Wicked!

Wicked!
Scooter studio album
Publication (s)	October 24, 1996
Label (s)	Club Tools, Edel Music
Format (s)	CD , MC
Genre (s)	Dance , techno and others
Title (number)	11
running time	46:13
production	The Loop!
Studio (s)	Loop Dance Constructions Studios, Hamburg
chronology Our Happy Hardcore (1996) Wicked! Age of Love (1997)
Single releases September 13, 1996 I'm raving November 14, 1996 Break it up

Wicked! ( English for: geil! ) is the third studio album by the German dance band Scooter . It was released on October 24, 1996 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 then three band members Rick J. Jordan , HP Baxxter and Ferris Bühler looking at the viewer. In the lower part is the title Wicked! once large in white and once small in brown. The brown lettering Scooter is at the top of the picture. The background is light blue.

Track list

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Wicked!   DE 22nd 11/11/1996 (16 weeks)   AT 30th December 01, 1996 (5 weeks)   CH 38 11/24/1996 (2 weeks)   UK 76 11/23/1996 (2 weeks)

Singles

I'm raving   DE 4th 07/10/1996 (14 weeks)   AT 4th 10/20/1996 (12 weeks)   CH 13 10/06/1996 (9 weeks)   UK 33 October 19, 1996 (3 weeks) Break it up   DE 15th 12/09/1996 (15 weeks)   AT 18th 01/05/1997 (11 weeks)   CH 44 02/09/1997 (2 weeks)   UK 83 06/14/1997 (1 week)

#	title	length
1	Wicked Introduction	1:49
2	I'm raving	3:25
3	We take you higher	4:22
4th	Awakening	4:26
5	When I Was a Young Boy	3:59
6th	Coldwater Canyon	5:15
7th	Scooter Del Mar	4:58
8th	Zebras Crossing the Street	4:58
9	Don't Let It Be Me	3:59
10	The first time	5:27
11	Break it up	3:36

Chart successes and singles

Wicked! entered the German charts at number 22 on November 11, 1996, and in the following weeks it was 32 and 34. In total, the album stayed in the top 100 for 16 weeks. This was also achieved in Austria, Switzerland and the United Kingdom Album the charts.

Especially the first single I'm Raving , which is a cover version of the song Walking in Memphis by Marc Cohn , was commercially successful. The track took 4th place in Germany and was awarded a gold record for more than 250,000 sales . The second release was the song Break It Up , which reached position 15 in the German charts.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ album cover
2. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK
3. ↑ Chart tracking Wicked! at officialcharts.de
4. ↑ Scooter - gold / platinum