"Boten Anna" ("Anna, the bot") is a song by Swedish dance musician BassHunter, which appears on his second studio album LOL <(^^,)>. Due to the song, BassHunter became a noted artist in his native Sweden, as well as Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Poland and the Netherlands after the release of the single in 2006. The song topped hit charts and – on May 3, 2006 – was named Norway's official Russ-song^[1] of the year. It was also the most popular song at The Gathering demo party 2006. Image File history File links Mergefrom. ... Image File history File links Basshunter_botenanna. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Jonas Erik Altberg (born December 22, 1984, in Halmstad, Sweden), better known by the pseudonym Basshunter, is a Swedish musician and DJ. Basshunter describes his own music as Eurodance, while others may also interpret it as eurotrance, club, and other electronic music genres. ... is the 149th day of the year (150th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A CD single is a music single in the form of a compact disc. ... A maxi single or maxi-single is a music single release with more than the usual two tracks (generally an a-side song and a b-side song). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about a music style. ... In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Warner Music Group is one of the Big Four record labels. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition (chords) or melody to songs, or both. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Jonas Erik Altberg (born December 22, 1984, in Halmstad, Sweden), better known by the pseudonym Basshunter, is a Swedish musician and DJ. Basshunter describes his own music as Eurodance, while others may also interpret it as eurotrance, club, and other electronic music genres. ... Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA (in some countries shortened to DotA due the long and possibly difficult title) is a song by Swedish dance DJ BassHunter. ... Internet bots, also known as web robots, WWW robots or simply bots, are software applications that run automated tasks over the internet. ... Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. ... Jonas Erik Altberg (born December 22, 1984, in Halmstad, Sweden), better known by the pseudonym Basshunter, is a Swedish musician and DJ. Basshunter describes his own music as Eurodance, while others may also interpret it as eurotrance, club, and other electronic music genres. ... LOL <(^^,)> . The substitution or omission of any < > [ ] { } is due to technical restrictions. ... is the 123rd day of the year (124th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about Russ, the Scandinavian cultural phenomenon. ... The Gathering 2006 Logo The Gathering (abbreviated as TG for short) is one of the largest computer parties in the world. ...

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. QuakeNet is the largest IRC network, with peak user counts close to 180,000 every day and over 180,000 channels. ...

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 create a bot with administrative capabilities to keep order in his channel, #BassHunter.se; when this happened Jonas saw a new user with administrative capabilities named Anna enter the channel, and naturally thought this was the bot. Months later, he learned that Anna was actually not a bot, but was his friend's girlfriend; the embarrassment, he says, inspired him to create the song. This article is about Internet Relay Chat. ... An IRC bot performing a simple task. ... Jonas Erik Altberg (born December 22, 1984, in Halmstad, Sweden), better known by the pseudonym Basshunter, is a Swedish musician and DJ. Basshunter describes his own music as Eurodance, while others may also interpret it as eurotrance, club, and other electronic music genres. ...

Despite the esoteric subject of the lyrics, the song was well-received by mainstream media, albeit the word bot was frequently mistaken for boat (bot is commonly mispronounced as boat in the dialect spoken by Altberg), and the double meaning of the word channel — the IRC channel mistaken for the body of water. The video to the song shows BassHunter riding a pedal boat down a canal with a capital "A" on it, further adding to the confusion. His name could also be confused with someone who hunts for the fish, bass. Also, www.thebasshunter.com is all about fishing. In physical geography, a channel is the physical confine of a river, slough or ocean strait consisting of a bed and banks. ... A Punt Pedalo Look up Pedalo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Other versions

In the Dutch Top 40 in the Netherlands, a spoof of the song has peaked at #6 in weeks 38 and 39 of 2006. It is also called "Boten Anna" and it is by De Gebroeders Ko, who also made other Dutch versions of known songs like "Dragostea din Tei". Although they knew the original song wasn't about a boat, they translated it as if it were (one called Anna). "Boten" is the plural form of "boat" in Dutch. In November another spoof of the song, again by De 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 version of "Boten Anna" is about the boat of Sinterklaas. An Israeli band called Chovevei Tzion (חובבי ציון) spoofed "Boten Anna" with their popular single, "Rotze Banot" (רוצה בנות, meaning "I Want Girls"), which was extensively spoofed in turn.^[2] Also the polish group Cliver made a version called "Za oknem deszcz" (engl. "Behind the window is the rain"). 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 boat. In Denmark the song was later made as a parody. The song was called "Hoen Anna" which means "Anna the whore". The Swedish lyrics are misheard and in that way it becomes Danish. The Dutch Top 40 (Dutch: Nederlandse Top 40) is a weekly music chart, which started as the Veronica Top 40, because the pirate radio channel Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. ... Dutch musical duo, consisting of the brothers Ton en Gerard Koopmans. ... Dragostea din tei (pronounced ) is the most successful single by the Moldovan band O-Zone. ... Sinterklaas in 2007 Sinterklaas (also called Sint-Nicolaas in Dutch ( ) and Saint Nicolas in French) is a traditional holiday figure in the Netherlands and Belgium, celebrated every year on Saint Nicholas eve (December 5) or, in Belgium, on the morning of December 6. ...

"Now You're Gone"

Main article: Now You're Gone

An English version of "Boten Anna" titled "Now You're Gone", sung by Sebastian Westwood with unrelated lyrics, by DJ Mental Theo's Bazzheadz which was originally released in 2006, has become the music to a video by Basshunter with the same title in November 2007. The video and the track has met with world chart success and became the most requested record in summer holiday resorts around Europe in early 2008 and as people return from their holidays wanting to hear it again, TV channels in the UK have been inundated with requests for the video.^{[citation needed]} On the 13 January 2008, "Now You're Gone" entered number one in 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". ^[3] In the sixth week after the song's release it was knocked off the top by Welsh songstress Duffy, with her song "Mercy". The song reached No. 1 on the Irish singles chart on February 2nd 2008. British Hit Singles redirects here. ... When You Believe is a song originally composed by Stephen Schwartz, and later refurbished by writer-producer Babyface, as the theme to the film The Prince of Egypt. ... Look up Welsh, welsh in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Mercy is the second single from the album Rockferry by Duffy. ...

Formats and track listings

Maxi Single (May 29, 2006) is the 149th day of the year (150th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

1. "Boten Anna" [Radio Edit] - 3:29
2. "Boten Anna" [Club Remix] - 5:26

CD Single (September 4, 2006) is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

1. "Boten Anna" [Radio Edit] - 3:29
2. "Boten Anna" [Club Remix] - 5:26
3. "Boten Anna" [DJ Micro Spankin Club Remix] - 5:30
4. "Boten Anna" [Backslash Fluffy Style Remix] - 4:40
5. "Boten Anna" [SkillsToPayTheBills Remix] - 4:34
6. "Boten Anna" [Instrumental] - 3:20

Chart performance

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Svensktoppen

On 9 July 2006, "Boten Anna" was tested for Svensktoppen, where the highest position it reached was 4th.^{[citation needed]} is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Svensktoppen is a musical hit list at Sveriges Radio. ...

References

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External links

• The BassHunter website, with all the original videos, news, biography, guestbook, ringtones, etc.
• Boten Anna (Subtitled versions)
• Homepage with all the Rotze Banot Remixes