Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA

"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.

"Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA"
Single by Basshunter
from the album LOL
Released	3 October 2006
Recorded	2006
Genre	Eurodance Trance EDM
Length	3:21 (Single Version) 7:45 (Extended Version) 2:57 (New Single Version)
Label	Warner Ultra
Songwriter(s)	David Le Roy Jean-Christophe Belval
Lyricist(s)	Basshunter[a]
Producer(s)	Basshunter
Basshunter singles chronology
"Boten Anna" (2006) "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" (2006) "Jingle Bells" (2006)
Basshunter singles chronology
"Vifta med händerna" (2006) "DotA" (2007) "Now You're Gone" (2007)
Alternative cover
2007 "DotA" cover
Music video
"Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" on YouTube
Music video
"DotA" on YouTube

Release

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]}

Music video

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 "Vadå båt?" (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]

Critical reception

In 2017, the song was included in "Monstercat's 50 Best Gaming Songs Ever" by Monstercat.^[4]

Adaptations

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]

Track listing

• CD single

1. "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" (Single Version) – 3:21
2. "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" (Club Mix) – 5:43

Charts

Weekly charts 2006 weekly chart performance for "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" Chart (2006) Peak position Denmark (Tracklisten)[9] 7 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[10] 2 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[11] 18 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[12] 9 Norway (VG-lista)[13] 7 Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[14] 54 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 6 2007 weekly chart performance for "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" Chart (2007) Peak position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[16] 18 Germany (Official German Charts)[17] 33 Germany (Official German Charts)[18] DotA 30 2008 weekly chart performance for "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" Chart (2008) Peak position Ireland (IRMA)[19] 49 2010 weekly chart performance for "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" Chart (2010) Peak position US Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[20] 20

Year-end charts Yearly chart performance for "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" Chart (2006) Position Netherlands (MegaCharts)[21] 89 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[22] 16

Certifications

Certifications and sales for "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[23]	Gold	4,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

1. Basshunter wrote Swedish lyrics.^[1]

References

1. Basshunter (2006). Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA (Back cover). Warner Music Sweden. 5051011-6845-5-5. Retrieved 15 October 2018 – via Discogs.
2. Carina Bergfeldt (26 August 2006). "Basshunters nya - en orgie i champagne". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
3. Carl-Johan Westregård (7 May 2010). "Basshunter – Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA". Vimeo. Official Carl-Johan Westregård Vimeo channel linked from official Handbag Studios website. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
4. "Monstercat's 50 Best Gaming Songs Ever". Billboard. 12 December 2017. Archived from the original on 13 April 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
5. Kamil (8 January 2008). "Po twojej pysznej zupie" [After Your Delicious Soup]. YouTube (in Polish). Retrieved 23 September 2023.
6. "Polish Toilet Spin". Know Your Meme. 26 October 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
7. Leo Pettersson (6 September 2017). "Äntligen - här får Basshunters "DotA" nytt liv" [Finally - here Basshunter's "DotA" gets new life]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
8. Jacob Lundström (19 June 2022). "Här är artisterna som får epa-traktorerna att skaka" [Here are the artists making the EPA tractors shake]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2023. In the unarchived version, access to the full article is possible by paid subscription.
9. "Basshunter – Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA". Tracklisten. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
10. "Basshunter: Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
11. "Basshunter". Top 40 (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 October 2021.
12. "Basshunter – Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
13. "Basshunter – Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA". VG-lista. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
14. "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 200725 into search. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
15. "Basshunter – Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
16. "Basshunter – Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
17. "BASSHUNTER – VI SITTER I VENTRILO OCH SPELAR DOTA – 84 TITEL VON BASSHUNTER" (in German). officialcharts.de. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
18. "BASSHUNTER – DOTA" (in German). officialcharts.de. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
19. "Irish-charts.com – Discography Basshunter". Irish Singles Chart.
20. "Basshunter". Billboard. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
21. "JAAROVERZICHTEN - Single 2006" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
22. "Årslista Singlar, 2006" (in Swedish). sverigetopplistan.se. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
23. "Guld og platin november / december / januar" [Gold and platinum November / December / January]. IFPI Danmark (in Danish). 19 February 2007. Archived from the original on 30 January 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2014.

External links

• Official website