The Question Is What Is the Question?

"The Question Is What Is The Question?" is a single by German group Scooter. It was released as the first single from their 2007 album Jumping All Over The World. The B-side, "The Fish is Jumping", is a Jumpstyle remix of "How Much Is The Fish?".

"The Question Is What Is The Question?"
Single by Scooter
from the album Jumping All Over The World
B-side	"The Fish Is Jumping"
Released	10 August 2007 (Germany) 14 April 2008 (UK)
Recorded	2007
Genre	Jumpstyle
Length	3:46
Label	Sheffield Tunes (Germany) All Around The World (UK)
Songwriter(s)	Harry van Hoof Hans van Hemert H. P. Baxxter Rick J. Jordan Michael Simon Jens Thele
Producer(s)	Rick J. Jordan Michael Simon
Scooter singles chronology
"Lass uns tanzen" (2007) "The Question Is What Is The Question?" (2007) "And No Matches" (2007)

Track listings

CD Maxi[1] / Download

1. "The Question Is What Is The Question?" (Radio Edit) (3:46)
2. "The Question Is What Is The Question?" ('A Little Higher' Clubmix) (6:02)
3. "The Question Is What Is The Question?" (Extended) (5:50)
4. "The Fish Is Jumping" (3:50)

12"

1. "The Question Is What Is The Question?" ('A Little Higher' Clubmix) (6:02)
2. "The Question Is What Is The Question?" (Extended) (5:50)
3. "The Fish Is Jumping" (3:50)

UK CD Maxi / UK Download

1. "The Question Is What Is The Question?" (Radio Edit) (3:46)
2. "The Question Is What Is The Question?" (Extended) (5:50)
3. "The Question Is What Is The Question?" (Headhunters Remix) (5:54)
4. "The Question Is What Is The Question?" (Alex K Remix) (6:28)
5. "The Question Is What Is The Question?" (Flip & Fill Remix) (5:50)
6. "The Question Is What Is The Question?" (Micky Modelle Remix) (6:49)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2007–2008)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2]	2
European Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[3]	19
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[4]	4
Germany (Official German Charts)[5]	5
Hungary (Single Top 40)[6]	4
Ireland (IRMA)[7]	18
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8]	42
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[9]	83
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[10]	49

Year-end charts

Chart (2007)	Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[11]	34
Germany (Official German Charts)[12]	31

Samples

• "The Question Is What Is The Question?" samples the song "How Do You Do" by Mouth & MacNeal, taken from the 1972 album of the same name.
• "The Fish Is Jumping" samples the song "Zeven Dagen Lang" by the Dutch band Bots. This same piece of music is used on the 1998 Scooter single "How Much Is The Fish?", taken from the album No Time To Chill.

References

1. CD Maxi at Amazon.de
2. "Austriancharts.at – Scooter – The Question Is What Is the Question" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
3. "Scooter – Chart Search" Billboard European Hot 100 Singles for Scooter. (subscription required)
4. "Scooter: The Question Is What Is the Question" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
5. "Offiziellecharts.de – Scooter – The Question Is What Is the Question". GfK Entertainment Charts.
6. "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
7. "Chart Track: Week 19, 2008". Irish Singles Chart.
8. "Dutchcharts.nl – Scooter – The Question Is What Is the Question" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
9. "Swisscharts.com – Scooter – The Question Is What Is the Question". Swiss Singles Chart.
10. http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/scooter/
11. "Jahreshitparade Singles 2007". austriancharts.at. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
12. "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved February 19, 2020.