Scooter is a German happy hardcore, rave and techno music band founded in Hamburg in 1993. To date, the band has sold over 30 million records and earned over 80 Gold and Platinum awards. Scooter is considered the most commercially successful German single-record act with 23 top ten hits. Since December 2022, the band is composed of lead vocalist H. P. Baxxter, musician/producer Marc Blou, DJ/producer Jay Frog and manager Jens Thele.
The Stadium Techno Experience is the ninth studio album by German hard dance group Scooter. Three singles were released from it: "Weekend!", "The Night" and a remix of "Maria " featuring Marc Acardipane and Dick Rules. Its artwork is an homage to the 1991 album The White Room by The KLF. It is the first album featuring Jay Frog. In the United Kingdom, The Stadium Techno Experience became Scooter's second studio album in the top 40 after Our Happy Hardcore (1996).
Hans Peter Geerdes, professionally known by his stage name H. P. Baxxter, is a German musician best known as the lead vocalist of the German techno band Scooter. He founded Scooter with his friend Rick J. Jordan in 1993.
Our Happy Hardcore is the second studio album by German dance group Scooter. The European release date for the album was 28 March 1996. Three singles were released from the album, starting with "Back in the U.K." in November 1995 and "Let Me Be Your Valentine" in February 1996. The final single, a cover version of the Billy Idol song "Rebel Yell", followed in May 1996. The mostly instrumental "Crank It Up" is notable for its use as the theme tune for the Bruno segments in Da Ali G Show.
"Jumping All Over the World" is a song by German musical group Scooter, taken from their 13th studio album, Jumping All Over the World (2007). In the United Kingdom, it was the band's highest-charting single in five years, reaching number 28 on the UK Singles Chart. The radio edit of the song features an extra verse, an altered opening, and an added crowd chorus near the end of the song. This differs from the album edit that has only one verse and no crowd chorus.
"And No Matches" is a single by German techno group Scooter. It was released as the second single from their 2007 album Jumping All Over the World.
"Weekend" is a song by Dutch band Earth and Fire. It was released by Earth and Fire as a single in November 1979 and reached the number one spot in the singles charts in the Netherlands, Switzerland, West Germany, Denmark and Portugal. It was written by keyboard player Gerard Koerts for the album Reality Fills Fantasy.
Under the Radar Over the Top is the fourteenth studio album by German hard dance group Scooter. The album was released in Germany on 2 October 2009, preceded by the single "J'adore Hardcore" on 14 August. A second single, "Ti sento", was released on the same day as the album. The album was released in the UK on 23 November 2009. The third single "The Sound Above My Hair" was released on 27 November 2009., and "Stuck on Replay", the 4th single from the album is being used as the official theme song of 2010 IIHF World Championship.
The Sheffield Jumpers are a dance troupe and group of musicians from Rotterdam, who practice the jumpstyle type of dancing and music. They are most well known with their performances with German band Scooter. The name "Sheffield Jumpers" came from H.P. Baxxter's own suggestion, because the Jumpers wanted a new identity, and until then were known as the "Scooter Jumpers".
"J'adore Hardcore" is a single by German hard dance group Scooter. It was released as the first single from their 2009 album Under the Radar Over the Top on 14 August 2009. Record label All Around the World released the single in the UK on 2 November 2009.
"Ti sento" is a song by the Italian pop band Matia Bazar from their 1985 album Melanchólia. It reached number one in Belgian music charts and number two in the Dutch charts. It has been covered multiple times, including by Swedish singer Lena Philipsson as "Jag känner" in 1986. In October 2009, a version by Scooter became an international hit. In October 2023, a remix of the song by Bob Sinclar was released.
"One (Always Hardcore)" is a song by German musical group Scooter. It was released in December 2004 as the third single from their 2004 album Mind the Gap. The radio edit is a remix of the song's album version, featuring more elaborate instrumental bridges.
"Nessaja" is a song written by Peter Maffay and Rolf Zuckowski from the musical Tabaluga released in 1983 on the album Tabaluga oder die Reise zur Vernunft. German band Scooter released a version as single on 8 April 2002. It features as a bonus track on the group's first live album, Encore: Live and Direct, and was the first Scooter single to feature newest member at that time Jay Frog. The pitch shifted female vocals are performed by Nicole Sukar. "Nessaja" became Scooter's first and only number-one single in Germany and reached number two in Austria, Norway, and Romania. In the United Kingdom, the song peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart.
"The Sound Above My Hair" is the third single release from the Scooter album Under the Radar Over the Top, following "J'adore Hardcore" and "Ti sento". "The Sound Above My Hair" was first performed live at The Dome 52. The track used in the single was taken from a sample of "Wonderful Life" by the English alternative rock band Black. In addition, the track also samples the 19th century Shaker hymn, "Simple Gifts". H. P. Baxxter uses Auto-Tune effect while singing.
"How Much Is the Fish?" is a hardcore/Euro-dance song by a German group Scooter. It was released in June 1998 as the lead single from their fifth studio album No Time to Chill. It is the first song to feature Axel Coon. It was made for the France '98 FIFA World Cup.
Celebrate the Nun was a German synth-pop band founded by H.P. Baxxter, Rick J. Jordan, Britt Maxime and Slin Tompson in 1986; members of the band would eventually form Scooter.
"Friends Turbo" is a song by German electronic dance band Scooter, and the theme song to the German version of the Dutch film New Kids Turbo, as well as the first single of their fifteenth studio album The Big Mash Up. It was released on 15 April 2011, as a CD single and download release. It is a newer, updated version of their track "Friends" from 1995.
The Big Mash Up is the fifteenth studio album from German electronic dance music band Scooter and was released on 14 October 2011. The album was preceded by the single "Friends Turbo" released on 15 April 2011, the second single "The Only One", released on 20 May 2011, a third single, "David Doesn't Eat", released on the same day as the album itself. The fourth single, "C'est Bleu" featuring Vicky Leandros, was released on 2 December 2011. On 23 March 2012 a new version of "It's a Biz " is released as the fifth single.
Ace is the eighteenth studio album by German band Scooter released on 5 February 2016 through Sheffield Tunes & Kontor Records, preceded by the first single "Riot" on 4 September 2015, and the second single "Oi" was released on 5 February 2016. They both peaked in Hungary at No.16 and 19 respectively. The third single "Mary Got No Lamb" was released on 6 May 2016.
God Save the Rave is the twentieth studio album by German band Scooter, released on 16 April 2021 through Sheffield Tunes and Kontor Records. It is the first Scooter album not to be released after the usual one year-two year gap, being released almost four years after 2017's Scooter Forever. It is also the first and only studio album featuring Sebastian Schilde, who replaced Phil Speiser in 2019 and then departed from the band in December 2022, and the final studio album featuring Michael Simon who also left in December 2022 after being with the band since 2006.
