<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Sofi Needs a Ladder" (2010) </Td> <Td> "Raise Your Weapon" (2011) </Td> <Td> "Aural Psynapse" (2011) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Sofi Needs a Ladder" (2010) </Td> <Td> "Raise Your Weapon" (2011) </Td> <Td> "Aural Psynapse" (2011) </Td> </Tr> <P> "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 ." </P> <P> "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". </P>

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