THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER

437-Scooter-”Ramp! (The Logical Song)”

2002-Number 2 single.

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If you were under the age of 18 in 2002 then your parents will have hated this song, which is what Pop Music should be all about. Every new generation needs it’s own identity.

Scooter (see also best songs 1033 and 144) are one of the worlds most successful Dance acts, having to date sold over 30 million records, they are Germany’s best selling singles act with 23 top 10 hits. Scooter were formed in Hamburg, Germany in 1993 by Hans Peter Geerdes, better known by his stage name H.P. Baxxter, and Hendrik Stedler who is better known as Rick J. Jordan, since their inception a further seven members have come and gone. When Jordan left the group in 2014, this left Baxxter as the bands one constant.To date they have released 20 studio Albums between 1995-2021, with their 2007 release ‘Jumping All Over the World’ reaching Number 1 in the UK. They have also achieved 11 UK top 40 singles, with this track being their most successful when peaking at Number 2 in 2002.

”Ramp! (The Logical Song)” was at the time of release one of four new songs recorded to promote Scooter’s second singles compilation Album ‘Push the Beat for This Jam (The Second Chapter’) released in January 2002. The song is loosely based on the English Rock band Supertramp’s 1979 UK Number 7 single ‘The Logical Song,’ with songwriting credits given to Roger Hodgson of Supertramp, the production was done by Scooter. The lyrical content includes a nod to the ‘KLF’ (see also best songs 329) who Scooter have always acknowledged as a big influence. The song features all of Scooter’s usual trademarks including high pitched voice, and vocal improvisation.

‘When I was young it seemed that life was so wonderful, a miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical, and all the birds in the trees, well they’d be singing so happily, so joyfully oh playfully, watching me.’