Back to the Heavyweight Jam

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Back to the Heavyweight Jam
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Studio album by
Released27 September 1999
Recorded1999
StudioLoop D.C. Studios 1 and 2, Hamburg, Germany
Length48:11
Label Club Tools, Loop Dance Constructions
Producer
Scooter chronology
No Time to Chill
(1998)
Back to the Heavyweight Jam
(1999)
Sheffield
(2000)
Singles from Back to the Heavyweight Jam
  1. "Faster Harder Scooter"
    Released: 23 August 1999
  2. "Fuck the Millennium"
    Released: 15 November 1999

Back to the Heavyweight Jam is the sixth studio album by German band Scooter, released on 27 September 1999. It contains two singles, "FasterHarderScooter" and "Fuck the Millennium".

Contents

After the single release of "Fuck the Millennium" the album was re-released in December 1999 in limited edition with bonus tracks.

The album title is borrowed from a repeated line in one of the versions of the KLF song "Last Train to Trancentral".

Track listing

All songs written and composed by H.P. Baxxter, Rick J. Jordan, Axel Coon, and Jens Thele. All lyrics written by The Radical MC H.P.

  1. "Keyser Soze" – 1:12
  2. "Watch Out" – 4:15
  3. "FasterHarderScooter" – 3:46
  4. "Well Done, Peter" – 3:53
  5. "Fuck the Millennium" – 4:28
  6. "The Revolution" – 4:05
  7. "Psycho" – 5:05
  8. "The Learning Process" – 4:55
  9. "I'll Put You on the Guest List" – 5:11
  10. "Main Floor" – 5:35
  11. "Kashmir" – 4:44
  12. "No Release" – 6:16

Strictly Limited Fuck the Millennium Edition:

  1. "Fuck the Millennium" (Single Version)
  2. "Dutch Christmas"
  3. "Waiting for the Spring / Let Me Be Your Valentine" (Live)
  4. "The Age of Love" (Live)
  5. "No Fate" (Live)

Notes

Charts

Chart performance for Back to the Heavyweight Jam
Chart (1999–2000)Peak
position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [1] 3
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [2] 7
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [3] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [4] 35
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [5] 5
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [6] 25

Certifications

Certifications for Back to the Heavyweight Jam
CountryCertificationDateSales certified
GermanyGold2000150,000

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