Our Happy Hardcore
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Our Happy Hardcore is the second album by German dance group Scooter. The European release date for the album was 28 March 1996. Three singles were released from the album, starting with "Back in the U.K." in November 1995 and "Let Me Be Your Valentine" in February 1996. The final single, a cover version of the Billy Idol song "Rebel Yell", followed in May 1996.
Track listing
- "Let Me Be Your Valentine" - 5:42
- "Stuttgart" - 4:52
- "Rebel Yell" - 3:57
- "Last Minute" - 2:57
- "Our Happy Hardcore" - 5:25
- "Experience" - 4:56
- "This Is a Monstertune" - 4:22
- "Back in the U.K." - 3:25
- "Hysteria" - 5:18
- "Crank It Up" - 4:08
Extended version
There was also an extended version of the album, released under JVC Japan label on 18 April 2000.[1] Not available in Germany until late 2003, the extended version featured five additional tracks, including remixes of all three singles from the original album.
The additional tracks featured on the extended version are:
- "Back in the U.K." (Long Version) - 5:27
- "Back in the U.K." (Tom Wilson Remix) - 5:50
- "Let Me Be Your Valentine" (Commander Tom Remix) - 8:05
- "Eternity" - 5:23
- "Rebel Yell" (Extended Mix) - 4:44
Charts
Chart (1996) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[2] | 16 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[3] | 8 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4] | 17 |
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[5] | 1 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[6] | 54 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7] | 31 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] | 9 |
UK Albums (OCC)[9] | 24 |
Notes
- "Rebel Yell" is a cover of the Billy Idol song, taken from the 1983 album of the same name.
- The song "Last Minute" is a version of the Hebrew folk song "Hava Nagila".
- "Experience" is based on Scooter's unreleased remix of "Angeli Domini" by Datura.
- "Back In The UK" samples the theme tune of the British television series Miss Marple, originally composed by Ron Goodwin.[10]
- "Hysteria" is a cover of "Hysteria (There's No Reason To Be Disturbed)" by Hysteria.
- A remixed version of "Crank it Up" is used in the Da Ali G Show as Brüno's (played by Sacha Baron Cohen) theme music.
References
- ^ Allmusic
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – Scooter – Our Happy Hardcore" (in German). Hung Medien.
- ^ "Scooter: Our Happy Hardcore" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
- ^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
- ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 1996. 15. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Scooter – Our Happy Hardcore" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Scooter – Our Happy Hardcore". Hung Medien.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Scooter – Our Happy Hardcore". Hung Medien.
- ^ "Scooter | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
- ^ Scooter TranceDesigner.com