Friends Turbo

"Friends Turbo"

Single by Scooter

from the album New Kids Turbo (Soundtrack)/The Big Mash Up

Released

15 April 2011

Format

CD, Digital download

Recorded

2011

Label

Sheffield Tunes

Writer(s)

H. P. Baxxter
Rick J. Jordan
Ferris Bueller
Jens Thele
Michael Simon

Scooter singles chronology

"Stuck on Replay"
(2010)

"Friends Turbo"
(2011)

"The Only One"
(2011)

"Friends Turbo" is a song by German electronic dance band Scooter, and the theme song to the German version of the Dutch film New Kids Turbo.^[1] It was released on 15 April 2011, as a CD single and download release.^[2] It is a newer, updated version of their track "Friends" from 1995.

Musical style and differences from the original

The track is a return to Scooter's old happy hardcore style with influences from both gabber and hardcore techno. Unlike their recent work from the albums Under the Radar Over the Top and Jumping All Over the World, which has been strongly influenced by hardstyle and jumpstyle, respectively, "Friends Turbo" has a much higher BPM, easily fitting into the happy hardcore genre. The track is recognizably different from the 1995 original, as more lyrics from band vocalist H.P. Baxxter have been added, various other instruments have been introduced into the mix, and the drums/bassline has been completely reworked. The band also returns to their trademark high pitched vocal, this time slightly autotuned to fit the 2011 sound.

Music video

The first news of the music video was released on 8 April 2011 on a Dutch news site, which reported that Scooter were filming the music video for their new single in the small village of Maaskantje. The video shoot lasted two days, and involved the whole band and one character from the New Kids series, Gerrie van Boven, played by Tim Haars.^[3] There was reported news of a car accident on the set, which caused some concern as it was not made clear if it was part of the video or an actual accident.

The music video for Friends Turbo was released on 17 April 2011. It was recorded in the Dutch town of Maaskantje, known for being the home of the New Kids. As the track is the theme song of the German version of the film "New Kids Turbo!", the music video is a montage of footage from the film and of band members H.P. Baxxter, Rick J. Jordan, and Michael Simon in Maaskantje. Gerrie, one of the New Kids, hits H.P. with his car, and takes several pictures of himself with him. Following this, the band members drive around the Dutch countryside with Gerrie, wreaking havoc and performing the tune and ignoring the incident that happened before with the car. At the end of the video, the band members leave the town, and Gerrie bids them farewell, shouting key phrases from their older singles like "it's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice!" from "Move Your Ass!" and "maximum respect to the whole European posse!" from "Hyper Hyper".^[4]

Track listings

CD single (2-track)^[5]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Friends Turbo (Movie Version)"	3:20
2.	"Friends Turbo"	3:19

Download^[6]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Friends Turbo (Movie Version)"	3:20
2.	"Friends Turbo"	3:19
3.	"Friends Turbo (Drum & Bass Mix)"	4:02

In other media

Dutch hardcore/happy hardcore DJ Paul Elstak did the theme song for the Dutch version of the film. His track was simply known as "Turbo!", and also had a music video featuring the New Kids.^[7] Scooter sampled DJ Paul Elstak's "Rainbow In The Sky" on their 2009 album Under the Radar Over the Top.

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[8]	65
Germany (Official German Charts)^[9]	43

References

↑ New Kids Turbo - Offizieller Trailer (Deutsch) HD YouTube.com
↑ Friends Turbo ScooterTechno.com
↑ "Omroep Brabant: Scooter neemt New Kids-videoclip op in Maaskantje". Omroepbrabant.nl. 2011-04-08. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
↑ "Scooter - Friends Turbo (Official Video HD)". YouTube. 2011-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
↑ Friends Turbo: Scooter Amazon.de
↑ Friends Turbo: Scooter Amazon.de
↑ "NEW KIDS ft Paul Elstak - TURBO". YouTube. 2010-11-08. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
↑ "Austriancharts.at – Scooter – Friends Turbo" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
↑ "Officialcharts.de – Scooter – Friends Turbo". GfK Entertainment.

Scooter

H.P. Baxxter Michael Simon Phil Speiser Jens Thele Ferris Bueller Axel Coon Jay Frog Rick J. Jordan

Studio albums	... and the Beat Goes On! Our Happy Hardcore Wicked! Age of Love No Time to Chill Back to the Heavyweight Jam Sheffield We Bring the Noise! The Stadium Techno Experience Mind the Gap Who's Got the Last Laugh Now? The Ultimate Aural Orgasm Jumping All Over the World Under the Radar Over the Top The Big Mash Up Music for a Big Night Out The Fifth Chapter Ace

Live albums	Encore: Live and Direct Live: Selected Songs of the 10th Anniversary Concert at Docks, Hamburg Excess All Areas Live in Hamburg

Compilations	Rough and Tough and Dangerous – The Singles 94/98 Push the Beat for This Jam (The Singles 98–02) 24 Carat Gold 20 Years of Hardcore

Singles	"Vallée de Larmes" "Hyper Hyper" "Move Your Ass!" "Friends" "Endless Summer" "Back in the U.K." "Let Me Be Your Valentine" "Rebel Yell" "I'm Raving" "Break It Up" "Fire" "The Age of Love" "No Fate" "How Much Is the Fish?" "We Are The Greatest/I Was Made For Lovin' You" "Call Me Mañana" "Faster Harder Scooter" "Fuck the Millennium" "I'm Your Pusher" "She's the Sun" "Posse (I Need You on the Floor)" "Aiii Shot the DJ" "Ramp! (The Logical Song)" "Nessaja" "Weekend!" "The Night" "Maria (I Like It Loud)" "Jigga Jigga!" "Shake That!" "One (Always Hardcore)" "Suavemente" "Hello! (Good to Be Back)" "Apache Rocks the Bottom!" "Behind the Cow" "Lass uns tanzen" "The Question Is What Is the Question?" "And No Matches" "Jumping All Over the World" "I'm Lonely" "Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want)" "J'adore Hardcore" "Ti Sento" "The Sound Above My Hair" "Stuck on Replay" "Friends Turbo" "The Only One" "David Doesn't Eat" "C'est Bleu" "It's A Biz (Ain't Nobody)" "4 AM" "Army of Hardcore" "Bigroom Blitz" "Today" "Can't Stop the Hardcore" "Radiate" "Riot" "Oi"

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