Raise Your Weapon

"Raise Your Weapon"
Single by deadmau5 featuring Greta Svabo Bech
from the album 4×4=12
Released 23 May 2011
Format Digital download
Recorded 2009–10[1]
Genre
Length
  • 3:22 (radio edit)
  • 8:22 (album version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) deadmau5
deadmau5 singles chronology
"HR 8938 Cephei"
(2011)		 "Raise Your Weapon"
(2011)		 "Aural Psynapse"
(2011)

"HR 8938 Cephei"
(2011)		 "Raise Your Weapon"
(2011)		 "Aural Psynapse"
(2011)

"Raise Your Weapon" is a song by Canadian electronic music producer deadmau5. It was released on May 23, 2011 as the fifth and final single from his fifth studio album 4×4=12. The song was written by Joel "deadmau5" Zimmerman, Cydney Sheffield, & Sonny "Skrillex" Moore[2] and features contributing vocals from Greta Svabo Bech.[3] Musically, "Raise Your Weapon" is a progressive house song that begins with a piano melody and Bech's vocals and ends with a dubstep breakdown done by Moore with the vocals repeated.[2][4] The song received generally positive reviews from music critics, with some highlighting it as a standout track from the album. It reached number 100 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it his first song to make an entry on the chart.[5] It also reached number 117 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was nominated at the 54th Grammy Awards for Best Dance Recording, where he also performed the song in a sequence with David Guetta, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and Foo Fighters, with the songs being "I Can Only Imagine" and "Rope."[6]

Critical reception

"Raise Your Weapon" received generally positive reviews from music critics. David Jeffries from Allmusic gave the song a positive review, saying, "When the one-two punch of “Raise Your Weapon” and “One Trick Pony” introduce the Mau5’s newfound love of dubstep, you’ve got just enough variety."[7] Will Hermes of Rolling Stone also gave a positive review, "The masterstroke is "Raise Your Weapon," which breaks down into a sick dubstep beat. "How does it feel now, to watch it burn?" asks singer Greta Svabo Bech before the bass hits".[4] Dave Simpson of The Guardian said "Raise Your Weapon – featuring Greta Svabo Bech's soulful vocal – shows he can turn his hand to thoughtful sounds".[8] Alex Denney of BBC Music "Raise Your Weapons lurches suddenly from vocal-led, ambient house into the dentist-drill arsenal of sounds more commonly associated with Benga".[9] Michelangelo Matos of The A.V. Club gave the song a mixed review, calling Bech's verses "half-baked" and the use of dubstep "by-the-numbers".[10]

Chart performance

In the United Kingdom, the song charted at number 117 on the UK Singles Chart briefly after the single's release in mid-2011.[11] In the United States, the song debuted at number 100 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the issue date of March 3, 2012,[12] as well as number 11 on the Heatseekers Songs chart.[12] It also made an entry at 93 on the Canadian Hot 100.[13] According to Keith Caulfield of Billboard, its latest chart entries is possibly due to a sales boost after performing at the 54th Grammy Awards along with David Guetta, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and Foo Fighters.[14]

Track listing

Digital download[15]
No.TitleLength
1."Raise Your Weapon" (Radio Edit)3:23
2."Raise Your Weapon" (Album Version)8:23
3."Raise Your Weapon" (Madeon Extended Remix)4:15
4."Raise Your Weapon" (Noisia Remix)5:36
5."Raise Your Weapon" (Stimming Remix)7:18

Charts

Chart (2011–12) Peak
position
Canadian Hot 100[13] 93
UK Singles Chart[11] 117
US Billboard Hot 100[12] 100
US Heatseekers Songs (Billboard)[12] 11

References

  1. ↑ "Dub5tepthingie4 by fuckmylife on SoundCloud - Hear the world’s sounds". Soundcloud.com. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
  2. 1 2 David Jeffries. "4 x 4 = 12 - Deadmau5 | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
  3. ↑
  4. 1 2 Will Hermes (2010-12-07). "4x4=12 | Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
  5. ↑ "The Hot 100 : Mar 03, 2012 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard.com. 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
  6. ↑ Swickey, Zachary (2012-02-13). "deadmau5, David Guetta Celebrate EDM's Big Night At The Grammys - Music, Celebrity, Artist News". MTV.com. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
  7. ↑ David Jeffries. "4 x 4 = 12 - Deadmau5 | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
  8. ↑ Dave Simpson (2010-12-02). "Deadmau5: 4x4=12 – review | Music". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
  9. ↑ "Music - Review of deadmau5 - 4x4=12". BBC. 2010-12-07. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
  10. ↑ Matos, Michaelangelo (2010-12-07). "Deadmau5: 4 x 4 = 12 | Music | MusicalWork Review". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
  11. 1 2 "2010-10-02 Top 40 Official Singles Chart UK Archive". Official Charts. 2010-10-02. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
  12. 1 2 3 4 "deadmau5 : Chart History". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
  13. 1 2 Archived February 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
  14. ↑ Mitchell, John (2012-02-13). "Skrillex, deadmau5 Likely To Experience Boost From 2012 Grammys - Music, Celebrity, Artist News". MTV.com. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
  15. ↑ Archived December 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
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