... and the Beat Goes On!

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... and the Beat Goes On!
Scooter studio album

Publication
(s)

January 31, 1995

Label (s) Club Tools, Edel Music

Format (s)

CD , LP , MC

Genre (s)

Techno , happy hardcore , rave

Title (number)

11

running time

58:25

production

The Loop!

Studio (s)

The Ambience Studio, Germany

chronology
- ... and the Beat Goes On! Our Happy Hardcore
(1996)
Single releases
May 26, 1994 Hyper Hyper
December 15, 1994 Move your ass!
April 6, 1995 Friends
July 24, 1995 Endless summer

... and the Beat Goes On! (English for: ... and the beat goes on! ) is the debut album by the German dance band Scooter . It was released on January 31, 1995 on the labels Club Tools and Edel Music .

production

The album was produced by the production team The Loop !, consisting of Hans Peter Geerdes , Hendrik Stedler , Jens Thele and Sören Bühler.

Cover design

The album cover shows the smiling faces of the then three band members Rick J. Jordan , HP Baxxter and Ferris Bühler. Below is the title ... and the Beat Goes On! in large, glowing white letters. At the top of the picture is the blue lettering Scooter . The background is in the colors blue, red and yellow.

Track list

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
... and the Beat Goes On!
  DE 25th 03/27/1995 (20 weeks)
  AT 27 04/09/1995 (5 weeks)
  CH 29 04/02/1995 (7 weeks)
Singles
Hyper Hyper
  DE 2 10/03/1994 (23 weeks)
  AT 2 11/06/1994 (14 weeks)
  CH 3 11/13/1994 (22 weeks)
Move your ass!
  DE 3 02/13/1995 (13 weeks)
  AT 3 02/12/1995 (14 weeks)
  CH 3 02/05/1995 (19 weeks)
  UK 23 04/01/1995 (5 weeks)
Friends
  DE 3 05/29/1995 (15 weeks)
  AT 15th 07/02/1995 (12 weeks)
  CH 15th 06/18/1995 (13 weeks)
Endless summer
  DE 5 08/14/1995 (12 weeks)
  AT 18th 09/03/1995 (8 weeks)
  CH 11 09/03/1995 (10 weeks)
# title length
1 Different reality 5:33
2 Move your ass! 5:38
3 Waiting for Spring 4:28
4th Endless summer 4:04
5 Cosmos 6:06
6th Rhapsody in E 6:02
7th Hyper Hyper 5:00
8th Raving in Mexico 6:05
9 Beautiful vibes 5:13
10 Friends 5:10
11 Faster Harder Scooter 5:06

Chart successes and singles

... and the Beat Goes On! entered the German charts on March 27, 1995 at number 43 and two weeks later reached the highest position at number 25. Overall, the album stayed in the Top 100 for 20 weeks with one interruption. The album also reached the charts in Austria and Switzerland, placing 27 and 29 respectively.

The four songs released as singles from the album were even more successful than the album itself. The first release, Hyper Hyper, reached rank 2 in the German and Austrian charts and was awarded a platinum record for more than 500,000 units sold in Germany . The following singles Move Your Ass! , Friends and Endless Summer also reached the top 5 in the German charts and were each awarded a gold record for over 250,000 sales .

Individual evidence

  1. album cover
  2. Chart sources: DE AT CH UK
  3. Chart tracking ... and the Beat Goes On! at officialcharts.de
  4. Scooter - gold / platinum