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"Professional Griefers"
Single byDeadmau5 featuringGerard Way
from the albumAlbum Title Goes Here
Released	August 14, 2012
Recorded	September 2010[1] 2011 (vocal mix)
Genre	Electro house electronic rock
Length	4:03 (vocal mix)[2] 6:24 (original instrumental) 3:02 (radio edit)
Label	Mau5trap Ultra EMI
Songwriter(s)	Joel Zimmerman Gerard Way
Producer(s)	Deadmau5
Deadmau5 singles chronology
"The Veldt" (2012) "Professional Griefers" (2012) "Channel 42" (2013)
Gerard Way singles chronology
"Professional Griefers" (2012) "No Shows" (2014)

"Professional Griefers" is a song by Canadian electronic music producerDeadmau5 featuring vocals by American singerGerard Way. The song was released as the third single from his sixth studio albumAlbum Title Goes Here. The song is featured in the gameFIFA 13 and its soundtrack. The song used to be featured in the gameAsphalt 8: Airborne in the electronica playlist. The song was also featured briefly in season one episode five of the TV showArrow.

"Professional Griefers" was first previewed as an unreleased instrumental on Deadmau5'sUstream channel as a work in progress on February 13, 2011. The instrumental made its live debut during deadmau5's Meowingtons Hax tour mixed withDaft Punk's 2001 song "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger",^[3] premiering the track at his critically acclaimed headlining performance atLollapalooza. The vocal version of "Professional Griefers", with Gerard Way, starts with hard beats and heavily distorted guitar stabs, then builds tension with discordant synth strikes leading into the chorus.^[4]

In early 2012, when Zimmerman was asked why he was waiting to release it, he replied "[he was] going to do something big with it". That July, he spread the word that there was going to be a video shoot, and that he needed approximately 2,000 fans to arrive at the scene.

In late 2011 and early 2012, only live recordings of "Professional Griefers" as an instrumental could be found floating around the Internet. On November 18, 2011, the instrumental version of the track was played during the official launch ofMinecraft.^[5] As early as December 2011, Zimmerman began playing the track along with vocals via live Internet stream. Due to Gerard Way's distinctive voice, fans were able to discern it was him.^[6] Then on July 6, 2012, a preview of the track was uploaded to the official deadmau5 YouTube channel.^[7] Finally on August 14, 2012, "Professional Griefers" was released onBeatport andiTunes.^[8]

"Professional Griefers" was released onDeadmau5's albumAlbum Title Goes Here, including a vocal mix, radio edit, and a music video.

The video, featuring both Deadmau5 and Gerard Way, was directed byPaul Boyd and Jeff Ranasinghe and produced by Dave Stewart's Weapons of Mass Entertainment production company. It debuted on August 29, 2012 viaUltra's YouTube channel.^[9] It is the most expensiveelectronic dance music video to date.^[10]

The video begins near a trailer home whose residents are watching Zimmerman and Gerard battle with giant robotic mice at aUFC match inside a dome (a reference to the Thunderdome from theMad Max franchise), with a crowd watching (consisting of the aforementioned 2000 fans). Throughout the video, it cuts to various people watching the match on TV. While Gerard is dominating the battle, a robotic version of "Meowingtons", Zimmerman's cat, enters and chews the wires to Gerard's controls. This renders Gerard's robot idle, which allows Zimmerman to win the match. But immediately after, the robotic cat assumes control of Zimmerman's beaten-up robot, causing it to stumble and fall into the dome, crushing it, as everyone inside flees. The video ends with the robotic cat standing on some debris, gazing into the camera, before pouncing on it.

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