"Earthquake" is a single by British disc jockey

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and American counterpart

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featuring vocals from

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. The song was released in the United Kingdom on 18 August 2013 as the lead single from his fourth studio album. An edited version of the song with extra production and sound effects features in the film Kick-Ass 2, under the name "Motherquake". It contains a sample from the song "

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" by the hip hop group

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. "Earthquake" peaked at number four on the

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, number three on the

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and topped the

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. The debut performance of "Earthquake" occurred during DJ Fresh's set at the New York leg of the international

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festival. Dominique and DJ Fresh performed "Earthquake" again at

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, during the latter's headlining set on the "1Xtra Arena/In New Music We Trust Stage". DJ Fresh and Dominique Young Unique performed the track live on

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panel show 'McFlurry Music Mix Up' presented by

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and

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on 19 August 2013.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Earthquake" was first released onto

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on 24 July 2013 at a total length of three minutes and twenty seconds. The music video was directed by

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and filmed in New York City. It features DJ Fresh, Diplo and Dominique Young Unique.

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