diff --git a/i3pystatus/cmus.py b/i3pystatus/cmus.py
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+import os
+
+from i3pystatus import IntervalModule, formatp
+from i3pystatus.core.util import TimeWrapper
+import subprocess
+
+class Cmus(IntervalModule):
+
+  """
+  gets the status and current song info using cmus-remote
+  """
+
+  settings = (
+    'format',
+    'color'
+  )
+  color = "#909090"
+  format = "{status} {song_elapsed}/{song_length} {artist}-{title}"
+  status_text = ''
+  interval = 1
+  status = {
+    "paused": "▷",
+    "playing": "▶",
+    "stopped": "◾",
+  }
+  def _cmus_command(self,command):
+    p = subprocess.Popen('cmus-remote --{command}'.format(command=command), shell=True,
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+            stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+    return p.communicate()
+
+  def _query_cmus(self):
+    status_dict = {}
+    status, error = self._cmus_command('query')
+    status = status.decode('utf-8').split('\n')
+    if status != b'cmus-remote: cmus is not running\n':
+      for item in status:
+        split_item = item.split(' ')
+        if split_item[0] in ['tag', 'set']:
+          key = '_'.join(split_item[:2])
+          val = ' '.join([x for x in split_item[2:]])
+          status_dict[key] = val
+        else:
+          status_dict[split_item[0]] = ' '.join(split_item[1:])
+    return status_dict
+
+  def run(self):
+    status = self._query_cmus()
+    fdict = {
+      'file': status.get('file', ''),
+      'status': self.status[status["status"]],
+      'title': status.get('tag_title', ''),
+      'stream': status.get('stream', ''),
+      'album': status.get('tag_album', ''),
+      'artist': status.get('tag_artist', ''),
+      'tracknumber': status.get('tag_tracknumber', 0),
+      'song_length': TimeWrapper(status.get('duration', 0)),
+      'song_elapsed': TimeWrapper(status.get('position', 0)),
+      'bitrate': int(status.get("bitrate", 0)),
+    }
+
+    if fdict['stream']:
+      fdict['artist'], fdict['title'] = (fdict['stream'].split('-') + [''] * 2)[:2]
+      
+    elif not fdict['title']:
+      _, filename = os.path.split(fdict['file'])
+      filebase, _ = os.path.splitext(filename)
+      fdict['artist'], fdict['title'] = (filebase.split('-') + [''] * 2)[:2]
+
+    self.output = {
+      "full_text": formatp(self.format, **fdict),
+      "color": self.color
+    }
+
+  def on_leftclick(self):
+    status = self._query_cmus().get('status', '')
+    if status == 'playing':
+      self._cmus_command('pause')
+    if status == 'paused':
+      self._cmus_command('play')
+    if status == 'stopped':
+      self._cmus_command('play')
+
+  def on_rightclick(self):
+    self._cmus_command("next")
+
+  def on_upscroll(self):
+    self._cmus_command("next")
+
+  def on_downscroll(self):
+    self._cmus_command("prev")