Earthquake (DJ Fresh and Diplo song)

"Earthquake" is a single by British disc jockey DJ Fresh and American counterpart Diplo featuring vocals from Dominique Young Unique. 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".^[2] It contains a sample from the song "Teach Me How to Dougie" by the hip hop group Cali Swag District. "Earthquake" peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart, number three on the UK Dance Chart and topped the UK Indie Chart.

"Earthquake"
Single by DJ Fresh vs. Diplo featuring Dominique Young Unique
Released	18 August 2013
Recorded	2013
Genre	Trap moombahton
Length	3:09
Label	Ministry of Sound[1]
Songwriter(s)	Daniel Stein Thomas Wesley Pentz
Producer(s)	DJ Fresh Diplo
DJ Fresh singles chronology
"Gold Dust" (2012) "Earthquake" (2013) "Dibby Dibby Sound" (2014)
Diplo singles chronology
"P.O.V. 2.0" (2013) "Earthquake" (2013) "Boy Oh Boy" (2013)
Dominique Young Unique singles chronology
"Pushing" (2013) "Earthquake" (2013) "Dance with Me" (2014)

The debut performance of "Earthquake" occurred during DJ Fresh's set at the New York leg of the international Electric Daisy Carnival festival.^[3][4] Dominique and DJ Fresh performed "Earthquake" again at Radio 1's Big Weekend, 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 4Music panel show 'McFlurry Music Mix Up' presented by Rickie and Melvin on 19 August 2013.^[5]

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Earthquake" was first released onto YouTube on 24 July 2013 at a total length of three minutes and twenty seconds. The music video was directed by Jonas & François and filmed in New York City.^[6] It features DJ Fresh, Diplo and Dominique Young Unique.

Track listings

Digital download

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Earthquake" (Edit) (Clean)	3:10
2.	"Earthquake" (TC Remix) (Explicit)	3:47
3.	"Earthquake" (Vato Gonzalez and Jaguar Skills Remix) (Explicit)	4:23
4.	"Earthquake" (Delta Heavy Remix) (Explicit)	3:52
5.	"Earthquake" (Astronomar Remix) (Explicit)	3:36
6.	"Earthquake" (The Golden Boy Remix) (Clean)	5:52
7.	"Earthquake" (WestFunk and Steve Smart Club Mix) (Clean)	4:22

"Motherquake" (Kick-Ass 2 version) download^[7]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Motherquake" (DJ Fresh vs. Diplo featuring Dominique Young Unique) (Explicit)	2:08

Remix EP

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Earthquake" (Shy FX Remix) (Explicit)	3:36
2.	"Earthquake" (DJ Riot's Zouk Bass Remix) (Explicit)	4:07
3.	"Earthquake" (Extended Mix) (Explicit)	4:20

Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat - Ministry of Sound [Explicit] MP3-Album download^[8]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Earthquake" (Extended Edit) (Explicit)	10:08

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (2013) Peak position Ireland (IRMA)[9] 42 Scotland (OCC)[10] 6 UK Singles (OCC)[11] 4 UK Dance (OCC)[12] 3 UK Indie (OCC)[13] 1 US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[14] 26

Year-end charts Chart (2013) Position UK Singles (OCC)[15] 104 Chart (2014) Position US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[16] 94

Certifications

Certifications for "Earthquake"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[17]	Silver	200,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
United Kingdom	18 August 2013[18]	Digital download	Ministry of Sound