4ware
{{Infobox song
| name = 4ware
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| artist = Deadmau5
| album = W:/2016Album/
| released = December 2, 2016
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| genre = Progressive house
| length = 8:39
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| writer = Joel Zimmerman
| producer = Joel Zimmerman
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4ware (pronounced "four ware"){{cite web|title=deadmau5 - 4ware [bbc r1 essential new tune]|work=mau5trap YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2q7-1XppDM|access-date=9 February 2018}} is an instrumental by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5.{{cite web|title=deadmau5 premieres enchanting new track "4ware"|work=We Rave You|date=6 November 2016 |url=https://weraveyou.com/2016/11/deadmau5-premieres-4ware/|access-date=9 February 2018}}{{cite web|title=LISTEN TO DEADMAU5' '4WARE', FIRST OFFICIAL TRACK SHARED FROM HIS NEW ALBUM|work=DJ Mag|date=7 November 2016 |url=https://djmag.com/news/listen-deadmau5-4ware|access-date=9 February 2018}} It is the first track on his eighth studio album, W:/2016Album/.{{cite web|title=deadmau5 W:/2016Album/ tracklist and details|work=Metacritic|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/w2016album/deadmau5/details|access-date=2 February 2018}} It was premiered on BBC Radio 1 in an interview with British DJ Pete Tong on November 4, 2016.{{cite magazine|title=Listen to deadmau5's Gorgeous New Track '4Ware'|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/7565809/deadmau5-4ware-bbc-radio-1|access-date=9 February 2018}}{{cite web|title=Hear '4ware', the first official taste of Deadmau5's new album|work=Junkee Media|url=http://inthemix.junkee.com/hear-4ware-first-official-taste-deadmau5s-new-album/147058|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110052432/http://inthemix.junkee.com/hear-4ware-first-official-taste-deadmau5s-new-album/147058|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 10, 2016|access-date=9 February 2018}} Despite initial rumours, the song was never officially released as a single. Following the release of W:/2016Album/, "4ware" charted in the US, peaking at 22 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Digital Songs chart.{{cite web|title=deadmau5 Chart History - Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales|work=Billboard Charts|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/deadmau5/chart-history/ddt/|access-date=9 February 2018}}
Background
An early version of "4ware" was uploaded to Zimmerman's SoundCloud in March 2016. However, it has since been removed following his account's compromisation in May 2016.{{cite web|title=Deadmau5 Is SERIOUSLY Pissed At Soundcloud|work=YourEDM|date=25 May 2016 |url=https://www.youredm.com/2016/05/25/deadmau5-seriously-pissed-soundcloud|access-date=9 February 2018}}{{cite web|title=Deadmau5 Deletes Soundcloud Account|work=edm.com|url=https://edm.com/articles/2014/1/11/deadmau5-deletes-soundcloud-account|access-date=9 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520002403/http://edm.com/articles/2014/1/11/deadmau5-deletes-soundcloud-account|archive-date=20 May 2017|url-status=dead}}
On November 4, 2016, Zimmerman joined Pete Tong's Essential New Tune show on BBC Radio 1 for a brief interview regarding the release of W:/2016Album/. After the interview, Tong described 4ware fondly, claiming "[it] takes me right back to "Faxing Berlin"-style Deadmau5". After this, rumours were spread that "4ware" was to be released as a single.{{cite web|title=deadmau5 Premieres First Single from Upcoming W:/2016ALBUM|work=edm.com|url=https://edm.com/articles/2016/11/5/deadmau5-4ware|access-date=9 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423111000/http://edm.com/articles/2016/11/5/deadmau5-4ware|archive-date=23 April 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=deadmau5 debuts glorious new single '4ware' on BBC Radio 1|work=Dancing Astronaut|date=5 November 2016 |url=http://www.dancingastronaut.com/2016/11/deadmau5-debuts-official-4ware-bbc-radio-1/|access-date=9 February 2018}} However, the song has seen no single release since, and "Let Go" was later released, on November 18, as the album's following single.{{cite magazine|title=deadmau5 Drops Sweeping Single 'Let Go,' Launches Album Pre-Order: Listen|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/7581309/deadmau5-w2016album-pre-order-let-go|access-date=9 February 2018}}{{cite web|title=deadmau5 releases new vocal single 'Let Go'|work=Dancing Astronaut|date=18 November 2016 |url=http://www.dancingastronaut.com/2016/11/deadmau5-let-go/|access-date=9 February 2018}}
Composition
"4ware" is a progressive house song with a tempo of 128 beats per minute and is written in the key of G♯ minor.{{cite web|title=4ware (Original Mix) by deadmau5|work=Beatport|url=https://www.beatport.com/track/4ware-original-mix/8699442|access-date=22 February 2018}}
Charts
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| Chart (2016)
! Peak |
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| scope="row"| US Dance/Electronic Digital Songs (Billboard)
| 22 |
| scope="row"| US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard){{cite web|title=deadmau5 Chart History - Hot Dance/Electronic Songs|work=Billboard Charts|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/deadmau5/chart-history/dan/|access-date=9 February 2018}}
| 45 |