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]}

The music video was directed in Malmö^[2] by Carl-Johan Westregård and Kim Parrot.^[3]

Critical reception

In 2016 GFOTY mentioned "DotA" as one of her inspirations.^[4] In 2017, the song was included in "Monstercat's 50 Best Gaming Songs Ever" by Monstercat.^[5]

Adaptations

In 2008, a Polish parody titled "Po twojej pysznej zupie" ("After your delicious soup") was made.^[6] In 2019, this became part of an internet meme called "Polish Toilet Spin".^[7] In 2017, The8BitDrummer recorded a drum cover of "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA".^[8] In 2021, Dvnk1 recorded a cover of "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" entitled "Vi åker här i Volvon".^[9]

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)[10] 7 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[11] 2 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[12] 18 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[13] 9 Norway (VG-lista)[14] 7 Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[15] 54 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[16] 6 2007 weekly chart performance for "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" Chart (2007) Peak position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[17] 18 Germany (Official German Charts)[18] 33 Germany (Official German Charts)[19] DotA 30 2008 weekly chart performance for "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" Chart (2008) Peak position Ireland (IRMA)[20] 49 2010 weekly chart performance for "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" Chart (2010) Peak position US Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[21] 20

Year-end charts Yearly chart performance for "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" Chart (2006) Position Netherlands (MegaCharts)[22] 89 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[23] 16

Certifications

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

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[24]	Gold	4,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

1. Basshunter wrote Swedish lyrics.^[1]