| "Raise your Weapon" | ||||
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| Single by Deadmau5 | ||||
| from the album 4x4=12 | ||||
| Released | 7 December 2010 | |||
| Format | Digital Download | |||
| Recorded | 2010 | |||
| Genre | Progressive house, Dubstep | |||
| Length | 3:22 (Radio Edit) 8:22 (Full Version) |
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| Label | mau5trap Ultra Records (US/Canada) Virgin Records (Rest of world) |
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| Writer(s) | Joel Zimmerman | |||
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"Raise Your Weapon" is a single by Canadian progressive house artist deadmau5. It was released in 2010 as a single from his fifth studio album, 4x4=12. The song features vocalist Greta Svabo Bech, and not, as many believe erroneously, SOFI, who had previously appeared on the deadmau5 tracks "Sofi Needs a Ladder" and "One Trick Pony". The song received a nomination for Best Dance Recording in the 54th Grammy Awards.
The song begins with a piano melody played in 4/4 time, playing under Bech's vocals. Then, at approximately the halfway mark, there is a breakdown into a dubstep bassline, with the vocals repeating over the new beat. This song represents a departure for deadmau5 on the 4x4=12 album, focusing on a more dubstep-driven structure, foregoing his normal progressive house sound.