The Question Is What Is the Question?

"The Question Is What Is the Question?"
Single by Scooter
from the album Jumping All Over the World
B-side	"The Fish Is Jumping"
Released	10 August 2007 (2007-08-10) [1]
Genre	Jumpstyle
Length	3:46
Label	Sheffield Tunes (Germany) All Around the World (UK)
Songwriter(s)	Harry van Hoof Hans van Hemert H. P. Baxxter Rick J. Jordan Michael Simon Jens Thele
Producer(s)	Rick J. Jordan Michael Simon
Scooter singles chronology
"Lass uns tanzen" (2007) "The Question Is What Is the Question?" (2007) "And No Matches" (2007)

"The Question Is What Is the Question?" is a song by German musical group Scooter. It was released as the first single from their 13th studio album, Jumping All Over the World . The B-side, "The Fish is Jumping", is a jumpstyle remix of "How Much Is the Fish?".

Samples used

• "The Question Is What Is the Question?" interpolates the song "How Do You Do" by Mouth & MacNeal, taken from the 1972 album of the same name, and samples "I Like to Move It" by Reel 2 Real and the Think break.
• "The Fish Is Jumping" interpolates the song "Zeven Dagen Lang" by the Dutch band Bots. This same piece of music is used on the 1998 Scooter single "How Much Is The Fish?", taken from the album No Time to Chill .

Track listings

German CD maxi and download ^[2]

1. "The Question Is What Is the Question?" (radio edit) (3:46)
2. "The Question Is What Is the Question?" ('A Little Higher' Clubmix) (6:02)
3. "The Question Is What Is the Question?" (extended) (5:50)
4. "The Fish Is Jumping" (3:50)

12-inch

1. "The Question Is What Is the Question?" ('A Little Higher' Clubmix) (6:02)
2. "The Question Is What Is the Question?" (extended) (5:50)
3. "The Fish Is Jumping" (3:50)

UK CD maxi and download

1. "The Question Is What Is the Question?" (radio edit) (3:46)
2. "The Question Is What Is the Question?" (extended) (5:50)
3. "The Question Is What Is the Question?" (Headhunters Remix) (5:54)
4. "The Question Is What Is the Question?" (Alex K Remix) (6:28)
5. "The Question Is What Is the Question?" (Flip & Fill Remix) (5:50)
6. "The Question Is What Is the Question?" (Micky Modelle Remix) (6:49)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2007–2008) Peak position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [3] 2 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [4] 19 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [5] 4 Germany (Official German Charts) [1] 5 Hungary (Single Top 40) [6] 4 Ireland (IRMA) [7] 18 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [8] 42 Scotland (OCC) [9] 11 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [10] 83 UK Singles (OCC) [11] 49

Year-end charts Chart (2007) Position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [12] 34 Germany (Official German Charts) [13] 31

References

1. "Scooter – The Question Is What Is the Question" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
2. CD Maxi at Amazon.de
3. "Scooter – The Question Is What Is the Question" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
4. "The ARIA Report: European Top 20 Charts – Week Commencing 24th September 2007" (PDF). ARIA. 24 September 2007. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 February 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
5. "Scooter: The Question Is What Is the Question" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat.
6. "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
7. "Chart Track: Week 19, 2008". Irish Singles Chart.
8. "Scooter – The Question Is What Is the Question" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
9. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
10. "Scooter – The Question Is What Is the Question". Swiss Singles Chart.
11. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
12. "Jahreshitparade Singles 2007". austriancharts.at (in German). Retrieved 19 February 2020.
13. "Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 2007" (in German). GfK Entertainment . Retrieved 19 February 2020.