Our Happy Hardcore

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.

Our Happy Hardcore
Studio album by
Scooter
Released28 March 1996
Recorded1995-1996 at Loop Dance Constructions Studios, Hamburg, Germany
Length45:02
LabelClub Tools
ProducerThe Loop!
Scooter chronology
... and the Beat Goes On!
(1995)		 Our Happy Hardcore
(1996)		 Wicked!
(1996)
Singles from Our Happy Hardcore
  1. "Back in the U.K."
    Released: 14 November 1995
  2. "Let Me Be Your Valentine"
    Released: 29 February 1996
  3. "Rebel Yell"
    Released: 9 May 1996

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.

  1. "Let Me Be Your Valentine" - 5:42
  2. "Stuttgart" - 4:52
  3. "Rebel Yell" - 3:57
  4. "Last Minute" - 2:57
  5. "Our Happy Hardcore" - 5:25
  6. "Experience" - 4:56
  7. "This Is a Monstertune" - 4:22
  8. "Back in the U.K." - 3:25
  9. "Hysteria" - 5:18
  10. "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". Although labeled as "Brüno's Vienna Calling Mix", the original track was featured Scooter's 2009 compilation album "The Albüm".

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 (synthetizers, post-production)
  • Jens Thele (manager)
  • Marc Schilkowski (album art)
  • Andreas Kess (photos)

Charts
Chart (1996) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[3] 16
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[4] 8
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] 17
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[6] 1
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[7] 54
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[8] 31
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] 9
UK Albums (OCC)[10] 24

Year-end charts
Chart (1996) Position
German Albums Chart[11] 91
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References
  1. Scooter Archived 2007-06-02 at the Wayback Machine TranceDesigner.com
  2. Allmusic
  3. "Austriancharts.at – Scooter – Our Happy Hardcore" (in German). Hung Medien.
  4. "Scooter: Our Happy Hardcore" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  5. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
  6. "Top 40 album DVD és válogatáslemez-lista – 1996. 15. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ.
  7. "Dutchcharts.nl – Scooter – Our Happy Hardcore" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  8. "Swedishcharts.com – Scooter – Our Happy Hardcore". Hung Medien.
  9. "Swisscharts.com – Scooter – Our Happy Hardcore". Hung Medien.
  10. "Scooter | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
  11. "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
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