"Animal Rights" is an

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by Canadian electronic music producer

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and American DJ

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. It was released on September 6, 2010, as the second single from Deadmau5's fifth studio album, ''

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''.

Background

The single debuted on BBC Radio 1's coverage of

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2010 on 28 August 2010, at which Deadmau5 was playing. On 1 December 2010, the song was added to

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's playlist.Radio 1 – Playlist
BBC (24 February 2007). Retrieved on 2010-12-03. Following this, the song entered the

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and peaked at number 70, and also reached number 10 in the

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Track listing

Charts

References

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