Welcome to Rainbow

Basshunter announced the release of "Welcome to Rainbow" on 20 December 2005.{{cite web|url=http://basshunter.se/|title= Basshunter – : : Recent News |website =basshunter.se|accessdate=2014-12-21|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060206194310/http://basshunter.se/|archivedate=6 February 2006}} 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.{{cite web | url = http://www.findance.com/haastattelut.php?id=226 | title = Basshunter | date = 14 September 2006 | accessdate = 19 January 2011 | author = Antti Niemelä | website = Findance.com |language=fi | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070225052501/http://www.findance.com/haastattelut.php?id=226 | archivedate = 25 February 2007}} Within twenty-four hours, the song was downloaded 37,000 times.{{cite web | url = https://www.metro.se/artikel/sk%C3%A4mtet-som-blev-sommarens-f%C3%B6rsta-hit-xr | title = Skämtet som blev sommarens första hit | date = 8 June 2006 | accessdate = 1 April 2019 | website = Metro |language=sv | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20190401142054/https://www.metro.se/artikel/sk%C3%A4mtet-som-blev-sommarens-f%C3%B6rsta-hit-xr | archivedate = 1 April 2019}} With this success, Basshunter received several proposals from music labels.{{cite web|url=http://www.outlineonline.co.uk/music/interviews/interview-with-basshunter|title=Interview with Basshunter|date=2009|website =Outline|accessdate=13 August 2014}} In April 2006, he signed with Extensive Music{{cite web | url = http://www.basshunter.se/bio/ | title = Bio | accessdate = 27 March 2019 | website = basshunter.se | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100528035145/http://www.basshunter.se/bio/ | archivedate = 28 May 2010}} and Warner Music Sweden,{{cite web | url = http://www.seattleweekly.com/2009-06-03/music/basshunter-turns-fruityloops-into-gold/ | title = Basshunter Turns FruityLoops Into Gold | date = 2 June 2009 | accessdate = 10 August 2014 | author = Erika Hobart | website = Seattle Weekly | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090607080130/http://www.seattleweekly.com/2009-06-03/music/basshunter-turns-fruityloops-into-gold/ | archivedate = 7 June 2009}} and on 9 May 2006, a shorter version of "Boten Anna" was released as a single.{{cite web | url = https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Basshunter&titel=Boten+Anna&cat=s | title = Basshunter – Boten Anna (song) | website = swedishcharts.com | accessdate = 31 March 2019}} It was later included on Basshunter's second studio album LOL (2006).{{cite AV media notes | url = https://www.discogs.com/release/1203251-LOL/images | title = LOL | others = Basshunter | year = 2006 | publisher= Warner Music Sweden | id = 5051011-5648-2-6 | via = Discogs | accessdate = 31 March 2019}} 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.{{cite AV media notes | url = https://www.discogs.com/release/921803-LOL/images | title = LOL | others = Basshunter | year = 2006 | publisher= Warner Music Sweden | id = 5051011-8239-2-3 | via = Discogs | accessdate = 31 March 2019}} 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).{{cite web | url = https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/now-youre-gone/id284574742 | title = Now You're Gone – Basshunter | website = iTunes Store | accessdate = 31 March 2019 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100201050513/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/now-youre-gone/id284574742 | archivedate = 1 February 2010}} In 2020 a fragment of the "Welcome to Rainbow" was played on the radio programme P3 Musikdokumentär broadcast by Sveriges Radio.{{cite web | url = https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/1492015 | title = Basshunter – datanörden som blev en världsstjärna | website = Sveriges Radio | date = April 2020 | accessdate = 6 May 2020 | format = MP3 file requires download | language = sv | trans-title = Basshunter - the computer geek who became a world star}}

{{Track listing

| total_length = {{duration|m=18|s=53}}

| headline = CD-R

| title1 = Welcome to Rainbow

| note1 = Original Mix

| writer1 = Jonas Altberg

| length1 = 5:06

| title2 = Welcome to Rainbow

| note2 = Hardstyle Remix

| writer2 = Altberg

| length2 = 5:29

| title3 = Evil Beat

| note3 = Bonus Track

| writer3 = Altberg

| length3 = 3:30

| title4 = Boten Anna

| note4 = Bonus Track

| writer4 = Altberg

| length4 = 4:48

}}

;Credits

• Basshunter – music and lyrics
• Fredrik Jansson – mastering
• Djb Design – artwork

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