Released February 17, 2012 Recorded 2010-2011 | Format Digital download Length 6:52 | |
Genre Electro house, complextro Label mau5trap, Ultra Records | ||
"Maths" is a single by Canadian EDM producer deadmau5. It is the first single from the album Album Title Goes Here.
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Background
An unfinished version of the song appeared in 2010. Originally intended to be a 12th track in the album 4x4=12, it was omitted due to Zimmerman not being able to finish it in time. It later appeared in a YouTube video called "drowned rat", which showed Zimmerman on a water scooter in Lake Ontario, recorded via a helmet camera. It was uploaded on June 1, 2011, and scored large popularity after being uploaded.
It was played throughout the Meowingtons Hax Tour, and then released on February 17, 2012.
Music video
The music video for Maths was released on February 23, 2012. The video consisted of a quotation board displaying a loop of various mathematical symbols and expressions. The text changes throughout the video, though recurring things as "__MATHS___", "_DEADMAU5_", and "><><><" are often displayed. deadmau5 later explained on a Facebook post that the video is indeed unofficial, and that "someone over at the label just chucked this together and uploaded it without running it by anyone".