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"Raise Your Weapon" is a song by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5 featuring vocals from Faroese singer Greta Svabo Bech.[1] 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 Deadmau5, Cydney Sheffield and Skrillex.[2] 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 with the vocals repeated.[2][3] 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.[4] 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 other songs being "I Can Only Imagine" and "Rope".[5]

"Raise Your Weapon"
Single by Deadmau5 featuring Greta Svabo Bech
from the album 4×4=12
Released	May 23, 2011
Genre	Progressive house dubstep
Length	3:22 (radio edit) 8:22 (album version)
Label	Mau5trap Ultra Virgin
Songwriter(s)	Joel Zimmerman Cydney Sheffield Sonny Moore
Producer(s)	Deadmau5
Deadmau5 singles chronology
"Sofi Needs a Ladder" (2010) "Raise Your Weapon" (2011) "Aural Psynapse" (2011)

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."[6] 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".[3] 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".[7] 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".[8] 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".[9]

Chart performance

In the United Kingdom, the song charted at number 117 on the UK Singles Chart. In the United States, the song debuted at number 100 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the issue date of March 3, 2012 as well as number 11 on the Heatseekers Songs chart. It also made an entry at number 93 on the Canadian Hot 100. 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.[10]

Track listing

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of 4×4=12.[13]

Management

• Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd. / Cupcake Revolution (BMI) and Kobalt Music Publishing

Personnel

• Joel Zimmerman – lead artist, songwriter, producer, arrangement
• Greta Svabo Bech – featured artist
• Cydney Sheffield – songwriter
• Sonny Moore – songwriter

Charts

Chart performance for "Raise Your Weapon"

Chart (2011–2012)	Peak position
Belgium Dance (Ultratip Flanders)[14]	1
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[15]	16
Belgium Dance (Ultratop Wallonia)[16]	34
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[17]	93
UK Singles (OCC)[18]	117
US Billboard Hot 100[19]	100
US Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[20]	15
US Dance/Mix Show Airplay (Billboard)[21]	7
US Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)[22]	2

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[23]	Platinum	80,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

На других языках

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- [en] Raise Your Weapon

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[es] Raise Your Weapon

«Raise Your Weapon» es una canción del productor canadiense deadmau5. Fue lanzado el 23 de mayo de 2011 como su quinto sencillo, perteneciente a su quinto álbum de estudio 4x4=12. La canción fue escrita por Joel Zimmerman, Cydney Sheffield y Sonny Moore,[1] cuenta con la voz de la cantante Greta Svabo Bech.[2]«Raise Your Weapon» es un house progresivo, la canción comienza con una melodía de piano y la voz de Bech, antes de entrar en un dubstep.[1][3] La canción recibió críticas generalmente positivas. Alcanzó el número 117 en el UK Singles Chart. La canción fue nominada en los grammys de 2011 a la mejor grabación dance, donde también interpretó la canción junto a David Guetta, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne y Foo Fighters.[4] Meses más tarde se lanzó un EP (remix) con remixes de DJ francés Madeon y el trío holandés Noisia, el último deadmau5 lo interpreta en sus shows en vivo.[5]

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[ru] Raise Your Weapon

«Raise Your Weapon» — песня канадского продюсера deadmau5, выпущенная 23 мая 2011 года в качестве пятого и последнего сингла с альбома 4×4=12. Песня была написана Джоэлем Циммерманом, Сидни Шеффилд и Сонни Муром, более известным под псевдонимом Skrillex, при участии фарерской певицы Греты Свабо Бех[1]. Песня была положительно принята критиками и стала коммерчески успешной, войдя в Billboard Hot 100 и получив статус платиновой по версии Music Canada. Также она была номинирована на Премию «Грэмми» за лучшую танцевальную запись 2012 года, но проиграла «Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites» Скриллекса.

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