Our Happy Hardcore

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Our Happy Hardcore
Scooter - Our Happy Hardcore album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released28 March 1996
Recorded1995–1996
StudioLoop Dance Constructions Studios, Hamburg, Germany
Length45:02
Label Club Tools
Producer The Loop!
Scooter chronology
... and the Beat Goes On!
(1995)
Our Happy Hardcore
(1996)
Wicked!
(1996)
Singles from Our Happy Hardcore
  1. "Back in the U.K."
    Released: 14 November 1995
  2. "Let Me Be Your Valentine"
    Released: 29 February 1996
  3. "Rebel Yell"
    Released: 9 May 1996

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.

Contents

Followed by the success of the debut album "...And The Beat Goes On", this album continues the experimenting of happy hardcore and rave styles.

Track listing

All songs written by Rick J. Jordan, H.P. Baxxter, Ferris Bueller, and Jens Thele, except "Rebel Yell" written by Billy Idol and Steve Stevens.

  1. "Let Me Be Your Valentine" – 5:42
  2. "Stuttgart" – 4:52
  3. "Rebel Yell" – 3:57
  4. "Last Minute" – 2:57
  5. "Our Happy Hardcore" – 5:25
  6. "Experience" – 4:56
  7. "This Is a Monstertune" – 4:22
  8. "Back in the U.K." – 3:25
  9. "Hysteria" – 5:18
  10. "Crank It Up" – 4:08
Notes

Extended version

There was also an extended version of the album, released under JVC Japan label on 18 April 2000. [2] Not available in Germany until late 2003, the extended version featured five additional tracks, including remixes of all three singles from the original album.

The additional tracks featured on the extended version are:

20 Years of Hardcore Expanded Edition

A digitally remastered edition released in 2013. It contains 2 CDs: the first one is the original album, the second one contains the singles, B-sides and the remixes related to the album.

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Our Happy Hardcore
Chart (1996)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [3] 16
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [4] 54
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [5] 8
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [6] 17
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [7] 1
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [8] 31
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [9] 9
UK Albums (OCC) [10] 24

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Our Happy Hardcore
Chart (1996)Position
German Albums Chart [11] 91

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