"Channel 42" is a song by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5 and American DJ Wolfgang Gartner. It was released as the fourth single from Deadmau5's sixth studio album, Album Title Goes Here.

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"Channel 42"
Single by Deadmau5 and Wolfgang Gartner
from the album Album Title Goes Here
Released	February 12, 2013 (2013-02-12)
Genre	Progressive house electro house
Length	4:50
Label	Ultra Mau5trap
Songwriter(s)	Joel Zimmerman Joey Youngman
Producer(s)	Deadmau5
Deadmau5 singles chronology
"Professional Griefers" (2012) "Channel 42" (2013) "Telemiscommunications" (2013)
Wolfgang Gartner singles chronology
""Evil Lurks"" (2012) ""Channel 42"" (2013) ""Anaconda"" (2013)

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In February 2012, two work-in-progress versions of the song were uploaded to Zimmerman's SoundCloud account. They were titled "Channel 41" and "Channel 42" respectively. "Channel 42" was first played during a live performance in Oslo, Norway, in May 2012.^[1] On September 25, 2012, "Channel 42" appeared as the second track on the 2012 album Album Title Goes Here. It was released with three remixes as an EP on February 12, 2013, through Zimmerman's label mau5trap.^[2]

A follow-up version, titled "Channel 43", was announced on Zimmerman's Twitter on December 21, 2020,^[3] and released on January 7, 2021, as a single through mau5trap.

A music video was uploaded to Zimmerman's YouTube account along with the release of the remix EP on February 12, 2013. The video was recorded during the November 28, 2012, performance in London, UK, promoting the Nokia Lumia 920.^[4]