Raise Your Weapon

"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]

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]

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