Our Happy Hardcore

chronology
Our Happy Hardcore
Scooter studio album
Publication ; (s)	March 28, 1996
Label (s)	noble music
Format (s)	CD, record, MC, VHS
Genre (s)	Dance , happy hardcore , hard trance , hardcore techno
Title (number)	10
running time	45:02
production	HP Baxxter , Rick J. Jordan , Ferris Bueller, and Jens Thele .
Studio (s)	Loop DC Studios 1 and 2, Hamburg

Our Happy Hardcore is the second studio album by the German dance band Scooter . The album reached number 17 in the sales charts in Germany and is therefore more successful than the previous album ... and the Beat Goes On! . In addition, at number 9 in the album charts, it is the best-placed Scooter album in Switzerland to date . The CD also includes a multimedia part for the computer that includes a kart game demo, a music video of the song Back In The UK and some information. This is the first multimedia part ever released on a CD by a German band. A VHS cassette called "Happy Hardcore Clips" was also released for the album .

The cover of the album shows the title Our Happy Hardcore on an orange background, around which the three Scooter members are grouped. It was designed by Marc Schilkowski , who was also responsible for the design of other Scooter covers. The photos are from Andreas Kess.

An extended edition of the album was released in the same year on the label Victor Entertainment Japan, but was not available in Germany for a long time. It contains five additional tracks, including remixes of all three single releases from the original album, including by Commander Tom .

music

The song Last Minute is a happy-hardcore version of the Hebrew folk song Hava Nagila , while Rebel Yell a cover of the hit of the same name by Billy Idol is built in the 1984th The song Back In The UK samples a melody from the Miss Marple films that was written by Ron Goodwin . In the original version, this song was in the charts earlier.

Stuttgart is a purely instrumental piece, without the typical Scooter spoken vocals by HP Baxxter. The hard trance piece This Is A Monstertune and other songs on this album also have no voice.

Crank It Up is a stylistically close to gabber piece.

Track list

No.	Track	Duration
1.	Let Me Be Your Valentine	5:42
2.	Stuttgart	4:52
3.	Rebel Yell	3:57
4th	Last minute	2:57
5.	Our Happy Hardcore	5:25
6th	Experience	4:56
7th	This Is A Monster Tune	4:22
8th.	Back In The UK UK	3:25
9.	Hysteria	5:18
10.	Crank It Up	4:08

Single releases

Three singles were released from Our Happy Hardcore .

Back In The UK

On November 24, 1995, the first single Back In The UK was released. The song uses the well-known theme tune from the Miss Marple films. In Ireland the single Back in Ireland was released at the same time .

Back In The UK Long Version (5:24)
Back In The UK Radio Version (3:25)
Unity Without Words Pt.2 (6:28)
Crank It Up (4:08)

The accompanying video clip was shot entirely in black and white. It is set in the narrow hallways of an old apartment building. While HP Baxxter is playing the lyrics of the song in the midst of dancing young women, the two other Scooter members, dressed in English suits, stride through the stairwell and discover corpses and many weird figures.

Let Me Be Your Valentine

Let Me Be Your Valentine hit German record stores on February 29, 1996. It was the first single Scooters that did not make it into the top ten of the German sales charts.

Let Me Be Your Valentine The Complete Work (5:42)
Let Me Be Your Valentine Edit (3:47)
Eternity (5:19)
The Silence of T. 1210 MK II (1:31)

Rebel Yell

The third release was a cover of the Billy Idol song Rebel Yell , it was released on May 9, 1996. With this song, Scooter were the first dance band to cover a rock song. All versions are different from the album version.

Rebel Yell Radio Edit (3:41)
Rebel Yell Extended Mix (4:44)
Euphoria (3:57)

The video for Rebel Yell is based on classic vampire films . The members of Scooter drive through a gloomy area at night with a full moon until they come to a castle. There they intone Rebel Yell in front of dancing people in rococo clothes who turn out to be vampires.

Chart placements

title	Chart positions
title	Germany Germany	Austria Austria	Switzerland Switzerland	United Kingdom Great Britain	Ireland Ireland	France France	Finland Finland	Sweden Sweden	Netherlands Netherlands
Our Happy Hardcore (Album)	17th	16	9	24	-	-	-	-	-
Back In The UK Back in Ireland	4th	8th	6th	18th	4th	48	17th	39	29
Let Me Be Your Valentine	14th	9	23	-	9	45	-	-	-
Rebel Yell	8th	7th	17th	30th	3	-	8th	42	-

Individual evidence

↑ www.scootertechno.com (see 1995) ( Memento from February 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Scooter discography singles on Germancharts.com .
↑ Back in Ireland was only published in Ireland.

[1] www.scootertechno.com (see 1995) ( Memento from February 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

[2] Scooter discography singles on Germancharts.com .

[3] Back in Ireland was only published in Ireland.


Studio albums	... and the Beat Goes On! (1995) • Our Happy Hardcore (1996) • Wicked! (1996) • Age of Love (1997) • No Time to Chill (1998) • Back to the Heavyweight Jam (1999) • Sheffield (2000) • We Bring the Noise! (2001) • The Stadium Techno Experience (2003) • Mind the Gap (2004) • Who's Got the Last Laugh Now? (2005) • The Ultimate Aural Orgasm (2007) • Jumping All Over the World (2007) • Under the Radar Over the Top (2009) • The Big Mash Up (2011) • Music for a Big Night Out (2012) • The Fifth Chapter (2014) • Ace (2016) • Scooter Forever (2017)
Live albums	Encore - Live & Direct (2002) • Excess All Areas (2006) • Live in Hamburg (2010)
Compilation albums	Rough and Tough and Dangerous (The Singles 94/98) (1998) • Push the Beat for This Jam (The Singles 98-02) (2002) • 24 Carat Gold (2002) • 20 Years of Hardcore (2013) • 100% Scooter - 25 Years Wild & Wicked (2017)