We Are the Greatest

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"We Are the Greatest"
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Single by Scooter
from the album No Time to Chill
B-side "Greatest Beats"
Released21 September 1998
Recorded1998
Studio Loop D.C. Studio 1, Hamburg
Length3:28
Label Club Tools
Songwriter(s)
Scooter singles chronology
"How Much Is the Fish?"
(1998)
"We Are the Greatest" / "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
(1998)
"Call Me Mañana"
(1999)

"We Are the Greatest" is a song by German group Scooter. It was released as a double a-side with their cover of "I Was Made for Lovin' You" on 21 September 1998. [1] Both original versions of the songs are taken from the group's fifth studio album No Time to Chill . However, "We Are The Greatest" is remixed and has new vocals from HP compared to the album version.

Contents

Track listing

CD single [1]

  1. "We Are the Greatest" – 3:27
  2. "I Was Made for Lovin' You" – 3:32
  3. "We Are the Greatest" (Extended) – 4:35
  4. "Greatest Beats" – 3:05

12-inch single [2]

  1. "We Are the Greatest" (Extended) – 4:35
  2. "We Are the Greatest" – 3:27
  3. "I Was Made for Lovin' You" – 3:32

Samples

"We Are The Greatest" samples the 1983 single "Street Dance" by rap act Break Machine and the lyrics of the 1985 song "Don't Stop The Rock" by Freestyle.

Chart performance

Chart performance for "We Are the Greatest"
Chart (1998–1999)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [3] 36
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [4] 50
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [5] 98
Germany (Official German Charts) [6] 26
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [7] 45

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