"Welcome to Rainbow" is the song by Swedish musician
Basshunter. It was
self-released by Basshunter on 1 April 2006. "Welcome to Rainbow" comprises four tracks, which were re-released on subsequent Basshunter studio albums.
Background and release
Basshunter announced the release of "Welcome to Rainbow" on 20 December 2005. Ultimately he
self-released it in Sweden on 1 April 2006. Basshunter wrote the lyrics and music; Fredrik Jansson mastered the songs. The artwork was produced by Djb Design.
The single contains four tracks which last 18 minutes and 53 seconds. The first two tracks are "Welcome to Rainbow" and its
hardstyle remix, which is the longest track on this release lasting five minutes and 29 seconds. The remaining two tracks, "Evil Beat" and "
Boten Anna", are a bonus tracks. "Evil Beat" is the shortest track at three minutes and 30 seconds.
Basshunter initially published his song "Boten Anna" online in March 2006.
Within twenty-four hours, the song was downloaded 37,000 times.
With this success, Basshunter received several proposals from music labels.
In April 2006, he signed with
Extensive Music
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Warner Music Sweden,
and on 9 May 2006, a shorter version of "Boten Anna" was released as a single. It was later included on Basshunter's second studio album ''
LOL'' (2006). By 8 June 2006, the song had been downloaded over 1,000,000 times.
"Evil Beat" was renamed "The Beat" and released as a reissue on ''LOL''. New versions of "Welcome to Rainbow" and its hardstyle remix (renamed "Hardstyle Drops"), alongside the single version of "Boten Anna" appear on his fourth studio album ''
Now You're Gone – The Album'' (2008). In 2020 a fragment of the "Welcome to Rainbow" was played on the radio programme ''P3 Musikdokumentär'' broadcast by
Sveriges Radio
Sveriges Radio AB (, "Sweden's Radio") is Sweden's national publicly funded radio broadcaster. Sveriges Radio is a public limited company, owned by an independent foundation, previously funded through a licensing fee, the level of which is d ...
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Track listing
Personnel
;Credits
* Basshunter – music and lyrics
* Fredrik Jansson – mastering
* Djb Design – artwork
Release history
References
External links
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2006 songs
2006 singles
Basshunter songs
Songs written by Basshunter
Song recordings produced by Basshunter