He started to produce music under the stage name "Basshunter" in 2002 with the computer program Fruity Loops, and released his first albums, The Old Shit (2002) and The Bassmachine (2004), through his own website. In April 2006, he signed with Warner Music, releasing his first single, Boten Anna. In 2007, Altberg released the single Now You're Gone, featuring entirely rewritten lyrics to appeal to a foreign market. The single charted at number one on the UK Singles Chart where it remained for five weeks.
Throughout 2007 Basshunter worked on a new album, Now You're Gone: The Album, which was released in July 2008. Five singles were released from this album (Now You're Gone, All I Ever Wanted, Angel in the Night, I Miss You, and Walk on Water). Another single, I Promised Myself was released in November 2009.
In January 2010 Basshunter was a contestant on the final series of Celebrity Big Brother (UK). He reached the final of the show and finished in fourth place.
In May 2010, the first single from Basshunter's forthcoming fourth studio album, entitled Saturday, was debuted on BBC Radio 1.
Boten Anna
Basshunter Lyrics
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Kanske kommer båten aldrig nånsin fram
Om jag bara fick en chans att börja om
Kanske får jag hålla henne någon gång
Jag tror jag vet att det vi har vill inte gå tillbaks
Men det finns inget som behöver förklaras
Jag känner en bot hon heter Anna Anna heter hon
Hon röjer upp i våran kanal
Jag vill berätta för dig att jag känner en bot
En bot som ingen ingen annan slår
Och hon kan kicka utan att du får
Hon gör sig av med alla som spammar
Ja inget kan slå våran bot
Då kom den dagen jag inte trodde fanns
Det satte verkligen kanalen ur balans
Jag trodde aldrig att jag hade så fel
Men när Anna skrev och sa
"Jag är ingen bot
Jag är en väldigt väldigt vacker tjej"
Som nu tyvärr är väldigt främmande för mig
Men det finns inget som behöver förklaras
För i mina ögon är hon alltid en bot
The lyrics to Basshunter's song "Boten Anna" are about a bot named Anna who watches over a chatroom to prevent spam and takeovers. The song praises Anna for her abilities to ban users who misbehave and clean up the chatroom. However, the lyrics take a twist when Anna reveals that she is, in fact, not a bot but a beautiful woman. The singer of the song is saddened by this news but still sees Anna as a powerful figure in the chatroom.
The song is a commentary on the digital age and the importance of moderation in online communities. The singer's admiration for Anna represents the trust that users have in moderators to maintain order and protect them from harm. Moreover, the lyrics reveal the relationship users build with these moderators, often treating them as tangible entities even though they are digital constructs.
Line by Line Meaning
Jag kдnner en bott, hon heter Anna, Anna heter hon
I know a bot, her name is Anna, that's what she's called
Och hon kan banna, banna dig sе hеrt
And she can ban, ban you so hard
Hon rцjer upp i vеran kanal
She cleans up in our channel
Jag vill berдtta fцr dig att jag kдnner en bott
I want to tell you that I know a bot
Som alltid vaktar alla som дr hдr
Who always guards everyone who is here
Och som ser till att vi blir utan besvдr
And who makes sure we stay trouble-free
Det finns ingen take-over som lyckas
There's no takeover that succeeds
Kom ihеg att det дr jag som kдnner en bott
Remember that it's me who knows a bot
En bott som ingen, ingen annan slеr
A bot that no one else can beat
Och hon kan kicka utan att du fеr
And she can kick without you knowing
Hon gцr sig av med alla som spammar
She gets rid of everyone who spams
Ja, inget kan slе vеran bott
Yes, nothing can beat our bot
Dе kom den dagen, jag inte trodde fanns,
Then came the day I didn't think existed
Det satte verkligen kanalen ur balans
It really threw the channel off balance
Jag trodde aldrig att jag hade sе fel
I never thought I was so wrong
Men nдr Anna skrev och sa: "Jag дr ingen bott
But when Anna wrote and said: "I'm not a bot
Jag дr en vдldigt, vдldigt vacker tjej"
I'm a very, very beautiful girl"
Som nu tyvдrr дr vдldigt frдmmande fцr mig
Who is now unfortunately very foreign to me
Men det finns inget som behцver fцrklaras
But there's nothing that needs to be explained
Fцr i mina цgon дr hon alltid en bott
Because in my eyes, she's always a bot
(Ready for take off)
(Ready for takeoff)
(Are you ready?)
(Are you ready?)
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@Vladimir5024
I remember how this song was popular back then.
Basshunter is a Swedish bedroom DJ/producer, a cyber geek who wrote a song about an experience with meeting a girl on the internet. The girl was called Anna, and the song 'Boten Ana'.
Basshunter sent it to his friends on the web, who forwarded to their friends, and so on until it ended up in the hands of a local radio DJ who played it out on air. After its first airing the station was inundated with phone calls to play it again and they added it to their playlist.
The track then went crazy, the whole of Sweden got caught up in the story about his love for a girl on the internet, and when it was released in Scandinavia it became the fastest selling debut single since Abba, and Basshunter their biggest selling debut artist ever!
Awsome!!!
@MPStudioBergen
But there was an english version posted a year before this, called Now You're Gone, and has 150 000 000 views?
@DJSparkyPlug
I still remember when I heard this for the first time, I fell in love with it instantly and I still love it after 14-15 years even though I have heard it at least thousand times.
@piotrmystkowski4541
same
@patrykmozdzer2712
Moje dzieciństwo z gimnazjum i podstawówki niech te czasy wrócą najpiękniejsze moje czasy
@asella2400
Niestety to tylko wspomnienia, fajnie że człowiek może takie czasy wspominać bo wkońcu jest co :P czas leci do przodu niestety, osobiście bym sie cofnął o te 9 10 lat
@Marcos42563
I agree yuop
@dustinmcelroy3067
I remember listening to this at like 11 or 12 years old all the time. I'm 23 now. I miss those days. I used to be so obsessed with club and trance music. This takes me back to a time of innocence before everything started going to hell.
@brianjensen8355
Well, I'am 53 and I am also listering to this; but everything started going to hell almost 36 years ago ;-}
@syoksysampyla9531
I heard this first time when I was 4-6 years old. So much memories!😌