Fuck the Millennium (Scooter song)

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"Fuck The Millennium"
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Single by Scooter
from the album Back to the Heavyweight Jam
B-side "New Year's Day"
Released12 November 1999 (Germany)
Length4:28 (Album version)
3:58 (Single Version)
4:12 (Video)
Songwriter(s) H.P. Baxxter, Rick J. Jordan, Axel Coon, and Jens Thele.
Scooter singles chronology
"Faster Harder Scooter"
(1999)
"Fuck The Millennium"
(1999)
"I'm Your Pusher"
(2000)

"Fuck the Millennium" is a song by German group Scooter. It was released in November 1999 as the second single from the album Back to the Heavyweight Jam . It reached the top-ten in three countries, peaking at number 2 in Belgium (Flanders), number 3 in Sweden and number 4 in Finland.

Contents

Content

The song samples "The Passion" by Technohead. For the single release, the track was completely remixed. The new version of the song contains a sample of Jimmy Torres' song "Wheels".

The bearing vocal phrase of the song is originally from the KLF's song with the same name from 1997; "Fuck the Millennium".

Track listing

  1. "Fuck The Millennium" – 3:58
  2. "Fuck The Millennium" - Extended – 5:15
  3. "New Year's Day" – 6:39

Music video

The music video of the song shows a concert of Scooter and backstage material.

Chart performance

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