"Walk on Water"
Single by Basshunter
from the album Now You're Gone – The Album
Released5 April 2009
Length2:55 (Radio Edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)Basshunter
Producer(s)Basshunter
Basshunter singles chronology
"I Miss You"
(2008)		 "Walk on Water"
(2009)		 "Al final"
(2009)
Music video
"Walk on Water" on YouTube

"Walk on Water" is a song that was written, recorded and produced by Swedish musician Basshunter; it was released in 5 April 2009 and added to the Deluxe Edition of Now You're Gone – The Album. A music video for "Walk on Water" was released on 27 February 2009. The song peaked at number 76 on the UK Singles Chart.

Description

Basshunter's previous single "I Miss You" was released on 14 December 2008.[1] "Walk on Water" is 175 seconds long. Basshunter wrote and produced the song.[2] "Walk on Water" was originally released in 2007 as promotional single titled "I Can Walk on Water I Can Fly".[3] The re-recorded version titled "I Can Walk on Water" was released on 14 July 2008 on Now You're Gone – The Album.[4] "I Can Walk on Water" was written by Basshunter,[5] and was produced by Basshunter and Robert Uhlmann.[6]

On 5 April 2009, Hard2Beat Records released the second re-recording of the song, which is titled "Walk on Water", as a five-track single[7] that includes an extended mix and remixes by Ultra DJ's, Bass Slammers and 7th Heaven.[7] "Walk on Water" was also included in the Deluxe Edition of Now You're Gone – The Album.[8] Basshunter's next single was "Al final", a Spanish-language version of "Now You're Gone" with vocals from Dani Mata, which was released on 5 May the same year.[9]

In 2021 Basshunter played "I Can Walk on Water" live during the Øresound Festival in Copenhangen.[10]

Music video

The music video for "Walk on Water" was uploaded to YouTube on 27 February 2009.[11] Basshunter did not want Aylar Lie to appear in the music video this time.[12] A fan edit of the music video was uploaded to YouTube on 3 March.[13]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Digital Spy[14]

Antti Niemelä from Findance.com said "I Can Walk on Water" is catchy.[15] The editor of the website Female First described Basshunter's vocals in "Walk on Water" as "poptastic".[16] David Balls from Digital Spy said "Walk on Water" has the same eurodance sound as previous Basshunter singles, criticized the low originality of the song, which he found not very exciting.[14] In 2015, Simon Sweetman from Stuff quoted the song as an example of Basshunter's egoism for his list of the top-10 most-egotistical musicians.[17]

Chart performance

On 11 April 2009, "Walk on Water" entered the UK Singles Chart at number 92. It rose to number 76 the following week, after which it left the chart.[18]

Track listing

Digital download (5 April 2009),[7] streaming[2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Walk on Water" (UK Radio Edit)Jonas AltbergAltberg2:55
2."Walk on Water" (UK Extended Mix)AltbergAltberg4:30
3."Walk on Water" (Ultra DJ's Remix)AltbergAltberg5:20
4."Walk on Water" (Bass Slammers Remix)AltbergAltberg5:51
5."Walk on Water" (7th Heaven Remix)AltbergAltberg6:23
Total length:24:59
Digital download (13 April 2009),[19] streaming[20]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Walk on Water" (UK Radio Edit)AltbergAltberg2:55
2."I Can Walk on Water"AltbergAltberg3:44[21]
Total length:6:39

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Walk on Water"
Chart (2009) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[22] 76

Release history

Country Date Format Label
United Kingdom 5 April 2009 Digital download Hard2Beat Records[7]
Sweden 13 April 2009 Digital download Warner Music Sweden[19]

References

  1. ↑ "I Miss You - EP". iTunes. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Walk on Water". Spotify. Retrieved 13 May 2022. User has to click on the three dots on the right of the track to access its credits.
  3. ↑ Basshunter (2007). I Can Walk on Water I Can Fly (Media notes).
  4. ↑ "Now You're Gone". iTunes. Archived from the original on 18 July 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "Now You're Gone – The Album". Spotify. Retrieved 3 June 2022. User has to click on the three dots on the right of the track to access its credits.
  6. ↑ "Now You're Gone - The Album". Qobuz. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2022. User has to click on icon with the letter i in a circle on the right of the track to access its credits.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Walk On Water - EP". iTunes. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "Now You're Gone (Deluxe Edition)". iTunes. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "Al final - Spanish Version". Musicload (in German). Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  10. ↑ Adam Bouttai (14 August 2021). "Langtidssyltet døgnflue i ligegyldig jagt på bas". Gaffa (in Danish). Archived from the original on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  11. ↑ "Basshunter - Walk on Water (Official UK Version Out Now)". YouTube. 27 February 2009. Archived from the original on 19 June 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  12. ↑ David Balls (23 March 2009). "Basshunter drops porn star from video". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 11 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  13. ↑ "Basshunter – Walk on Water (Fan Edit)". YouTube. 3 March 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  14. 1 2 David Balls (28 March 2009). "Basshunter: "Walk on Water"". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  15. ↑ Antti Niemelä (28 July 2008). "Basshunter: Now You're Gone - The Album (Warner Music)". Findance.com (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 25 September 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  16. ↑ "Basshunter Release New Single In April". Female First. 31 March 2009. Archived from the original on 3 April 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  17. ↑ Simon Sweetman (24 April 2015). "Egos on a selfie stick: Top 10 most egotistical musicians". Stuff. Archived from the original on 9 January 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  18. ↑ "Basshunter". Official Charts. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  19. 1 2 "Walk on Water - Single". iTunes. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  20. ↑ "Walk on Water". Spotify. Retrieved 13 May 2022. User has to click on the three dots on the right of the track to access its credits.
  21. ↑ "Walk on Water". Spotify. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  22. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
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