co-produced with Kaskade rather than a vocal feature. Several other singles lean on a guest hook instead of deadmau5's own voice, so the singer is often the giveaway.
The mau5 behind the mask: purist and provocateur
Plenty of points here reward fans of the man, not just the music. He needled push-button DJ sets, toured inside a giant illuminated cube, and handed his albums joke names like 'Random Album Title' and '4x4=12', all fair game for trivia.
About deadmau5
His name came from a dead mouse found inside a PC, and his live shows run inside a giant lit cube. Guess the deadmau5 song and name the voice on the hook.
Few dance producers make you wait like Joel Zimmerman does. Guess the deadmau5 song from the instant hooks of 'Ghosts 'n' Stuff' and 'I Remember' to 'Strobe', a ten-and-a-half-minute track whose beat lands only after a long, patient intro. Test your trivia on the voices behind the hooks, Rob Swire on 'Ghosts 'n' Stuff' and Haley Gibby on 'I Remember', and on the producer who mocked press-play DJ sets from inside a giant lit cube. His slow builds make a good change of pace after another music genre quiz. See how well a deadmau5 quiz exposes the mouse behind the helmet. Once you have a score, challenge your friends and compare.
deadmau5 Quiz FAQ
How does the deadmau5 quiz work?
A deadmau5 track starts playing and you name it, then the round follows with trivia on the singles, the patient builds and the guest vocals.
Which deadmau5 songs are in the quiz?
Expect 'Ghosts 'n' Stuff', 'I Remember', 'Strobe' and 'Raise Your Weapon', alongside lesser-played tracks such as 'Some Chords' and 'The Veldt'.
Why is the deadmau5 quiz tricky?
'Strobe' runs about ten and a half minutes and holds back its beat for a long intro, so it never hands you the quick drop most dance tracks do, and several of the instrumentals blur together.
Who sings on 'Ghosts 'n' Stuff'?
Rob Swire of Pendulum sings the hook on the vocal version. Spotting the guest voice on a deadmau5 single is a common quiz question.
Who is deadmau5?
Joel Zimmerman, a Canadian producer who performs in a large mouse-head helmet and built his live show around an illuminated cube.
Is the deadmau5 quiz free?
It is. The deadmau5 quiz plays for free on Songtrivia, with no account to create and no Spotify link needed. From there you can guess the song with friends in a multiplayer music quiz.
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