

This version of "Boten Anna" is about the boat of Sinterklaas. In week 47 the song called "Sinterklaas Boot (Boten Anna)" charted in the Dutch Top 40 and peaked at number 7.

The video to the song deliberately plays on double meanings. "Boten Anna" has a tempo of 140 beats per minute and is written in the key of A minor. The double meaning of the word kanal - which can refer to an IRC channel, as well as a canal, added to the confusion.

ĭespite the esoteric subject of the lyrics, the song was well received by mainstream media, albeit the word bot was frequently mistaken for boat - the Swedish word bot ("bot") is commonly pronounced almost the same as båt ("boat") in the unusual dialect spoken by Altberg (Basshunter). 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. His friend said he would create a bot with administrative capabilities to keep order in his channel, # when this happened Jonas saw a new user with administrative capabilities named "Anna" enter the channel, and naturally thought this was the bot. The song is based on an actual experience of Basshunter. The Swedish lyrics of "Boten Anna" tell the story of a female IRC user who the vocalist believes is a bot and later finds out she is a beautiful woman, although she will always remain a bot in his eyes. An English version titled " Now You're Gone", sung by Sebastian Westwood, using unrelated lyrics, was released in December 2007.

It was also the most popular song at The Gathering demo party 2006. The song topped hit charts and, on, was named Norway's official Russ-song of the year. Following the single's release in 2006, Basshunter gained popularity in his native Sweden, as well as Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Poland and the Netherlands. " Boten Anna" ("Anna the Bot") is a song by Swedish Eurodance musician Basshunter, from his first studio album, LOL. "Boten Anna" (original version) on YouTube
