"Earthquake" is a song by British

British people

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 musician Labrinth

Labrinth

Timothy McKenzie , better known by his stage name Labrinth, is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. McKenzie is signed to Simon Cowell's record label Syco, becoming the first non-talent show signing in six years...

 which features long-time collaborator Tinie Tempah

Tinie Tempah

Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu , better known by his stage name Tinie Tempah, is a British rapper. He made his first mixtape in 2007 with 28 songs, freestyles and remixes, the album features Mz Bratt, Chipmunk and G-Unit...

. The song serves as the second single from Labrinth to appear on his upcoming debut album, The Gallery (2012). It was released in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 on 23 October 2011 through Syco

Syco

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 and debuted at number two, having sold 115,530 copies - the highest selling number-two of the year.

Background

Labrinth first revealed the radio-edit of "Earthquake" on his official YouTube

YouTube

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 channel, on 16 September 2011. Remixes by Benny Benassi

Benny Benassi

Marco Benassi , better known as Benny Benassi, is a Grammy Award winning Italian disc jockey and record producer of electro house music. He is best known for his 2002 summer club hit "Satisfaction"...

, Noisia

Noisia

Noisia, stylized as NOISIΛ , is a Dutch Electronic music trio consisting of members Nik Roos, Martijn van Sonderen and Thijs de Vlieger from Groningen, The Netherlands. They now produce a wide variety of music including drum and bass, dubstep, breakbeat and house music...

, Eyes, Gareth Wyn and Street Policy were uploaded to Labrinth's Soundcloud

SoundCloud

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 account on the same day.

The full explicit version of "Earthquake" was uploaded to Labrinth's SoundCloud

SoundCloud

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 account on 23 September 2011.

Labrinth and Tinie Tempah performed an acoustic version of "Earthquake" with an orchestra and choir in BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge on 20 October 2011.

The song will feature on Now 80.

Music video

The HD video of the song was uploaded to Labrinth's official VEVO/YouTube channel on 11 October 2011. As of 30th November 2011, the song has received over 11 million views. The video was directed by US Studio, Syndrome Studios.

Track listing

Charts

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Chart (2011)	Peak position

Release history

Region	Date	Format
United Kingdom	23 October 2011	Digital download
	23 October 2011	CD single