"Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" | ||||
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Single by Basshunter | ||||
from the album LOL | ||||
Released | 3 October 2006 | |||
Recorded | 2006 | |||
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Length | 3:21(Single Version) 7:45 (Extended Version) 2:57 (New Single Version) | |||
Label | Warner Ultra | |||
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Lyricist(s) | Basshunter [lower-alpha 1] | |||
Producer(s) | Basshunter | |||
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"Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" on YouTube | ||||
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"DotA" on YouTube |
"Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" (Swedish for "We're sitting in Ventrilo,playing DotA" and shortened to "DotA") is a song by Swedish musician Basshunter which samples a remixed version of the French song "Daddy DJ" by Daddy DJ. The lyrics,in Swedish,are about using the voice chat program Ventrilo while playing Defense of the Ancients ,a fan-made gamemode within Warcraft III:Reign of Chaos . The song incorporates samples from the game. It was released as the second single from Basshunter's second album LOL .
An English version of the song called "All I Ever Wanted" was released as the second UK single on 7 July 2008. The second single was originally planned to be "Please Don't Go",but due to some technical issues the single was scrapped in the UK and only released in Sweden.[ citation needed ]
The video starts out with Basshunter's mother opening a door where it reveals that he and his friends are playing DotA . She tells him that he's playing too much DotA when he starts singing. The video continues showing him playing DotA and later singing at a gamehall live. The clip was not shot during DreamHack,as many believe,but during a similar event called The Gathering,one of the world's largest LAN party events. One of the listeners holds a sign saying "Vadåbåt?" (Whaddaya mean boat?) - referring to some listeners' initial confusion of the Swedish lyrics in "Boten Anna",mistaking the word "boten" (the bot) for "båten" (the boat). This could explain the wrong translation in the German version of "Boten Anna" where "Boot" (boat) is sung instead of "Bot" (bot). Another approach is that the person holding the sign is German and wanted to point out the mistake,so Basshunter simply recorded this as a kind of self-parody.[ citation needed ]
The new video starts with him sitting in a chair,then flipping up a screen on his chair,then selects a video from a little menu floating in the air. Then the videos from there shows more people playing DotA,and several shots of a young woman dancing. He can also be seen playing as the hero Tiny,where he purchases an item,Butterfly. The new video uses the New Single Version mix.[ citation needed ]
Music video was directed in Malmö [2] by Carl-Johan Westregård and Kim Parrot. [3]
In 2017,the song was included in "Monstercat's 50 Best Gaming Songs Ever" by Monstercat. [4]
In 2008,a Polish parody titled "Po twojej pysznej zupie" ("After your delicious soup") was made. [5] In 2019,this became part of an internet meme called "Polish Toilet Spin". [6] In 2017 The8BitDrummer recorded a drum cover of "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA". [7] In 2021 Dvnk1 recorded variation on "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" entitled "Vi aker här i Volvon". [8]
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Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [23] | Gold | 4,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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Jonas Erik Altberg, known professionally as Basshunter, is a Swedish singer, record producer, songwriter and DJ. As indicated by his stage name, Basshunter is known for bass-heavy eurodance, trance, and electronic pop music.
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"Daddy DJ" is a song recorded by French dance act of the same name. It was their debut single from their first album Let Your Body Talk and was first released in France in 1999, and then in many European countries between April and June 2000. The music video was produced as an animated feature.
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