Boten Anna
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| Single by Basshunter | ||
| from the album LOL <(^^,)> | ||
| Released | May 29, 2006 | |
| Format | CD single, maxi single | |
| Recorded | 2005-2006 | |
| Genre | Eurodance | |
| Length | 3:29 | |
| Label | Warner Music (5051011-4730-5-0) | |
| Writer(s) | Basshunter | |
| Producer(s) | Basshunter | |
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| "Boten Anna" (2006) |
"Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" (2006) |
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"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 and the Netherlands after the release of the single in 2006. The song topped hit charts and – on the 3rd of May 2006 – was named Norway's official Russ-song[1]. It was also the most popular song at The Gathering demo party 2006.
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. Despite the esoteric subject of the lyrics, the song was well-received by mainstream media, albeit the word bot was frequently mistaken for boat (as many people don't know how to pronounce bot correctly), and the double meaning of channel (IRC channel mistaken for the water body with the same name - channel). The video to the song shows Basshunter riding a pedal boat down a canal, further adding to the confusion.
In the Dutch Top 40 in the Netherlands, a spoof of the song 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 know the original song isn't about a boat, they translated it as if it were about a boat (a boat called Anna). "Boten" is the plural form of "boat" in Dutch.
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.
[edit] Formats and track listings
CD single (May 29, 2006)
- "Boten Anna" [Radio Edit] - 3:29
- "Boten Anna" [Club Remix] - 5:26
Maxi single (September 4, 2006)
- "Boten Anna" [Radio Edit] - 3:29
- "Boten Anna" [Club Remix] - 5:26
- "Boten Anna" [DJ Micro Spankin Club Remix] - 5:30
- "Boten Anna" [Backslash Fluffy Style Remix] - 4:40
- "Boten Anna" [SkillsToPayTheBills Remix] - 4:34
- "Boten Anna" [Instrumental] - 3:20
[edit] Chart performance
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| Dutch Top 40 | 1 (2) |
| Finnish Top 20 | 4 (1) |
| Norwegian Top 20 | 3 (2) |
| Swedish Top 60 | 1 (2) |
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[edit] Svensktoppen
On 9 July 2006, "Boten Anna" was tested for Svensktoppen, where it as best was placed 4th.
