Het land van...
"Het land van..." ("The country of...") is a Dutch song by Lange Frans & Baas B. The lyrics of this song discuss past and present social and political issues in the Netherlands. It rose to the top of the Dutch charts soon after its release in 2005, with a live performance during the Uitmarkt on August 26 at the Museumplein, Amsterdam. Lyrics. The lyrics enumerate the best and worst parts of Dutch history, in the form "[The Netherlands] are the country of..." ("Het Land Van..."), often listing a good and bad part in the same line. In the  song, Lange Frans and Baas B elaborate that the Netherlands are the country of ("het land van") Pim Fortuyn and Theo Van Gogh as well as of their murderers Volkert van der Graaf and Mohammed Bouyeri In the end, both rappers state that despite all the faults, they love their country. New versions. In 2019, Lange Frans & Baas B reunited in order to create a new version of the song, called "Het Land Van Vriendschap", featuring the same melody as the original but with actualized themes including the murder of Anne Faber and the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 . A political version of the song (with piano played by Thierry Baudet) was performed by Lange Frans at the party congress of Forum for Democracy, a right-wing party in the Netherlands.