"Ritual" is a song by electronic dance music producer and DJ

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, featuring American singer

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. It was released on November 1, 2016, and marked his first release on American record label

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. The song appeared on the charts in the US and Canada, peaking at number 8 in the US

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chart. The song was also renowned for its music video, due to its copyright dispute by Canadian electronic music producer

deadmau5 Joel Thomas Zimmerman (born January 5, 1981), known professionally as Deadmau5 (stylized as deadmau5; pronounced "dead-mouse"), is a Canadian electronic music producer and DJ. He mainly produces progressive house music, though he also produces ...

Music video

On November 1, 2016, Marshmello released the original music video for "Ritual". The video was directed by

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and released on

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channel, of which the upload has amassed over 50 million views. The video was also uploaded onto Marshmello's own YouTube channel.

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Artists

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Slushii Julian Michael Scanlan (born May 1, 1997), known professionally as Slushii, is an American musician, DJ, singer, songwriter, and record producer based in Los Angeles. He is best known for working with various artists managed by Moe Shalizi, such ...

and

Valentino Khan Valentino Khan (born February 15, 1987) is an American DJ and producer born and raised in Los Angeles. He is best known for releasing material through Diplo, Skrillex and Steve Aoki. His singles "Deep Down Low" and "Make Some Noise" peaked at numb ...

were featured on the video.

deadmau5 dispute

The music video for "Ritual" originally briefly featured an interpretation of Canadian

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producer and DJ

's "mau5head" logo (with a third ear as a Mohawk) being worn by a fan. This was disputed by deadmau5, who claimed "I'd rather be associated with a pile of dog shit". On November 3, 2016, the music video was reuploaded with the disputed scene removed. However, the original upload remains on record label

's YouTube channel, but is currently unlisted. Marshmello had previously referenced deadmau5, in the music video for "

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", which features Marshmello's pet mouse, Joel (deadmau5's real name).

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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