Masterpiece (Basshunter song)

"Masterpiece" is a song by Swedish musician Basshunter. The single was released on 19 October 2018 by PowerHouse, Extensive Music LJT, Ultra Records and Warner Music Sweden. It is notable for including in-game audio from the multiplayer online battle arena League of Legends.

"Masterpiece"
Single by Basshunter
Released19 October 2018
GenreDance
Length2:46
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Alex Argento
  • Basshunter
  • Robert Uhlmann
Basshunter singles chronology
"Elinor"
(2013)		 "Masterpiece"
(2018)		 "Home"
(2019)
Audio sample
  • file
  • help

Background and release

Basshunter announced on 3 January 2018 that a new single would be released soon.[1] Four days later, he published a fragment of the song played in the studio.[2] In June and July, in interviews for Westmeath Independent and The Overtake, Basshunter revealed that the single would be titled "Masterpiece".[3][4] Basshunter announced on 3 October that the single would be released by Ultra Records on 19 October 2018.[5] A trailer for the song was published on 11 October 2018.[6]

"Masterpiece" was released on 19 October 2018 by PowerHouse, Extensive Music LJT, Ultra Records and Warner Music Sweden.[7][8][9][10] A lyric video for "Masterpiece" was published by Ultra Music on the same day.[11] Warner Music Sweden announced a Stream & Steam contest in which the winner would receive a Steam gift card.[12][13]

Basshunter played "Masterpiece" as the closing song at shows. His manager Scott Simons said that the reaction from the audience was overwhelmingly positive.[4] Basshunter said that "Masterpiece" is different from his previous songs "Boten Anna" and "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA", for which he is known in Sweden.[14]

The song uses in-game audio of League of Legends' characters Sona and Brand.[15] Basshunter claimed this was to draw attention to the importance of gamers at the early stages of his career.[14]

The song has a tempo of 132 beats per minute and is written in the key of F minor.[16] "Masterpiece" was written and produced by Alex Argento, Basshunter and Robert Uhlmann.[15]

Reception

The release of "Masterpiece" was covered by media including Aftonbladet,[14] CelebMix,[17] Festivalrykten,[18] Gaffa,[19] Hänt,[20] Hallandsposten,[21] Mynewsdesk,[22] Nyheter24,[23] Official Charts Company,[24] Top 40,[25] and Veckorevyn.[26] The song was named one of the best releases of the week by editors of the Turkish Apple Music store.[27] Masterpiece charted on DJ list in Germany.[28] It also become the seventh best-selling song of the week in the Euro Dance/Pop Dance category, and fifteenth in the EDM category, in the Juno Download store.[29][30]

Track listing
Digital download, streaming (19 October 2018)[7]
No.TitleLength
1."Masterpiece"2:46
Digital download (15 December 2018)[31]
No.TitleLength
1."Masterpiece (Remix)" (featuring Basshunter)2:51

Personnel
Swedish musician Basshunter (left) and Swedish music producer Robert Uhlmann written and produced "Masterpiece" with Alex Argento.
Credits

Charts
Chart (2018) Peak
position
Germany (Dance-Charts Top 100)[32] 42
Germany (Deutsche-DJ-Playlist)[28] 25
Chart (2019) Peak
position
Germany (Dance50 Chart)[33] 28
Germany (Die Deutschen Disco Chart)[34] 42
Germany (Deutsche Pop Chart)[35] 3

Release history
Date Format Label
19 October 2018
PowerHouse[7]
Extensive Music LJT[8]
Ultra Records[9]
Warner Music Sweden[10]
15 December 2018
  • Digital download
  • streaming
 Init[31]

References
  1. Basshunter (3 January 2018). "Studio time ! New single out soon !!!!". Facebook. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  2. Basshunter (7 January 2018). "@ the studio". Instagram. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  3. Kayley Hardiman (19 July 2018). "Basshunter stops off in Westmeath on Irish tour". Westmeath Independent. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  4. Owais Masood (31 July 2018). "Now you're back". The Overtake. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  5. Basshunter (3 October 2018). "October 19th new single @ultrarecords #masterpiece". Twitter. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  6. Basshunter (11 October 2018). "Masterpiece OUT 19th October (Trailer)". YouTube. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  7. "Masterpiece – Single" (in Swedish). Apple Music. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  8. "Masterpiece – Single". Apple Music. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  9. "Masterpiece". Deezer. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  10. "Masterpiece". Deezer. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  11. "Basshunter – Masterpiece (Lyric Video) [Ultra Music]". YouTube. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  12. "Warner Music Sweden" (in Swedish). Facebook. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  13. "Stream & steam!". Topsify. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  14. Jakob Meijer (19 October 2018). "Basshunter tillbaka – efter fem år: "Det har varit så intensivt"" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  15. Jonathan Currinn (23 October 2018). "Basshunter has released his first single in 5 years this week titled 'Masterpiece' inspired by League of Legends". CelebMix. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  16. "MASTERPIECE – Basshunter". Beatport. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  17. Jonathan Currinn (12 October 2018). "Basshunter returns to music after five years with announcement of new single "Masterpiece" out next week". CelebMix. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  18. "Basshunter gör comeback" (in Swedish). Festivalrykten. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  19. "Basshunter gör comeback" (in Swedish). Gaffa. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  20. Ola Brising (28 October 2018). "Efter tystnaden – Basshunters nya liv med hemliga frun Tina" (in Swedish). Hänt. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  21. "Basshunter är tillbaka – "Masterpiece" är här" (in Swedish). Hallandsposten. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  22. "Basshunter gör comeback!" (in Swedish). Mynewsdesk. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  23. Amanda Lundin (20 October 2018). "Basshunter är tillbaka – släppt ny låt om dataspel" (in Swedish). Nyheter24. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  24. "New Releases". Official Charts Company. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  25. "Single Releases" (in Dutch). Top 40. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  26. Pearl Åkesson (19 October 2018). "Minns du hiten Boten Anna? Nu gör Basshunter comeback!" (in Swedish). Veckorevyn. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  27. "Best of the Week". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  28. "Details/Videos/MP3: BASSHUNTER – Masterpiece (Ultra Records)" (in German). Deutsche-DJ-Playlist. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  29. "Home › Euro Dance/Pop Dance › Bestsellers › This Week". Juno Download. Archived from the original on 22 October 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  30. "Home › EDM › Bestsellers › This Week". Juno Download. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  31. "Masterpiece (Remix) [feat. Basshunter] - Single" (in Swedish). Apple Music. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  32. Sebastian Wernke-Schmiesing (16 November 2018). "DANCE-CHARTS Top 100 vom 16.11.2018 online" (in German). Dance-Charts. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  33. "Ausgabe 9-2019" [Issue 9-2019] (in German). Dance50 Chart. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  34. "Ausgabe 13-2019" [Issue 13-2019] (in German). Die Deutschen Disco Chart. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  35. "Deutsche Pop Charts (KW 14 - 2019)" (in German). Deutsche Pop Charts. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
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