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Our Happy Hardcore

Studio album by

Scooter

Released

28 March 1996

Recorded

1995–1996

Studio

Loop Dance Constructions Studios, Hamburg, Germany

Length

45:02

Label

Club Tools

Producer

The Loop!

Scooter chronology

... and the Beat Goes On!
(1995)

Our Happy Hardcore
(1996)

Wicked!
(1996)

Singles from Our Happy Hardcore

"Back in the U.K."
Released: 14 November 1995
"Let Me Be Your Valentine"
Released: 29 February 1996
"Rebel Yell"
Released: 9 May 1996

Our Happy Hardcore is the second studio 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. The mostly instrumental "Crank It Up" is notable for its use as the theme tune for the Bruno segments in Da Ali G Show.

Followed by the success of the debut album "...And The Beat Goes On", this album continues the experimenting of happy hardcore and rave styles.

Track listing

All songs written by Rick J. Jordan, H.P. Baxxter, Ferris Bueller, and Jens Thele, except "Rebel Yell" written by Billy Idol and Steve Stevens.

"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

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.^[1]
"Hysteria" is a cover of "Hysteria (There's No Reason To Be Disturbed)" by Hysteria. This track was made by Rick J. Jordan in 1991, so this track is technically a cover of their own track.
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. This version is later used in the 2009 movie "Brüno".

Extended version

There was also an extended version of the album, released under JVC Japan label on 18 April 2000.^[2] 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

20 Years of Hardcore Expanded Edition

A digitally remastered edition released in 2013. It contains 2 CDs: the first one is the original album, the second one contains the singles, B-sides and the remixes related to the album.

Personnel

H.P. Baxxter (vocals, lyrics)
Rick J. Jordan, Ferris Bueller (synthesizers, post-production)
Jens Thele (manager)
Marc Schilkowski (album art)
Andreas Kess (photos)

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for *Our Happy Hardcore*
Chart (1996)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[3]	16
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[4]	54
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[5]	8
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[6]	17
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)^[7]	1
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[8]	16
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[9]	31
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[10]	9
UK Albums (OCC)^[11]	24

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for *Our Happy Hardcore*
Chart (1996)	Position
German Albums Chart^[12]	91

References

^ Scooter Archived 2007-06-02 at the Wayback Machine TranceDesigner.com
^ Allmusic
^ "Austriancharts.at – Scooter – Our Happy Hardcore" (in German). Hung Medien.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Scooter – Our Happy Hardcore" (in Dutch). 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.
^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – Scooter – Our Happy Hardcore". Hung Medien.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Scooter – Our Happy Hardcore". Hung Medien.
^ "Scooter | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved September 8, 2016.

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Studio albums	... and the Beat Goes On! Our Happy Hardcore Wicked! Age of Love No Time to Chill Back to the Heavyweight Jam Sheffield We Bring the Noise! The Stadium Techno Experience Mind the Gap Who's Got the Last Laugh Now? The Ultimate Aural Orgasm Jumping All Over the World Under the Radar Over the Top The Big Mash Up Music for a Big Night Out The Fifth Chapter Ace Scooter Forever God Save the Rave Open Your Mind and Your Trousers
Live albums	Encore: Live and Direct Live: Selected Songs of the 10th Anniversary Concert at Docks, Hamburg Excess All Areas Live in Hamburg I Want You to Stream!
Compilations	Rough and Tough and Dangerous – The Singles 94/98 Push the Beat for This Jam (The Second Chapter) 24 Carat Gold 20 Years of Hardcore 100% Scooter – 25 Years Wild & Wicked
Singles	"Hyper Hyper" "Move Your Ass!" "Friends" "Endless Summer" "Back in the U.K." "Let Me Be Your Valentine" "Rebel Yell" "I'm Raving" "Break It Up" "Fire" "The Age of Love" "No Fate" "How Much Is the Fish?" "We Are the Greatest"/"I Was Made for Lovin' You" "Call Me Mañana" "Faster Harder Scooter" "Fuck the Millennium" "I'm Your Pusher" "She's the Sun" "Posse (I Need You on the Floor)" "Aiii Shot the DJ" "Ramp! (The Logical Song)" "Nessaja" "Weekend!" "The Night" "Maria (I Like It Loud)" "Jigga Jigga!" "Shake That!" "One (Always Hardcore)" "Suavemente" "Hello! (Good to Be Back)" "Apache Rocks the Bottom!" "Behind the Cow" "Lass uns tanzen" "The Question Is What Is the Question?" "And No Matches" "Jumping All Over the World" "I'm Lonely" "Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want)" "J'adore Hardcore" "Ti sento" "The Sound Above My Hair" "Stuck on Replay" "Friends Turbo" "The Only One" "David Doesn't Eat" "C'est Bleu" "It's a Biz (Ain't Nobody)" "4 AM" "Army of Hardcore" "Bigroom Blitz" "Today" "Can't Stop the Hardcore" "Radiate (SPY Version)" "Riot" "Oi" "Mary Got No Lamb" "Bora! Bora! Bora!" "My Gabber" "In Rave We Trust - Amateur Hour (Anthem Mix)" "Rave Teacher (Somebody Like Me)" "God Save the Rave" "Devil's Symphony" "Which Light Switch is Which?" "Bassdrum" "FCK 2020" "Paul is Dead" "We Love Hardcore" "Groundhog Day" "Rave Witchers" "The Spell Remains" "Do Not Sit If You Can Dance" "Waste Your Youth" "Techno is Back" "Constellations" "For Those About to Rave" "Berliner Luft" "Rave & Shout" "I Keep Hearing Bingo" "Let's Do It Again"
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