Raise Your Weapon

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"Raise Your Weapon"
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Single by deadmau5 featuring Greta Svabo Bech
from the album 4×4=12
Released
  • 23 May 2011
  • 28 November 2010 (iTunes Exclusive)[1]
Format Digital download
Recorded 2009–10[2]
Genre
Length
  • 3:22 (radio edit)
  • 8:22 (original mix)
Label
Writer(s)
Producer(s) deadmau5
deadmau5 singles chronology
"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 fourth single from his fifth studio album 4×4=12. The song was written by Joel "deadmau5" Zimmerman, Cydney Sheffield and Sonny "Skrillex" Moore,[3] and features contributing vocals from Greta Svabo Bech.[4] Musically, "Raise Your Weapon" is a progressive house song that begins with a piano melody and Bech's vocals and ends with dubstep beat with the vocals repeated.[3][5] 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.[6] 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."[7]

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."[8] 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".[5] 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".[9] 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".[10] 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".[11]

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.[12] In the United States, the song debuted at number 100 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the issue date of March 3, 2012,[13] as well as number 11 on the Heatseekers Songs chart.[13] It also made an entry at 93 on the Canadian Hot 100.[14] 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.[15]

Track listing

Digital download[16]
No. Title Length
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[14] 93
UK Singles Chart[12] 117
US Billboard Hot 100[13] 100
US Heatseekers Songs (Billboard)[13] 11

References

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  16. ↑ [3] Archived December 14, 2012 at the Wayback Machine

External links

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