Now You're Gone (Basshunter song)

"Now You're Gone" is a song performed by dance musician Basshunter in cooperation with DJ Mental Theo's Bazzheadz. The single uses the same music as "Boten Anna", Basshunter's major European hit in 2006, but its lyrics, performed in English by Sebastian Westwood, are completely different.

The song is covered by Crazy Frog as "Everyone", on his third album.

Differences from "Boten Anna"

In 2007, DJ Mental Theo used the "Boten Anna" instrumental to create a bootleg English version for his DJ sets in Magaluf, Mallorca. It was this song that eventually became released as a single.^[1]

The song's theme is different from "Boten Anna"; "Boten Anna" is about an IRC bot, and "Now You're Gone" is about a young couple breaking up. The music video expands on this theme, although it suggests a reunion of the couple, which is not referenced in the song itself. The tempo of the song has also been increased compared to "Boten Anna".

Reception

The song peaked at No.1 on the Irish Singles Chart, in the UK it entered at No.14 on downloads alone. It peaked at No.1 on the UK Singles Chart and the British iTunes Chart. Now You're Gone stayed at the UK No.1 spot for five weeks before being knocked off by Welsh female artist Duffy with her song "Mercy".

Music video

The Norwegian model Aylar Lie plays the female lead in the music video of the song. The other two girls that are with Aylar Lie are, Silje Lian who is in the pink top before she gets changed and Marielle Mathiassen.

The music video expands on the song's theme of a young man and a woman ending their relationship, depicting the couple breaking up over SMS text messages. At the end of the video, the couple kiss, but the lyrics do not follow this event.

To date the video has experienced massive success on Internet video hosting site YouTube. The video has reached over 100 million views.

Formats and track listings

2-track CD single

1. "Now You're Gone" (Radio Edit) - 2:34
2. "Now You're Gone" (DJ Alex Extended Mix) - 5:42

CD maxi single

1. "Now You're Gone" (Radio Edit) - 2:34
2. "Now You're Gone" (Video Edit) - 2:39
3. "Now You're Gone" (DJ Alex Extended Mix) - 5:42
4. "Now You're Gone" (Sound Selektaz Remix) - 5:35
5. "Now You're Gone" (Fonzerelli Remix) - 6:27
6. "Now You're Gone" (Video)

Australian and German CD single / Brazilian digital

1. "Now You're Gone" (Radio Edit) - 2:36
2. "Now You're Gone" (DJ Alex Extended Mix) - 5:45
3. "Now You're Gone" (Sound Selektaz Remix) - 5:38
4. "Now You're Gone" (Fonzerelli Remix) - 6:29
5. "Boten Anna" (Radio Edit) - 3:30

On December 28, 2008, the UK Singles Chart listed this at #8 for the year end countdown.

Charts

Year-end charts

References

1. ^ http://www.ministryofsound.com/music/singles/Basshunter
2. ^ "ARIA Top 100 Singles - Week Commencing 21st April 2008". ARIA Charts. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Austriancharts.at
4. ^ Canadian Hot 100 Single Charts Issue Date: 2008-04-12
5. ^ French Singles Chart
6. ^ http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp
7. ^ Romanian Singles Chart
8. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=781084&model.vnuAlbumId=1105249
9. ^ Radio 1 Official Chart of the Decade, as broadcast on BBC Radio 1 on Tuesday 29th December 2009, presented by Nihal
10. ^ http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart_annual.asp

External links

• "Now You're Gone" Video