Infra Turbo Pigcart Racer

"Infra Turbo Pigcart Racer"
Single by Deadmau5
from the album While(1<2)
Released3 June 2014
Recorded2013–2014
GenreProgressive house
Length
  • 10:36 (single version)
  • 9:36 (album version)
Label
Songwriter(s)Joel Zimmerman
Producer(s)Deadmau5
Deadmau5 singles chronology
"Seeya"
(2014) 		"Infra Turbo Pigcart Racer"
(2014) 		"Phantoms Can't Hang"
(2014)

"Infra Turbo Pigcart Racer" is a song by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5, released as the third single from his seventh studio album While(1<2) on 3 June 2014.[1]

Background

The song, like the track "Fn Pig" from his previous album, Album Title Goes Here, is named after a YouTube video that Zimmerman uploaded where he is playing Minecraft, attempting to get a pig into a minecart.[2] Eventually he (now infamously) yelled "Get in the cart! Fucking pig!". This led to several demo tracks uploaded to his SoundCloud account being named after the line (e.g "Get In the Cart, Pig" and "Get In the October Cart, Pig"). The song samples audio of deadmau5's Ferrari 458 Italia while driving on Toronto's Lake Shore Boulevard.[3]

In 2013, Zimmerman uploaded a demo of the track to his SoundCloud account, titled "Infra Super Turbo Pigcart Racer". A slightly different version of the demo, with a shorter intro, was simply titled "Turbo Pig Cart Racer" and was made available on his website in January 2014.[citation needed]

Another variant of the track, "Get In The Pig, Meowingtons", was also uploaded to live.deadmau5.com in early 2014. The track was a mashup of "Turbo Pig Cart Racer" with another unreleased song, "Meowingtons Enables Hax". While this version never appeared on a studio album, it was re-released by Zimmerman in 2017 on his compilation album Stuff i used to do, where it was re-titled "HaxPigMeow".

Release

The song was initially uploaded to Mau5trap's SoundCloud account on June 2, 2014, before being officially released on June 3, 2014 on iTunes and Beatport.

Reception

Nick Murray of Rolling Stone observed that the song "substitutes the rising-and-falling template for most EDM with a driving house beat that perhaps imitates both the length and the excitement of the long race".[4] Exclaim! writer Alex Hudson remarked: "There's a stripped-down break in the middle of it all, but otherwise, this one is sure to get the kids dancing."[5] In 2017, "Infra Turbo Pigcart Racer" was ranked number 16 on Billboard's list of the 20 best deadmau5 songs. Writer Kat Bein said that the song "has got to be one of the most unique weapons in deadmau5' musical arsenal."[6]

Track listing

Track listing taken from Beatport[7]

Digital Download
No.TitleLength
1."Infra Turbo Pig Cart Racer"10:36

Charts

Chart Peak position
US Dance Chart (Billboard) 20[8]

References

  1. ^ "deadmau5 - Infra Turbo Pigcart Racer". Discogs. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  2. ^ "'pig cart' by deadmau5". YouTube. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  3. ^ Lindquist, David (15 October 2014). "Deadmau5 encounters new rhythms during IndyCar ride". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  4. ^ Murray, Nick (2 June 2014). "Hear Deadmau5's Odyssey 'Infra Turbo Pigcart Racer' - Premiere". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  5. ^ Hudson, Alex (4 June 2014). "deadmau5 - "Infra Turbo Pigcart Racer"". Exclaim!. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  6. ^ Bein, Kat (30 January 2017). "The 20 Best deadmau5 Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Infra Turbo Pig Cart Racer from mau5trap". Beatport. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Deadmau5 - Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 21 September 2017.