Raise Your Weapon - wikipedia 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 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 Skrillex deadmau5 singles chronology `` Sofi Needs a Ladder '' ( 2010 ) `` Raise Your Weapon '' ( 2011 ) `` Aural Psynapse '' ( 2011 ) `` Sofi Needs a Ladder '' ( 2010 ) `` 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 and Sonny `` Skrillex '' Moore and features contributing vocals from Greta Svabo Bech. 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 deadmau5 ( with little help of his friend Sonny Moore ) with the vocals repeated. 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. 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. '' Contents 1 Critical reception 2 Chart performance 3 Track listing 4 Charts 5 Certifications 6 References 7 External links 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. '' 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 ``. 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 ''. 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 ''. 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 ''. 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. 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. Track listing Digital download 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 93 UK Singles Chart 117 US Billboard Hot 100 100 US Heatseekers Songs ( Billboard ) 11 Certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales Canada ( Music Canada ) Platinum 80,000 shipments figures based on certification alone References Jump up ^ `` Dub5tepthingie4 by fuckmylife on SoundCloud - Hear the world 's sounds ''. Soundcloud.com. Retrieved 2013 - 10 - 08. ^ Jump up to : David Jeffries. `` 4 x 4 = 12 - Deadmau5 Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2013 - 10 - 08. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) ^ Jump up to : Will Hermes ( 2010 - 12 - 07 ). `` 4x4 = 12 Album Reviews ''. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2013 - 10 - 08. Jump up ^ `` The Hot 100 : Mar 03, 2012 Billboard Chart Archive ''. Billboard.com. 2012 - 03 - 03. Retrieved 2013 - 10 - 08. Jump up ^ 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. Jump up ^ David Jeffries. `` 4 x 4 = 12 - Deadmau5 Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2013 - 10 - 08. Jump up ^ Dave Simpson ( 2010 - 12 - 02 ). `` Deadmau5 : 4x4 = 12 -- review Music ''. London : The Guardian. Retrieved 2013 - 10 - 08. Jump up ^ `` Music - Review of deadmau5 - 4x4 = 12 ''. BBC. 2010 - 12 - 07. Retrieved 2013 - 10 - 08. Jump up ^ Matos, Michaelangelo ( 2010 - 12 - 07 ). `` Deadmau5 : 4 x 4 = 12 Music MusicalWork Review ''. The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2013 - 10 - 08. ^ Jump up to : `` 2010 - 10 - 02 Top 40 Official Singles Chart UK Archive ''. Official Charts. 2010 - 10 - 02. Retrieved 2013 - 10 - 08. ^ Jump up to : `` deadmau5 : Chart History ''. Billboard.com. Retrieved 2013 - 10 - 08. ^ Jump up to : ( 2 ) Archived February 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ Mitchell, John ( 2012 - 02 - 13 ). `` Skrillex, deadmau5 Likely To Experience Boost From 2012 Grammys - Music, Celebrity, Artist News ''. MTV.com. Retrieved 2013 - 10 - 08. Jump up ^ ( 3 ) Archived December 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ `` Canadian single certifications -- Deadmau5 -- Raise Your Weapon ''. Music Canada. Retrieved December 19, 2017. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics deadmau5 Discography Awards and nominations Studio albums Get Scraped Vexillology Random Album Title For Lack of a Better Name 4 × 4 = 12 Album Title Goes Here while ( 1 < 2 ) W : / 2016ALBUM / Compilation albums deadmau5 Circa 1998 -- 2002 A Little Oblique Project 56 It Sounds Like 5 Years of mau5 Stuff I Used to Do Where 's the Drop ? Mix albums At Play At Play Vol. 2 At Play Vol. 3 At Play Vol. 4 At Play in the USA, Vol. 1 At Play Vol. 5 Singles `` Faxing Berlin '' `` Not Exactly '' `` Move for Me '' `` I Remember '' `` Ghosts ' n ' Stuff '' `` Strobe '' `` Some Chords '' `` Animal Rights '' `` Sofi Needs a Ladder '' `` Raise Your Weapon '' `` Aural Psynapse '' `` Maths '' `` The Veldt '' `` Professional Griefers '' `` Channel 42 '' `` Telemiscommunications '' `` Avaritia '' `` Seeya '' `` Infra Turbo Pigcart Racer '' `` Phantoms Ca n't Hang '' `` Snowcone '' `` Beneath with Me '' `` Let Go '' `` Legendary '' Other songs `` A City in Florida '' `` 4ware '' Related articles mau5trap Lots of Shows in a Row Steve Duda `` Happiness '' Book Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Raise_Your_Weapon&oldid=825622901 '' Categories : 2010 singles Deadmau5 songs Songs written by Deadmau5 2010 songs Ultra Music singles Virgin Records singles Songs written by Skrillex Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Articles with hAudio microformats Certification Table Entry usages for Canada Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Français Simple English Edit links This page was last edited on 14 February 2018, at 12 : 51. 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Question: who does the vocals for raise your weapon
Answer: Greta Svabo Bech