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	~~{{Q\|Or mars.\|C418\|bandcamp.com}}~~
	{{Q\|“Mice on Venus”, or Mouse on Mars. MOM is a definite inspiration for me, and this album directly. It’s a highly experimental German musician duo that has been super active in the late 90’s and early 2000’s and I obsessed over their work. The song started as a piano solo, but as game development went on, I added a kind of, uh, addendum to it. A little cheeky piece that kind of says, Minecraft is also quite silly.\|C418\|c418.org}}

	'''"Mice on Venus"''' is a song composed by [[Minecraft:C418]] that plays in the [[Minecraft:Overworld]].		'''"Mice on Venus"''' is a song composed by [[Minecraft:C418]] that plays in the [[Minecraft:Overworld]].

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	== Issues ==		== Issues ==
	{{issue list}}		{{issue list}}

			== Quotes ==
			{{Q\|Or mars.\|C418\|bandcamp.com}}
			{{Q\|“Mice on Venus”, or Mouse on Mars. MOM is a definite inspiration for me, and this album directly. It’s a highly experimental German musician duo that has been super active in the late 90’s and early 2000’s and I obsessed over their work. The song started as a piano solo, but as game development went on, I added a kind of, uh, addendum to it. A little cheeky piece that kind of says, Minecraft is also quite silly.\|C418\|c418.org}}

	== Trivia ==		== Trivia ==

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{{Infobox music
|title = "Mice on Venus"
|album = ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft - Volume Alpha]]''
|number = 11
|artist = [[Minecraft:C418]]
|date = March 4, 2011
|length = 04:41
|genre = Ambient
|writer = C418
|link =
* [https://c418.bandcamp.com/track/mice-on-venus Bandcamp]
* [https://open.spotify.com/track/1gXIOLjnh36fww7bdZ1NhK Spotify]
* [https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=KdOD0fZs_XU YouTube Music]
|prev = "[[Minecraft:Équinoxe]]"
|next = "[[Minecraft:Dry Hands]]"
}}
{{Q|Or mars.|C418|bandcamp.com}}
{{Q|“Mice on Venus”, or Mouse on Mars. MOM is a definite inspiration for me, and this album directly. It’s a highly experimental German musician duo that has been super active in the late 90’s and early 2000’s and I obsessed over their work. The song started as a piano solo, but as game development went on, I added a kind of, uh, addendum to it. A little cheeky piece that kind of says, Minecraft is also quite silly.|C418|c418.org}}

'''"Mice on Venus"''' is a song composed by [[Minecraft:C418]] that plays in the [[Minecraft:Overworld]].

== Locations ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" |
! Location
! Odds of playing
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Badlands}} {{BiomeLink|Eroded Badlands}} {{BiomeLink|Wooded Badlands}}
| 7.14%
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Bamboo Jungle}} {{BiomeLink|Sparse Jungle}}
| 8.33%
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Forest}}{{only|JE}} {{BiomeLink|Birch Forest}}{{only|JE}} {{BiomeLink|Old Growth Birch Forest}}{{only|JE}} {{BiomeLink|Dark Forest}}{{only|JE}}
| 5%
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Frozen Peaks}}
| 11.11%{{only|JE}} 10%{{only|BE}}
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Grove}}
| 8.33%
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Jagged Peaks}} {{BiomeLink|Jungle}} {{BiomeLink|Stony Peaks}}
| 7.69%
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Lush Caves}}
| 8%{{only|JE}} 8.7%{{only|BE}}
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Old Growth Pine Taiga}} {{BiomeLink|Old Growth Spruce Taiga}} {{BiomeLink|Old Growth Birch Forest}}{{only|BE}}
| 5.88%
|-
| {{BiomeLink|Forest}}{{only|BE}} {{BiomeLink|Birch Forest}}{{only|BE}} {{BiomeLink|Dark Forest}}{{only|BE}}
| 5.26%
|-
|
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%" |
|+ style="text-align:left" | Other biomes:
|-
| {{BiomeLink|The Void}}{{only|JE}} {{BiomeLink|Plains}} {{BiomeLink|Sunflower Plains}} {{BiomeLink|Snowy Plains}} {{BiomeLink|Ice Spikes}} {{BiomeLink|Taiga}} {{BiomeLink|Snowy Taiga}} {{BiomeLink|Savanna}} {{BiomeLink|Savanna Plateau}} {{BiomeLink|Windswept Hills}} {{BiomeLink|Windswept Gravelly Hills}} {{BiomeLink|Windswept Forest}} {{BiomeLink|Windswept Savanna}} {{BiomeLink|River}} {{BiomeLink|Frozen River}} {{BiomeLink|Beach}} {{BiomeLink|Snowy Beach}} {{BiomeLink|Stony Shore}} {{BiomeLink|Warm Ocean}} {{BiomeLink|Lukewarm Ocean}} {{BiomeLink|Deep Lukewarm Ocean}} {{BiomeLink|Ocean}} {{BiomeLink|Deep Ocean}} {{BiomeLink|Cold Ocean}} {{BiomeLink|Deep Cold Ocean}} {{BiomeLink|Frozen Ocean}} {{BiomeLink|Deep Frozen Ocean}} {{BiomeLink|Mushroom Fields}}
|}
| 4.55%{{only|JE}} 4.76%{{only|BE}}
|}

== Track description ==
{{C418 agreement}}
[[File:Mice on venus.ogg]]

"Mice on Venus" is a bittersweet track that begins with rising and falling synths playing an ambient intro, before a piano joins in and plays some more chords with them. The synth chords stop as a synth bass joins the piano, which plays part of a sparse melody before the synth chords come back in, with strings this time, to harmonize with the melody. An echoing celesta pattern can be heard in the background before all sounds but the piano stop and the piano continues the melody. The piano slows down and hangs on a high chord before descending to a resolving chord and then a second chord with the synth bass.

While the chord rings out, an echoing violin playing a variation on the previous celesta pattern can be heard. Suddenly, some synths and plucked strings begin playing a happier, bouncing rhythm and woodwinds play a musical flourish and strings begin to play chords. A glockenspiel or a celesta plays a bouncing, descending melody.

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{JE}}:
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible"
! Soundtrack Title
! File name
! Sound events
|-
| "Mice on Venus"
| <code>mice_on_venus.ogg</code>
| <code>music.game</code>, <code>music.overworld.badlands</code>, <code>music.overworld.bamboo_jungle</code>, <code>music.overworld.forest</code>, <code>music.overworld.frozen_peaks</code>, <code>music.overworld.grove</code>, <code>music.overworld.jagged_peaks</code>, <code>music.overworld.jungle</code>, <code>music.overworld.lush_caves</code>, <code>music.overworld.old_growth_taiga</code>, <code>music.overworld.sparse_jungle</code>, <code>music.overworld.stony_peaks</code>, <code>music.creative</code><ref group=dv>Included in <code>music.creative</code> via [[Minecraft:Sounds.json#Java_Edition|event-type]] sound <code>music.game</code></ref>
|}

{{BE}}:
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible"
! Soundtrack Title
! File name
! Sound events
|-
| "Mice on Venus"
| <code>piano3.ogg</code>
| <code>music.game</code>, <code>music.game.grove</code>, <code>music.game.jagged_peaks</code>, <code>music.game.lush_caves</code>, <code>music.game.frozen_peaks</code>, <code>music.game.stony_peaks</code>, <code>music.game_and_wild_equal_chance</code>, <code>music.game_and_wild_favor_game</code>, <code>music.overworld.mesa</code>, <code>music.overworld.bamboo_jungle</code>, <code>music.overworld.jungle</code>, <code>music.overworld.jungle_edge</code>
|}
<references group=dv/>

=== Raw music files ===
{{IN|je}}, the music files can be found in {{code|[[Minecraft:.minecraft]]/assets/objects}}.{{fn|The files in the <samp>objects</samp> folder are hashed. To locate the music files, see [[Minecraft:Tutorial:Sound directory]].}}

{{IN|be}} and ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft Education]]'', it can be found in:

* Mobile: {{code|[[Minecraft:com.mojang]]/resource_packs/music/vanilla_music/sounds/music/game/}}
* Windows: {{code|%PROGRAMFILES%\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_''<version>''_x64_8wekyb3d8bbwe\data\resource_packs\vanilla_music\sounds\music\game\}}

All music files are in {{w|Vorbis|Ogg Vorbis}}.

== History ==
=== ''Java Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v1.0.14|Added "Mice on Venus", as "piano3.ogg"}}
|{{HistoryLine||v1.2.0|"piano3" received an extension, adding a second part to the song.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v1.2.1|"piano3" now plays in multiplayer.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.6.1|dev=13w24a|"piano3" is now stored in <code>assets/music</code>}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.7.2|dev=13w42a|"piano3" is now stored in <code>assets/sounds/music</code>.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.7.4|dev=13w49a|"piano3" is now stored in an indexed hash, rather than stored directly in the <code>.minecraft</code> folder.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18|dev=21w42a|"piano3" can now play in [[Minecraft:frozen peaks]], [[Minecraft:grove]]s, [[Minecraft:jagged peaks]], [[Minecraft:lush caves]], and [[Minecraft:stony peaks]] biomes.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19|dev=22w17a|"piano3" can now play in [[Minecraft:forest]]s, [[Minecraft:jungle]]s, and [[Minecraft:old growth taiga]] biomes.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20|dev=23w17a|"piano3" can now play in [[Minecraft:badlands]] biomes.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.3|dev=23w45a|"piano3.ogg" was renamed to "mice_on_venus.ogg".}}
}}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|pocket}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.0.0|dev=alpha 0.17.0.1|Added "Mice on Venus", as "piano3.ogg". The track has to be downloaded separately.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.30|dev=Preview 1.19.30.22|"piano3" is now included on Android and Fire devices and no longer needs to be downloaded from the marketplace.}}
}}

=== Legacy Console Edition ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|Added "Mice on Venus", as "piano3.ogg"}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* The title "Mice on Venus" is a reference to [[Minecraft:wikipedia:Mouse on Mars|Mouse on Mars]].

== References ==
{{reflist}}
<references group="fn"/>

== Navigation ==
{{Navbox soundtrack|minecraft}}

[[Category:C418]]
[[Category:Minecraft - Volume Alpha]]

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