Format Digital download Label Ultra
mau5trap | Length 4:50 | |
Released 12 February 2013 (2013-02-12) Genre Progressive house
electro house Writer(s) Joel Zimmerman
Joey Youngman | ||
"Channel 42" is a song by Canadian electronic music producer deadmau5 and American house music producer Wolfgang Gartner and is the fourth single from deadmau5's sixth studio album > Album Title Goes Here <.
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Background and release
In February 2012, two work-in-progress versions of the song were uploaded to Zimmerman's SoundCloud account. They were titled "Channel 41" and "Channel 42" respectively. "Channel 42" was first played during a live performance in Oslo, Norway in May 2012. On September 25, 2012, "Channel 42" appeared as the second track on the 2012 album > Album Title Goes Here <. It was released with three remixes as an EP on February 12, 2013 through Zimmerman's label mau5trap.
Music video
A music video was uploaded to Zimmerman's YouTube account along with the release of the remix EP on February 12, 2013. The video was recorded during the November 28, 2012 performance in London, UK promoting the Nokia Lumia 920.