From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Boten Anna
Boten Anna
"Boten Anna" way’s official Russ-song[1] of the year. It was also the
most popular song at The Gathering demo party 2006.
A bot named Anna occasionally resides in the IRC
channel #BassHunter.se on QuakeNet, albeit due to the
popularity of the song, the channel, as well as #Anna, has
been filled up with bots.[citation needed]
Swedish lyrics
The Swedish lyrics of Boten Anna tell the story of a female
IRC user mistaken for an IRC bot by the vocalist who later
finds out the truth; subsequently, however, he states that
she will always remain a bot in his eyes. The song is
based on an actual experience of Jonas Erik Altberg (a.k.a.
Basshunter), who explained the situation in an interview
with the Finnish website Stara.fi. His friend said he would
Single by Basshunter
create a bot with administrative capabilities to keep or-
from the album LOL der in his channel, #BassHunter.se; when this happened
Released 29 May 2006 Jonas saw a new user with administrative capabilities
named Anna enter the channel, and naturally thought
Format CD single, maxi single this was the bot. Months later, he learned that Anna was
Recorded 2005-2006 actually not a bot, but was his friend’s girlfriend; the em-
barrassment, he says, inspired him to create the song.
Genre Eurodance
Despite the esoteric subject of the lyrics, the song was
Length 3:28 well-received by mainstream media, albeit the word bot
was frequently mistaken for boat (bot ("bot") is common-
Label Warner Music (5051011-4730-5-0)
ly pronounced almost the same as båt ("boat") in the di-
Writer(s) Basshunter alect spoken by Altberg), and the double meaning of the
word kanal — the IRC channel mistaken for a canal.
Producer Basshunter
Basshunter singles chronology
Music Video
- Boten
"Boten "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar The video to the song deliberately plays on double mean-
Anna"
Anna DotA"
(2006) (2006)
ings, it shows BassHunter riding a "bass hunter" loaned
sightseeing pedal boat (used for hunting the fish called
Music video "bass") down the Malmö City (A city in Sweden) Canal.
"Boten Anna" (Original version) on YouTube The "A" on the boat is merely a marking to differentiate
from other loaned pedal boats in the canal.
Music video
"Boten Anna" (Second version) on YouTube Other versions
• In the Dutch Top 40 in the Netherlands, a spoof of
Boten Anna"
"Boten Anna ("Anna the Bot") is a song by Swedish eu-
the song has peaked at #6 in weeks 38 and 39 of 2006.
rodance musician Basshunter, which appears on his third
It is also called "Boten Anna" and it is by De
studio album, LOL . Due to the song, Basshunter be-
Gebroeders Ko (they also made an english version),
came a noted artist in his native Sweden, as well as Fin-
who also made other Dutch versions of known songs
land, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Poland and the Nether-
like "Dragostea din Tei". Although they knew the
lands after the release of the single in 2006. The song
original song wasn’t about a boat, they translated it
topped hit charts and, on May 3, 2006, was named Nor-
as if it were (one called Anna). "Boten" is the plural
form of "boat" in Dutch.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Boten Anna
Chart (2008) Peak
UK Singles Chart 1
UK Download Chart 1
Irish Singles chart 1
Irish Downloads chart 2
• In November another spoof of the song, again by De "Now You’re Gone" Chart performance
Gebroeders Ko, charted the Dutch Top 40. In week 47
the song called "Sinterklaas Boot (Boten Anna)"
charted in the Dutch Top 40 and peaked at #7. This
Formats and track listings
version of "Boten Anna" is about the boat of Maxi Single (29 May 2006)
Sinterklaas. 1. "Boten Anna" (Radio Edit) - 3:29
• An Israeli band called Chovevei Tzion ()חובבי ציון 2. "Boten Anna" (Club Remix) - 5:26
spoofed "Boten Anna" with their popular single, CD Single (4 September 2006)
"Rotze Banot" ( ,רוצה בנותmeaning "I Want Girls"), 1. "Boten Anna" (Radio Edit) - 3:29
which was extensively spoofed in turn.[2] 2. "Boten Anna" (Club Remix) - 5:26
• Polish group Cliver made a version called "Lekarstwo 3. "Boten Anna" (DJ Micro Spankin Club Remix) - 5:30
na gorzkie łzy". 4. "Boten Anna" (Backslash Fluffy Style Remix) - 4:40
• Polish group Tropic made a version called "Już lato 5. "Boten Anna" (SkillsToPayTheBills Remix) - 4:34
jest". 6. "Boten Anna" (Instrumental) - 3:20
• A German version of the song was released by Kid
Bob, titled ’Die Dicke Anna’ (The Fat Anna). The
lyrics to this version are about a fat girl sitting in a
Chart performance
boat.
• In Denmark the song was later made as a parody. The
Year-end charts
song was called "Hoen Anna" which means "Anna
the whore". The Swedish lyrics are misheard and in References
that way it becomes Danish.
[1] (Norwegian) "Årets landeplage", from NRK,
• An acoustic version of the song was performed in
accessed on June 21, 2006
Icelandic. (Vid here)
[2] (Norwegian) [1], accessed on August 24, 2007
[3] http://www.discogs.com/artist/
"Now You’re Gone" Sebastian+Westwood
Main article: Now You’re Gone (Basshunter song) [4] Ministry of Sound - Basshunter, accessed on January
An English version of "Boten Anna" titled "Now You’re 4, 2008
Gone," sung by Sebastian Westwood[3] with the Net-Tag [5] "Basshunter - Boten Anna worldwide chart
of Masrad, using unrelated lyrics by DJ Mental Theo’s positions and trajectories". aCharts.us. Retrieved
Bazzheadz which was originally released in 2006, has be- January 14, 2008.
come the music to a video by Basshunter with the same [6] "Basshunter - Now You’re Gone (english version)
title in November 2007. The video and the track were met worldwide chart positions and trajectories".
with world chart success and became the most request- aCharts.us. Retrieved January 14, 2008.
ed record in summer holiday resorts around Europe in [7] http://musicline.de/de/
early 2008. As people returning from their holidays want- chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Basshunter/
ed to hear it again, TV channels in the UK were inun- single
dated with requests for the video.[citation needed] On the 13 [8] http://www.mtv.de/charts/
January 2008, "Now You’re Gone" entered number one in Single_Jahrescharts_2007
the UK Singles Chart and spent five weeks at the top of
the charts, ending Leon Jackson’s three week run with
"When You Believe." [4] In the sixth week after the song’s External links
release it was knocked off the top by Welsh songstress • Boten Anna (Subtitled versions)
Duffy, with her song "Mercy." The song reached No. 1 on
the Irish singles chart on 2 February 2008.
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Chart (2006) Peak [5][6]
Dutch Top 40 1
Danish Singles Chart 1
Finnish Top 20 4
Norwegian Top 20 3
Swedish Top 60 1
Austria Top 40 4
PA Top 25 2
German Singles Chart [7] 9
Czech IFPI Chart 17
Chart (2007) Rank
German Singles Chart [8] 29
Preceded by Swedish Singles Chart number-one single Succeeded by
Who’s da Man by Elias feat. Frans August 3, 2006 – August 10, 2006 (first run) Heroes by Elena Paparizou
Preceded by Swedish Singles Chart number-one single Succeeded by
Heroes by Elena Paparizou August 17, 2006 – August 24, 2006 (second The Reincarnation of Benjamin
run) Breeg by Iron Maiden
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• Svensktoppen songs
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