THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

613-Basshunter and DJ Mental Theo’s Bazzheadz-Now You’re Gone.

2008-Number 1 single.

Best Bit-At 1.12. In 2010 Basshunter was a contestant in the seventh series of the British version of Celebrity Big Brother. One of the tasks he had to undertake was being locked in a room, and as a form of torture, he had to listen to this song all night being played on a loop.

Basshunter is the stage name of Jonas Erik Altberg, with the Swedish pronunciation being ˈjûːnas ˈêːrɪk ˈâltbærj.’ He was born on December 22nd, 1984, in Halmstad, Sweden, and is a singer, songwriter, music producer, and a DJ. Basshunter who took his stage name in reference to his musical style, and has described the name as ‘commercial and powerful,’ is an ‘Electronic Dance Music’ producer, making music in the genres of ‘Eurodance,’ ‘Trance,’ and ‘Electro/Pop.’ He began producing music at the age of 17, and promoted himself by posting his work mainly through the Internet for free download, on platforms such as chat channels and gaming websites. He recorded a YouTube video, entitled ‘Basshunter Tutorial,’ showing his recording process, the track from the video was covered over 200 times. Prior to his commercial breakthrough in 2006, he worked for several years as a DJ in Swedish clubs.

The discography of Basshunter, who has sold in excess of three million records worldwide to date, includes five studio Albums released between 2004-2013, and 30 singles released between 2004-2023, there are also two official compilation Albums available. In his native Sweden on ‘Sverigetopplistan,’ which is the official Swedish national record chart, Basshunter has had nine top 40 hit singles, with ‘Boten Anna,’ from 2006 reaching Number 1, while in the UK, seven of his singles have made the top 40, with ‘Now You’re Gone’ making the Number 1 spot.

‘Now You’re Gone’ was the first of five singles released from ‘Now You’re Gone – The Album,’ from July 2008, the track was co-written by Basshunter, (music) and DJ Mental Theo’s Bazzheadz, (lyrics) with the production credited to Basshunter, and Robert Uhlmann, who was born on March 14th, 1968, and is a Swedish music producer, who has worked with several other acts since 1995, including Sean Paul, Shaggy, and Dr Alban.

In 2006 Basshunter recorded the song ‘Boten Anna, for his second studio Album ‘LOL.’ The Swedish lyrics tell the story of a female ‘Internet Relay Chat’ user, who the narrator believes is a ‘bot,’ and then he later finds out that she is a beautiful woman, although she will always remain a ‘bot’ in his eyes. The song met with great success, reaching Number 1 in Sweden, and Denmark, and also becoming the first Swedish language song to reach Number 1 on the ‘Dutch top 40,’ in the Netherlands, on the chart compiled by ‘Stichting Nederlandse.’ In 2007 the Dutch music producer DJ Mental Theo’s Bazzheadz re-wrote the lyrics in English, completely changing the songs subject, to a story about a young couple breaking up. In the music video for ‘Now You’re Gone’ it is suggested that the couple reconcile, but there is no mention of this in the songs lyrics. Basshunter had been trying to translate the Swedish lyrics of ‘Botten Anna’ into English, but having failed to match anything to the melody, he teamed up with DJ Mental Theo’s Bazzheadz, and used his English lyrics, while retaining the original melody of ‘Boten Anna.’ On ‘Boten Anna’ it was Basshunter who provided the vocals, but on ‘Now You’re Gone,’ the vocals are those of Sebastian Westwood, who is unaccredited on the track.

DJ Mental Theo’s Bazzheadz, is the stage name of Theodorus Josephus Jan Nabuurs, who was born on February 14th, 1965, in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. He has released two solo studio Albums (in 2005 and 2006) to date, and 31 singles, between 2000-2021, with his only chart entry being in the Netherlands in 2008, with his track ‘Say You’ll Stay,’ featuring Sebastian Westwood, and reaching Number 21. DJ Mental Theo’s Bazzheadz was also part of the duo ‘Charly Lownoise and Mental Theo,’ who released five Albums between 1995-2006, and 31 singles between 1993-2022, the duo remained active, recording and touring, until 2022.

‘Now you’re gone, I realised my love for you was strong, and I miss you here now you’re gone. I keep waiting here by the phone, with your pictures hanging on the wall.’