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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

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THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

144-Scooter-Move Your Ass!1995-Number 23 single.

Best Bit-At 4.02. ‘It’s important to be nice, but it’s more nice to be important’….Oh silly me, I’ve got it the wrong way around again.

Scooter were formed in 1993 by H.P. Baxxter, who was born Hans Peter Geedes on March 16th, 1964, in Leer, West Germany, and Rick J, Jordan, who was born Hendrik Stedler, on January 1st, 1968, in Hanover, West Germany. The pair first met in 1985 after they both replied to a classified advertisement, together they formed the Synth-Pop/New Wave band ‘Celebrate the Nun,’ along with Britt Maxine, and Slin Tompson. The band achieved initial success, but as musical tastes changed they would take their sound in a different direction, hence the move to ‘Techno,’ and ‘Happy Hardcore.’ ‘Celebrate the Nun’ would continue with other members, but Baxxter and Jordan would leave to form ‘Scooter’ in 1993 along with Ferris Bueller who would a remain member until 1998, Jordan would leave in 2014, with Baxxter remaining as the bands one constant. In total there have been nine different members come and go and they remain active. Scooter (see also best songs 1033 and 437) have sold in excess of 30 million records worldwide, and are Germany’s most successful singles act with 23 top 10 hits in that country.

‘Move Your Ass!’ was the third single release from Scooter, and the second track released from their debut studio Album ‘….and the Beat Goes On,’ from January 1995, all four band members at that time all receive the songwriting, and producing credits. In total four singles were issued from that debut Album, and in order to promote the band in the UK all of those singles were issued together on an ‘Extended Play,’ with ‘Move Your Ass!’ bringing the band to the attention of the British public for the first time. The other three tracks were their breakthrough hit in Germany ‘Hyper Hyper,’ along with ‘Friends,’ and ‘Endless Summer.’

Initially in the UK ‘Move Your Ass!’ failed to garner much interest, as it stalled at Number 98 in April 1995, but with further promotion of the ‘EP,’ the song took off, and on re-release it peaked at Number 23. The song was a top 20 hit in many European countries, where it’s highest chart positions were in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland where it made Number 3.

‘Scooter, back in the house, get off your shirts and wait for further instructions. Starting the microphone business, I’ve got one message for the next decade,’Move Your Ass!’