"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.
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.