"Vifta med händerna" is a song by Swedish musicians Basshunter and Patrik & Lillen, released on 13 December 2006 by Warner Music Sweden. "Vifta med händerna" was released as "Throw Your Hands Up" on Basshunter's later release of 2006 second studio album, LOL. The single peaked at number 25 on Swedish singles chart.
Background and production Basshunter's previous single, "Jingle Bells", had been released two months earlier on 13 October 2006. "Vifta med händerna" is hip-hop song done in collaboration with the Örebro rap duo Patrik & Lillen. The song was written by Basshunter, Patrik Lindberg (Patrik), and Emil Wahlström (Lillen), and produced by Basshunter. "Vifta med händerna" was mastered by Björn Engelman of Cutting Room studio. Emil Wahlström asked on LunarStorm if there was anyone who was good at remixes and he received information about Basshunter, and after they started working together. With this song, they went on tour in Sweden for six months and Wahlström signed with label Warner Music Sweden.
The song was released as "Throw Your Hands Up" on the later 2006 release of LOL album. A music video was produced to promote the single. Basshunter's next single was released on 5 October 2007 – a new version of "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA" released under the name "DotA". Original "Vifta med händerna" by Patrik also was released on his single "Allt vi har haft".
Reception
Antti Niemelä of described Patrik & Lillen's rapping as fast and mentioned that the combination of Swedish-language rap and dance music reminded him of the Swedish group Oktan. Niemelä added that the rapping was good but needed a better musical background.
Chart performance "Vifta med händerna" entered the Swedish singles chart at its peak of number 25 on 30November 2006, before it was released as a single. It stayed on the chart for ten weeks. In the third week of 2007, "Vifta med händerna" debuted on the Finnish singles chart and stayed at number seven for two weeks before exiting the chart.
Track listing
Personnel Credits Vocal – Basshunter, Patrik Lindberg and Emil Wahlström (uncredited) Writer – Basshunter Producer – Basshunter Mastering – Björn Engelman
Charts + Weekly chart performance for "Vifta med händerna" Chart (2006) Peakposition Chart (2007) Peakposition
Release history + Release dates and formats for "Vifta med händerna" Country Date Version Format Label Various 13 December 2006 Single CD single Warner Music Sweden Various 24 December 2006 Single Digital download, streaming Warner Music Sweden
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