A year earlier, in 2006, DJ Mental Theo (under the alias Bazzheadz) had created a bootleg English version called  using the melody of "Boten Anna" with entirely different lyrics. Initially, Basshunter tried to translate "Boten Anna" into English but found it difficult to keep the "hock" and the story so he recorded his own version of "Now You're Gone" with DJ Mental Theo's lyrics.
In 2006, before that year, DJ Mental Theo (under the alias Bazzheadz) created an English bootleg version of "Boten Anna," using its melody but with different lyrics. Initially, Basshunter attempted to translate "Boten Anna" into English but found it difficult to keep the "hock" and the story; therefore, he recorded his own version of "Now You're Gone" with DJ Mental Theo's lyrics.