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Scooter   (Germany)

Hardcore group
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And The Beat Goes On
And The Beat Goes On
Our Happy Hardcore
Our Happy Hardcore
Wicked !
Wicked !
Age Of Love
Age Of Love
Rough And Tough And Dangerous
No Time To Chill
No Time To Chill
Back To The Heavyweight Jam
Sheffield
We Bring The Noise
Sheffield
Push The Beat For This Jam
Pushing The Beat - Scooter Best Of
Encore Live & Direct
Push The Beat For This Jam - Singles 1994-2002
24 Karat Gold
The Stadium Techno Experience
Mind The Gap (Basic version)
Mind The Gap (Standard version)
Mind The Gap (Deluxe version)
Who's Got the Last Laugh Now
Excess All Areas
The Ultimate Aural Orgasm
The Ultimate Aural Orgasm - DeLuxe edition
Jumping All Over The World
Jumping All Over The World - Whatever You Want
Under The Radar Over The Top
The Big Mash Up
Music For A Big Night Out
20 Years of Hardcore
The Fifth Chapter
Ace
Scooter Forever
100% Scooter-25 Years Wild & Wicked
I Want You to Stream! (Live)
God Save The Rave
Open Your Mind And Your Trousers
Vallée De Larmes
Hyper Hyper
Move Your Ass
Friends
Endless Summer
Back In The UK
Back In Ireland
Let Me Be Your Valentine
Rebel Yell
I'm Raving
Break It Up
Fire
The Age Of Love
No Fate
I Was Made For Loving You
We Are The Greatest
How Much Is The Fish
Call Me Manana
Faster Harder Scooter
Fuck The Millennium
Dutch Christmas
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
Bramfeld
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
4 AM
Army Of Hardcore
Bigroom Blitz
Today
999 (Call The Police)
Can't Stop the Hardcore
Radiate
Riot
Oi
Mary Got No Lamb
Bora! Bora! Bora!
My Gabber
In Rave We Trust: Amateur Hour
Rave Teacher (Somebody Like Me)
God Save The Rave
Devil's Symphony
Which Light Switch Is Which?
Bassdrum
Fck 2020
Paul Is Dead
Groundhog Day
The Spell Remains
Do Not Sit If You Can Dance
Waste Your Youth
Techno Is Back
Hyper Hyper 2023
Constellations
Berliner Luft
Rave & Shout
I Keep Hearing Bingo
Let's Do It Again
Love Message
We Love Hardcore
Rave Witchers
For Those About To Rave
Sunrise (Here I Am)
Living On Video
Nessaja
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Latest Scooter news

11/02/2024 : Scooter unveiled the tracklisting of their forthcoming album Open Your Mind And Your Trousers. Their new single is entitled I Keep Hearing Bingo and it covers the chorus of X-Perience's classic A Neverending Dream

20/12/2023 : Scooter's next album will be entitled Open Your Mind And Your Trousers and it is planned for March 22nd 2024

29/11/2023 : Scooter team once again with Harris & Ford to release a new single, Rave & Shout

19/10/2023 : Thirty, Rough And Dirty! is the name of Scooter's upcoming anniversary tour

12/09/2023 : Scooter's next single will be entitled Berliner Luft

18/07/2023 : Scooter's next single is a collaboration with Timmy Trumpet entitled For Those About To Rave

17/06/2023 : Scooter's next single will be entitled Constellations and is planned for June 23rd

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Scooter albums

And The Beat Goes On And The Beat Goes On 3rd Mar 1995
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And The Beat Goes On And The Beat Goes On (Japan) 10th Jan 1996
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Our Happy Hardcore Our Happy Hardcore 28th Mar 1996
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Our Happy Hardcore Our Happy Hardcore (Japan) 21st Aug 1996
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Wicked ! Wicked ! 24th Oct 1996
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Wicked ! Wicked ! (Japan) 18th Dec 1996
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Age Of Love Age Of Love 25th Aug 1997
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Age Of Love Age Of Love (Japan) 22nd Sep 1997
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Rough And Tough And Dangerous Rough And Tough And Dangerous 2 CDs 1998
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No Time To Chill No Time To Chill 2 CDs 20th Jul 1998
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No Time To Chill No Time To Chill (Japan) 21st Oct 1998
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Back To The Heavyweight Jam Back To The Heavyweight Jam 1999
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Sheffield Sheffield 26th Jun 2000
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We Bring The Noise We Bring The Noise 11th Jun 2001
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Sheffield Sheffield (Japan) 21st Oct 2001
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Push The Beat For This Jam Push The Beat For This Jam 2 CDs 2002
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Pushing The Beat - Scooter Best Of Pushing The Beat - Scooter Best Of 2002
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Encore Live & Direct Encore Live & Direct 13th May 2002
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Push The Beat For This Jam - Singles 1994-2002 Push The Beat For This Jam - Singles 1994-2002 29th Jul 2002
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24 Karat Gold 24 Karat Gold 2 CDs 4th Nov 2002
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The Stadium Techno Experience The Stadium Techno Experience 31st Mar 2003
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Mind The Gap (Basic version) Mind The Gap (Basic version) Nov 2004
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Mind The Gap (Standard version) Mind The Gap (Standard version) Nov 2004
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Mind The Gap (Deluxe version) Mind The Gap (Deluxe version) 2 CDs Nov 2004
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Who's Got the Last Laugh Now Who's Got the Last Laugh Now 4th Nov 2005
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Excess All Areas Excess All Areas 4th Jul 2006
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The Ultimate Aural Orgasm The Ultimate Aural Orgasm 9th Feb 2007
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The Ultimate Aural Orgasm - DeLuxe edition The Ultimate Aural Orgasm - DeLuxe edition 2 CDs 9th Feb 2007
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Jumping All Over The World Jumping All Over The World 30th Nov 2007
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Jumping All Over The World - Whatever You Want Jumping All Over The World - Whatever You Want 3rd Oct 2008
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Under The Radar Over The Top Under The Radar Over The Top 2nd Oct 2009
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The Big Mash Up The Big Mash Up 14th Oct 2011
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Music For A Big Night Out Music For A Big Night Out 2nd Nov 2012
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20 Years of Hardcore 20 Years of Hardcore 2 CDs 11th Oct 2013
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The Fifth Chapter The Fifth Chapter 26th Sep 2014
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Ace Ace 5th Feb 2016
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Scooter Forever Scooter Forever 2 CDs 1st Sep 2017
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100% Scooter-25 Years Wild & Wicked 100% Scooter-25 Years Wild & Wicked 15th Dec 2017
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I Want You to Stream! (Live) I Want You to Stream! (Live) 3rd Apr 2020
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God Save The Rave God Save The Rave 16th Apr 2021
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Open Your Mind And Your Trousers Open Your Mind And Your Trousers 24th Mar 2024
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Scooter DVDs and VHS

Happy Hardcore Clips ...And The Show Goes On! Happy Hardcore Clips ...And The Show Goes On! 25th Apr 1996 VHS
Rough & Tough & Dangerous - The Singles 94/98 Rough & Tough & Dangerous - The Singles 94/98 2nd Jan 1998 VHS
Encore (The Whole Story) Encore (The Whole Story) 13th May 2002 DVD
Excess All Areas Excess All Areas 2nd Jun 2006 DVD
Live in Hamburg 2010 Live in Hamburg 2010 7th May 2010 DVD

 

Scooter singles

Vallée De Larmes Vallée De Larmes 9th Feb 1994  
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Hyper Hyper Hyper Hyper 15th Jun 1994  
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Move Your Ass Move Your Ass 20th Jan 1995  
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Friends Friends 11th May 1995  
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Endless Summer Endless Summer 20th Jul 1995  
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Back In The UK Back In The UK 14th Nov 1995  
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Back In Ireland Back In Ireland 20th Dec 1995  
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Let Me Be Your Valentine Let Me Be Your Valentine 29th Feb 1996  
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Rebel Yell Rebel Yell 9th May 1996  
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I'm Raving I'm Raving 19th Sep 1996  
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Break It Up Break It Up 21st Nov 1996  
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Fire Fire 1st Apr 1997  
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The Age Of Love The Age Of Love 11th Aug 1997  
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No Fate No Fate 1st Dec 1997  
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I Was Made For Loving You I Was Made For Loving You Video only 1998  
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We Are The Greatest We Are The Greatest 5th Jun 1998  
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How Much Is The Fish How Much Is The Fish 8th Jun 1998  
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Call Me Manana Call Me Manana 8th Jan 1999  
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Faster Harder Scooter Faster Harder Scooter 23rd Aug 1999  
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Fuck The Millennium Fuck The Millennium 22nd Nov 1999  
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Dutch Christmas Dutch Christmas 7th Dec 1999  
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I'm Your Pusher I'm Your Pusher 29th May 2000  
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She's The Sun She's The Sun 14th Aug 2000  
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Posse (I Need You On The Floor) Posse (I Need You On The Floor) 2001  
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Aiii Shot The DJ Aiii Shot The DJ 13th Aug 2001  
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Ramp (The Logical Song) Ramp (The Logical Song) 10th Dec 2001  
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Nessaja Nessaja 8th Apr 2002  
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Weekend Weekend 27th Feb 2003  
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The Night The Night 23rd May 2003  
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Maria (I Like It Loud) Maria (I Like It Loud) 11th Jul 2003  
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Jigga Jigga Jigga Jigga 8th Dec 2003  
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Bramfeld Bramfeld Promo only 2004  
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Shake That Shake That 4th Oct 2004  
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One (Always Hardcore) One (Always Hardcore) 6th Dec 2004  
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Suavemente Suavemente 7th Mar 2005  
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Hello! (Good To Be Back) Hello! (Good To Be Back) 14th Oct 2005  
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Apache Rocks the Bottom Apache Rocks the Bottom 30th Dec 2005  
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Behind The Cow Behind The Cow 19th Jan 2007  
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Lass Uns Tanzen Lass Uns Tanzen 23rd Mar 2007  
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The Question Is What Is The Question? The Question Is What Is The Question? Aug 2007  
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And No Matches And No Matches 23rd Nov 2007  
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Jumping All Over The World Jumping All Over The World 1st Feb 2008  
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I'm Lonely I'm Lonely 18th Apr 2008  
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Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want) Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want) 26th Sep 2008  
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J'adore Hardcore J'adore Hardcore 14th Aug 2009  
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Ti Sento Ti Sento 2nd Oct 2009  
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The Sound Above My Hair The Sound Above My Hair 27th Nov 2009  
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Stuck On Replay Stuck On Replay 12th Mar 2010  
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Friends Turbo Friends Turbo 15th Apr 2011  
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The Only One The Only One 20th May 2011  
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David Doesn't Eat David Doesn't Eat 14th Oct 2011  
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C'est Bleu C'est Bleu (feat. Vicky Leandros) 2nd Dec 2011  
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It's A Biz It's A Biz 23rd Mar 2012  
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4 AM 4 AM 7th Sep 2012  
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Army Of Hardcore Army Of Hardcore 2nd Nov 2012  
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Bigroom Blitz Bigroom Blitz (feat. Wiz Khalifa) 23rd May 2014  
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Today Today (with Vassy) 17th Sep 2014  
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999 (Call The Police) 999 (Call The Police) Video only Nov 2014  
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Can't Stop the Hardcore Can't Stop the Hardcore 5th Dec 2014  
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Radiate Radiate 29th May 2015  
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Riot Riot 28th Aug 2015  
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Oi Oi 5th Feb 2016  
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Mary Got No Lamb Mary Got No Lamb 6th May 2016  
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Bora! Bora! Bora! Bora! Bora! Bora! 26th May 2017  
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My Gabber My Gabber (with Jebroer) 29th Aug 2017  
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In Rave We Trust: Amateur Hour In Rave We Trust: Amateur Hour 6th Dec 2017  
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Rave Teacher (Somebody Like Me) Rave Teacher (Somebody Like Me) (with Xillions) 5th Apr 2019  
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God Save The Rave God Save The Rave (with Harris & Ford) 31st May 2019  
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Devil's Symphony Devil's Symphony 11th Oct 2019  
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Which Light Switch Is Which? Which Light Switch Is Which? 6th Dec 2019  
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Bassdrum Bassdrum (with Finch Asozial) 5th Jun 2020  
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Fck 2020 Fck 2020 23rd Oct 2020  
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Paul Is Dead Paul Is Dead (with Timmy Trumpet) 27th Nov 2020  
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Groundhog Day Groundhog Day 16th Apr 2021  
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The Spell Remains The Spell Remains 18th Mar 2022  
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Do Not Sit If You Can Dance Do Not Sit If You Can Dance 17th Jun 2022  
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Waste Your Youth Waste Your Youth 13th Jan 2023  
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Techno Is Back Techno Is Back (with Harris & Ford) 14th Apr 2023  
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Hyper Hyper 2023 Hyper Hyper 2023 (with Giuseppe Ottaviani) 2nd Jun 2023  
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Constellations Constellations 23rd Jun 2023  
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Berliner Luft Berliner Luft 15th Sep 2023  
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Rave & Shout Rave & Shout (with Harris & Ford) 1st Dec 2023  
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I Keep Hearing Bingo I Keep Hearing Bingo 9th Feb 2024  
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Let's Do It Again Let's Do It Again 1st Mar 2024  
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Scooter remixes

Move Your Ass Move Your Ass 1995  
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I'm Raving I'm Raving 1996  
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Let Me Be Your Valentine Let Me Be Your Valentine 1996  
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Back In The UK Back In The UK 1996  
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Fire Fire 1997  
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The Age Of Love The Age Of Love 1997  
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Move Your Ass! (Noisecontrollers remix) Move Your Ass! (Noisecontrollers remix) 1st Feb 2019  
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Devil's Symphony (The Mixes) Devil's Symphony (The Mixes) 1st Nov 2019  
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I Keep Hearing Bingo (Extended Mix) I Keep Hearing Bingo (Extended Mix) 9th Feb 2024  
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Featurings and collaborations

Love Message Love Message - Love Message 9th Feb 1996  
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We Love Hardcore Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike - We Love Hardcore 19th Mar 2021  
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Rave Witchers Finch - Rave Witchers 28th Oct 2021  
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For Those About To Rave Timmy Trumpet - For Those About To Rave 21st Jul 2023  
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Aliases - Records released under other names

Sunrise (Here I Am) Ratty - Sunrise (Here I Am) 5th Feb 2001  
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Living On Video Ratty - Living On Video 5th Sep 2001  
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Nessaja 3AM - Nessaja 14th Mar 2002  
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Scooter biography

1986 : Rick Jordan and H.P. Baxxter, started the avant-garde future pop band Celebrate The Nun in Hanover. Between 1988 and 1991 Celebrate The Nun released two albums and three singles. The highlight was reaching the Top 5 of the US Dance Charts. Then success faded away and the band split

In 1993 Rick, H.P., Jens Thele and Ferris Bueller (H.P.'s cousin), started the remix team The Loop with their own Loop! D.C. Studio in Hamburg. They did remixes for Tony Di Bart, Interactive, Technotronic, Adeva, Holly Johnson, Marky Mark feat. Prince Ital Joe, RuPaul and many others. The boys always kept their original name for the remix production. The reason of that explained H.P. in 1996 : 'After a few years, there will be maybe no one, who will remember Scooter, but he will rather remember the Loop!' Maybe nowadays he has another opinion...

In February 1994 the first Scooter single Vallée de Larmes was released. At first, Scooter was intended as only a project and the single was a cover. But the single entered the dance charts and in April 1994, they did their first live appearance in Hamburg. Because the first single was not enough for a show, Rick composed an instrumental track on which HP started to MC the words "Hyper Hyper". Scooter changed from a project to a band, which members were H.P., Ferris and Rick while Jens Thele worked in the background as the manager. In the group they all contribute with their ideas and Rick's special role is to say, what their equipment cope with.

The second single Hyper Hyper was released in November 1994 and made Scooter instantly famous. 700,000 singles were sold in Germany alone and the single went platinum ! The title of the song became an integral part of the German language. Rick says about it, that they have been a little bit inspired by Steve Mason.

They also created a sideproject called Kosmos feat. Mary K (who was Rick's sister). Only one single was released : Codo in 1994. They toured in Germany with their 2 dancers : Sam S (HP's girlfriend) and Franciska

In January 1995 the third single Move Your Ass! was released. H.P.'s distinctive shout style established as a trademark. The single climbed to #23 in the British charts and #3 in Germany. In March, they started the Move Your Ass tour with 2 new dancers : Gabriela and Bianca.

December 1995 : with the single Back In The UK Scooter cracked the British Top 20, reaching #18. In Germany the song went as high as #5. In Ireland the single was released with the title Back In Ireland.

With their second LP Our Happy Hardcore released in February 1996 came a CD-Extra with photos, videos and information about Scooter. It was the first Enhanced CD published by a German band.

1996 : in June, Rebel Yell was the first rock song covered by a Techno and it reached #8 in the German charts. The band's first video collection was released : Happy Hardcore Clips. Afterwards came Break It Up, the first Techno ballad in history, released in December 1996, and written by Nosie Katzmann (who also write the track Leave In Silence). 2 new dancers joined the team : Jessica and Suna.

In April 1997, Scooter was the first dance band to use a metal guitar riff on their single Fire. It entered the charts at #6 on 8 April, the highest new entry in the history of the singles charts at the time. Four weeks later it went gold with 250,000 copies sold.

Their tour, entitled Age Of Love, started in September 1997 and broke all records. Shortly before the release of the single How Much Is The Fish ? in June 1998 (which sold gold in Germany, Finland and Belgium), Ferris left the band to start a solo career. The Hamburg DJ Axel Coon, studio assistant for years, came in to replace him. In September 1998, Scooter played in front of an enthusiastic crowd of 17,000 in Moscow. To say thank you to their fans there is a limited edition of their successful No Time To Chill album, which was released in July 1998. It contained some remixes and videos.

From No Time To Chill there was 2 other singles to be released : We Are The Greatest (#26 in Germany, #1 in Russia and in Czech Republic) and Call Me Manana (Gold in Sweden, #1 in Israel, Czech Republic and Estonia). Then came Faster Harder Scooter from the forthcoming album. It sold gold in Sweden, peaked #7 in Germany and #1 in Russia and Estonia.

In September 1999 the sixth album Back To The Heavyweight Jam was released and showed Scooter in top form : the album went gold in Germany. The single Fuck The Millennium released in December 1999 was one of the most-played songs at every New Year's Eve party in Europe. It sold gold in Sweden and peaked #1 in Russia.

Fire was covered by the Italian SAIFAM project DJ Hush.

2000 : Then came in February 2000 the track Sunrise Here I Am, released under the name of Ratty. In the clip they were all three wearing rats masks. Some month ago manager of group Jens Thele revealed that Ratty was actually Scooter. Ratty also made a remix for the singles Gouryella Tenshi and Marc Et Claude Lovin' You.

The long-awaited continuous European tour began in the autumn. For over two months, from the start of September to the middle of November, the Scooter crew was on tour, from Germany up to Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. 'That will be really exciting', says Axel. 'From clubs to stadiums, we're playing everywhere.'

2001 : Scooter released new single in May entitled I'm Your Pusher, followed by the album on the 11th of June. Then came She's The Sun. According to a rumor, a cover of Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round was first thought to be the first single to be released. Actually this track never existed.

The follow-up to She's The Sun was Posse (I Need You On The Floor), released on May 21. At first the track was released under the name of GuessWho? as a promo club vinyl. But quickly all all fans guessed who GuessWho was because the music reminded Ratty & early Scooter tracks. The main release Posse was under Scooter name and it contained the original, extended version & tracks from GuessWho single. They used a rap text that's not written by themselves. The text "I'm biggest, I'm toughest, I'm boldest etc..." was ripped from a dutch rave classic : The Dominator Human Resource (in 1991 this anthem got a top 10 hit). Posse reached #4 in Israel, and #9 in Germany.

Scooter also made a new remix for Modern Talking's latest single Win The Race. The following single to be out was Aiii Shot The DJ.

Scooter released a new track under the name of Ratty, Living On Video. But due to poor vinyl success, single wasn't released as Maxi-CD. A new single was released on the 3rd of December 2001, entitled Ramp, from forthcoming album Push The Beat For This Jam / Singles 98-02. The album, released in January 2002, was a collection of single versions of last Scooter songs (half of it differed from album version). It also contained live tracks.

Ramp! was a huge success, it peaked #7 in Germany, #4 in Austria, sold gold and platinum in Norway, went #1 in Czech Republic, Romania, Estonia and Lithuania. It was also #8 in Sweden, #10 in Denmark, #11 in Finland. More recently in England it reached #2, #1 in Ireland, and was Silver record (more than 200 000 copies sold). It was a major comeback for them there : they last had a single in the British charts in 1996 with Back In The UK. The single had to be renamed due to copyright restrictions in the UK. Video also was edited due to censorship... The CD also included special UK mixes.

2002 : after the new album, a new single was released under the name of 3 AM. Entitled Nessaja, it was afterwards re-released under the name of Scooter in March, and climbed #1 in Germany the first week of release, and sold gold there. It was also #2 in Norway, #2 in Austria, #2 in Estonia, #7 in Switzerland, #7 in Finland. There was also a limited edition released, including the uncensored videoclip. The origin of the melody is taken from a German musical for children where there's a tortoise called Nessaja.

Scooter released on the 29th of July an album in the UK. Push The Beat For This Jam - Singles '94-'02 differed from the regular Push The Beat For This Jam album : it contained only 1 CD with all singles released by Scooter in the UK (and even some more...). The release of Nessaja was planned there for the 9th of September, with special UK mixes.

In September they took part to the Dance United project, created to help the victims of the floodings in Germany. The project released a single called Reach Out on the 30th of September.

Scooter included a new member called Jay Frog. He released some solo singles and did a lot of remixes for acts like Sash, Kosmonova feat Tania Evans, Legend B... He replaced Axel Coon who released a solo single called Close To You in October. As for Ferris, he was featured as vocalist by the Ancient Of Mumu on the single Living (which was remixed by by Axel Coon). Ferris and Axel Coon also created a project called Fragrance with the single Don't Break My Heart (sounds like DJs@Work)

Nessaja was released in the USA in October. UK version of Posse including a new radio edit was in the stores on the 18th of November. It included some N-Trance remixes.

A double best of album was out on 4th November. It was be called 24 Karat Gold.

2003 : a brand new single called Weekend was released on the 24th February. It was in the same style as Ramp (The Logical Song). It sampled Weekend by Earth & Fire, Strange World by Push, and America: What Time is Love? by The KLF. Weekend had a great and immediate success all over Europe, reaching #1 in Moldova, #2 in Hungary, #4 in Denmark and Austria, #6 in Norway, #7 in Finland and #9 in Sweden.

In April, their new album The Techno Stadium Experience was released. It went directly to #7 of the Top 100 Single Sales Chart List in Germany the first week. Its artwork was an obvious homage to the KLF's 1991 album The White Room.

New single from Scooter was released on the 26th of May and it was entitled The Night (from a song already covered by Excess feat Valery D). It included remixes from Starsplash, Langenhagen & maybe UK remix as ususal.

On the 28th of April, Ferris' solo single Living Without Your Love, a cover of Interactive song, was in the stores. Action-style video followed.

Then came Maria (I Like It Loud), which was a massive Summer hit in Germany. The song was a cover version of the 1997 song I Like It Loud by Marshall Masters featuring The Ultimate MC. It is said that the title was actually a mistyping of "My radio, I like it loud". The group won the Comet 2003 award for Best dance act.

On the 8th of December, Jigga Jigga was released. Once again it was a cover song, borrowing samples from Enya song Exile as well as a track from Mac Zimms entitled Annonce Des Couleurs (The Mystery remix). The clip was shot in Japan during their promo-tour. It peaked to position #36 in Danish charts. The vocals were done by Nikk, their "resident singer" (who is also Rick's wife).

2004 : The We Like It Loud tour started in Germany in January. Scooter took part to Germany 12 Points, the qualification show for the Eurovision Song Contest in Berlin on the 19th of March. If they were selected among the other candidates, they would represent Germany at the Eurovision with their current hit Jigga Jigga. They were very close to winning their ticket to Istambul. Among 10 candidates, 2 of them were selected for the final voting : Scooter and Max. After a neverending suspense, the result came : unfortuntalely Max was selected by the public vote instead of Scooter.

Scooter released Jigga Jigga in the UK on the 19th of April. The single included new mixes : Northstarz remix, Clubstar remix and Flip'n'Fill remix.

Their new single was entitled Shake That, it was released on the 4th of October. The style was disco-house and video was shot during the month of August, produced in Berlin. It sampled both the song After Dark by Tito & Tarantula and the chorus of the KC & The Sunshine Band song (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty. The single entered the German Deejay Playlist at #16 and Scooter could be seen live at Club Rotation and the German TOTP.

HP split with his girlfriend Lital Hoch (a dentist) and he is now with Simone, a student.

New album Mind The Gap was released 3 weeks later after the single, in 3 different versions (basic without booklet, standard and deluxe with 2 CDs). In an interview they announced that the album would be very different from previous ones and would not include any duo. "Mind The Gap" is a warning on London's tube station Bank. People who listen to Scooter music should just be warned, that the upcoming party will be excessive... It is also a phrase from the lyrics of the KLF's track Hey Hey We Are Not The Monkees.

Apart from the already released and forthcoming singles, it contained new tracks which all borrowed parts to already existing songs. Killer Bees was a cover of "Mind the Gap" by The KLF from the 1987 album 1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?). My Eyes Are Dry was a partial cover of Tuxedomoon's 1978 song No Tears. All I Wanna Do sampled the Sheryl Crow's hit song All I Wanna Do. Panties Wanted was a cover of the song by Bad City Rockerz. Stripped wass a cover of the Depeche Mode song. The Avenger's Back is a half cover of Eddie Floyd's 1974 song Knock On Wood, in particular sampling the 1979 disco version by Amii Stewart. Trip to Nowhere sampled the 1998 single Godspeed by BT.

The year ended with One (Always Hardcore), a partial a cover of Always Hardcore by Neophyte, also using the chorus refrain of Alive by Pearl Jam (taken from the 1991 album Ten).

2005 : Scooter's follow-up to One (Always Hardcore) was entitled Suavemente (a cover of song originally performed by Elvis Crespo). In March, Shake That entered the Australian charts. The same month, they were nominated to TMF NL Award. According to an interview about their plans for the next future, they said would keep on covering tracks in the future. And HP declared he wanted to act in the next James-Bond Movie...

In October, Hello (Good To Be Back) was released. It used the famous machine gun intro of KLF's 3AM Eternal and Cappella's Move On Baby melody . Who's Got the Last Laugh Now was the title of their new album, out in November. The following month, the new single Apache (Rock The Bottom) was released. It used a theme already covered by General Base.

2006 : Scooter's new album was released in July and entitled Excess All Areas.

In August, Jay Frog, who joined the band four years before, replacing Axel Coon as the third member, left the trio to focus on solo projects. The successor is called Michael Simon, a 33 year-old Hamburg DJ and producer (he stood behindthe Shahin & Simon project, which toured with Scooter in 1996).

Scooter's new single was entitled Behind The Cow. It was at first planned to be released on the 1st December but it was postponed to 2007. In December, HP Baxter co-presented The Dome 40 and the group performed Behind The Cow. It included a rap part by US superstar and hip hop legend Fatman Scoop. The colourful video in Bollywood style was released on 11th January. The single used a sample from the KLF's What Time Is Love and peaked to #17 in the German charts.

In February they released the track Lass Uns Tanzen as vinyl without artist name under Discomania Distribution. In March, it was confirmed that it would be the next single, the first one with German lyrics. As it contained explicit lyrics, the video and lyrics were censored.

July : Scooter's new single was The Question Is What The Question. The track sampled the song How Do You Do by Mouth & MacNeal. It reached #5 in Germany, #2 in Austria, #4 in Finland and Hungary and entered #44 in the Netherlands.

Rumors said that their new single could be a cover of Underworld's Born Slippy. Then the new single's title was revealed : it would be entitled And No Matches (based on a melody reminding of Emilia's Big Big World, and a question first imposed by The Riddler, a character in Batman), out on November 23rd, shortly followed by the new album Jumpin' All Over The World one week later.

The intro track of the album, entitled The Definition, was based on the Wikipedia article on jumping and the music of Boccherini's Menuet and Trio, from his String Quartet in E. It also contained songs such as Marian (Version), a cover of the song by The Sisters of Mercy, sung solo by HP. The Hardcore Massive covered Fuck The System by Showtek. Whistling Dave sampled the Russian folk song Korobeiniki, known as the theme music from the video game Tetris (Nintendo Game Boy version).

2008 : Jumping All Over The World was the title of Scooter's new single, out on February 1st. It was based on the song A Glass Of Champagne by the pop group Sailor. At the end of February, the title of the next Scooter single was revealed : it was entitled I'm Lonely, remixed in a new trance version, out on April 18th. The track sampled the songs Lonely by Felix Project and A Step Too Far by Refresh.

In May, Jumping All Over The World was released in the UK. It was the first Scooter album to be released there since 2002. Massively supported by Clubland TV, it entered directly to #2, to replace Madonna at #1 the following week. The UK edition of the album introduced a new track : Jump That Rock!. It sampled the 1979 Status Quo song Whatever You Want and the introduction to te 1969 song Kick Out The Jams by MC5 (previously sampled by The KLF on What Time Is Love).

Scooter's jumpstyle dancers now have their own project : Sheffield Jumpers. They released their first single Jump With Me on the Scooter label Sheffield Tunes.

The next single was Jump That Rock!, planned for September. Its video was shot on August 12th.

On October 3rd, an extended version of Scooter's last album, renamed Jumping All Over The World - Whatever You Want, was released. The standard version included all tracks from the album, plus 7 "Hands On Scooter" bonus tracks (Scooter songs performed by well known artists such as the Bloodhound Gang). There was also a second CD with the new single, the greatest Scooter tracks of all time, and another bonus track

2009 : In July, the title of their new single was revealed : it was entitled J'adore Hardcore, released on September 4th 2009. The spoken words "J'adore hardcore" in the track are performed by French Scooter fan Maddy Julien. Song was based on Planet Funk's Chase the Sun and The Pitcher's I Just Can't Stop.

The new album, called Under The Radar Over The Top will follow on October 2nd 2009. In 2010, Scooter will start a new big tour through Germany : the "Under The Radar Over The Top Tour 2010" started in Cologne on March 11th. Scooter made their version of song Troy by Die Fantastischen Vier for their 20th year tribute album. And their hit Nessaja was used as main theme on the movie "Brüno".

In October, they released Ti Sento, featuring famous Italian singer Antonella Ruggiero (who originally released it in 1985 as she was a member of Matia Bazar). The next single was a re-recorded version of The Sound Above My Hair. It was inspired by Wonderful Life by the English alternative rock band Black. The video was shot in and around the Wernigerode castle in Germany. Premiere took place on November 13th, the single itself was out on November 27th.

2010 : Scooter's new single Stuck On Replay was the official song of the 2010 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship in Germany. It was released as a single in March 2010. It sampled the chorus of the 1984 Lionel Richie Stuck on You and the bridge of A Kay A by DJ Phil TY.

In May, they won a platinum Comet award for their whole carreer. In June they to released a Blu-Ray, DVD and CD of their concert in Hamburg. Their successful "Under The Readar Over The Top Tour" continued by the end of the year under the name "Stuff The Turkey X-mas Tour 2010".

2011 : Scooter released Friends Turbo, a remixed version of their hit Friends. It was featured as main theme on the German soundtrack of the Dutch movie New Kids Turbo. They shot the video for the single on Saturday 9th in Maaskantje (Netherlands), dressed like in the How Much Is The Fish videoclip, at the ogininal scenery of the movie together with Gerry from the New Kids. Scooter were nominated as best liveact at the Viva Comet Award 2011 but did not win.

The new Scooter single was entitled The Only One and was out on May 20th. In September, they announced that they have just finished recording their forthcoming album The Big Mash Up. Style of the new songs (dubstep) surprised the long-time fans. Their new single was entitled David Doesn’t Eat. Then came C'est Bleu, featuring Vicky Leandros.

2012 : in March, they released their new single It's A Biz (Ain't Nobody), for the beginning of their The Big Mash Up-Tour 2012. It did not do very well in the charts... In an interview for German channel Viva, they admitted that their change of music style was maybe a little bit too fast. Their new single was entitled 4 AM (inspired from Beverly Craven's hit Promise Me first verse) and it was released in September, featuring vocals by Jaye Marshall.

2016 : Scooter released 2 single : Oi in February (Oi is a subgenre of pubk music) and Mary Got No Lamb in May.

2017 : Scooter's next single was Bora! Bora! Bora!, trying to renew the success of the style of hits like Maria. New album Scooter Forever was released in August. Classical pianist Olga Scheps' released an album entitled 100% Scooter - Piano Only, gathering classic piano adapations of 11 famous Scooter songs. The year ended with a news single : In Rave We Trust

2018 : Scooter welcomed a new member called Etnik

2019 : Etnik was replaced in March by Sebastian Schilde (a.k.a. Nacho).

Other projects to which Scooter took part

Love Message - Love Message (1996)
Sunbeam - Arms Of Heaven (1996), Dreams (1997)
Bravo AllStars - Let The Music Heal Your Soul (1998)
Dance United - Reach Out (2002), Help Asia (2005)

Remixes done by Scooter

Interactive - Living Without Your Love (1995)
Shanin & Simon - Do The Right Thing (1995)
Ultra-sonic - Check Your Head (1995)
Modern Talking - Win The Race (2001)
Einmusik - Jettery Heritage (2005)

Under the name of "Ratty" :

Marc Et Claude - Loving You (2001)
Gouryella - Tenshi (2001)
Starsplash - Wonderful Days (2001)
ATB - Hold You (2001)
Ron Van Den Beuken - Timeless (Keep On Moving) (2003)

Under the name of "Loop!"

Community feat. Fonda Rae - Parade (1994)
Holly Johnson - Legendary Children (1994)
Toni Di Bart - The Real Thing (1994)
RuPaul - Everybody Dance / House Of Love (1994)
Tag Team - Here It Is! Bamm! (1994)
Adeva - Respect! (1994)
Kosmos feat. Mary K. - Codo (1994)
Prince Ital Joe feat. Marky Mark - Babylon (1994)
DJ Hooligan - I Want You (1994)
D.O.N.S. feat. Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam (1998)

Scooter official homepage
Shefftunes.tk
Thanks to Nico, Florent "v_uba", Rogier Verkroost, DJ Stakan, DTM NoLimits, Anders Bøgh, Eric-X, Denis "DJHooligan" Zhabkin and Eurodance Magazine
Thanks to Shimon O'Hana for the charts positions

Scooter biography was last updated Thu, November 25th 2021

Charts (singles)

Australia Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Hungary Netherlands New Zealand Norway Spain Sweden Switzerland UK
Hyper Hyper #2 #43 #28 #2 #7 #10 #26 #3
Move Your Ass #3 #16 #11 #3 #5 #6 #10 #3 #23
Friends #15 #3 #38 #15
Endless Summer #18 #13 #48 #5 #36 #11
Back In The UK #8 #17 #48 #4 #29 #39 #6 #18
Let Me Be Your Valentine #9 #45 #14 #23
Rebel Yell #7 #8 #8 #42 #17 #30
I'm Raving #4 #2 #4 #44 #37 #13 #33
Break It Up #18 #13 #15 #44
Fire #5 #1 #5 #10 #7 #11
The Age Of Love #21 #1 #35 #14 #20 #21
No Fate #36 #2 #39 #35
We Are The Greatest #36 #50 #26 #98 #45
How Much Is The Fish #9 #1 #2 #3 #21 #19 #23 #13
Call Me Manana #24 #10 #7 #16 #6 #25
Faster Harder Scooter #24 #17 #2 #7 #15 #3 #20
Fuck The Millennium #15 #2 #4 #11 #3 #61
I'm Your Pusher #33 #19 #17 #27 #74
She's The Sun #41
Posse (I Need You On The Floor) #7 #44 #15 #20 #7 #65 #16 #43 #15
Aiii Shot The DJ #22 #16 #29 #37 #98
Ramp (The Logical Song) #1 #4 #10 #11 #53 #7 #32 #1 #8 #14 #2
Nessaja #24 #2 #16 #5 #7 #1 #9 #2 #21 #7 #4
Weekend #37 #4 #35 #4 #7 #2 #7 #3 #9 #33 #12
The Night #12 #50 #15 #14 #10 #26 #14 #34 #16
Maria (I Like It Loud) #1 #38 #12 #4 #16 #21 #21 #16
Jigga Jigga #9 #17 #12 #10 #50 #10 #24 #45 #48
Shake That #12 #41 #10 #9 #8 #24 #4 #12 #38
One (Always Hardcore) #5 #41 #18 #9 #7 #10 #60 #30
Suavemente #27 #25 #10 #22 #18 #17 #58 #39
Hello! (Good To Be Back) #23 #48 #3 #14 #43 #36
Apache Rocks the Bottom #23 #5 #2 #24 #79 #47 #54
Behind The Cow #22 #3 #17 #54 #59 #78
Lass Uns Tanzen #41 #10 #19
The Question Is What Is The Question? #2 #4 #5 #42 #83 #49
And No Matches #20 #9 #62
Jumping All Over The World #23 #15 #28
I'm Lonely #20 #8
Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want) #19 #11 #91 #79 #57
J'adore Hardcore #16 #12 #90
Ti Sento #27 #10 #45
The Sound Above My Hair #74 #38
Stuck On Replay #58 #34
Friends Turbo #65 #43
The Only One #20 #45
David Doesn't Eat #67
C'est Bleu #77
It's A Biz #79
4 AM #96 #177
Army Of Hardcore #77
Bigroom Blitz #63 #79 #43
Today #75
Riot #16
Oi #19
Bora! Bora! Bora! #7
In Rave We Trust: Amateur Hour #37
Rave Teacher (Somebody Like Me) #2
God Save The Rave #2
Devil's Symphony #3
Which Light Switch Is Which? #4
Bassdrum #24 #6
Fck 2020 #82 #2
Paul Is Dead #14


 

 

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