Hello! (Good to Be Back)

"Hello! (Good to Be Back)"
Single by Scooter
from the album Who's Got the Last Laugh Now?
B-side	"Path"
Released	14 October 2005 (Germany)
Format	CD Single, 12", Digital download
Recorded	2005
Length	3:35
Label	Sheffield Tunes
Writer(s)	Gary Glitter Mike Leander H. P. Baxxter Rick J. Jordan Jay Frog Jens Thele
Producer(s)	Rick J. Jordan Jay Frog H.P. Baxxter
Scooter singles chronology
"Suavemente" (2005) "Hello! (Good To Be Back)" (2005) "Apache Rocks the Bottom!" (2005)

"Hello! (Good To Be Back)" is a song by German band Scooter. The song samples the refrain from Gary Glitter's 1973 single "Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again". It was released in October 2005 as the lead single from the album Who's Got the Last Laugh Now?.^[1]

Track listing

CD Single^[1] & Download^[2]

1. "Hello (Good To Be Back)" [Radio Edit] (3:35)
2. "Hello (Good To Be Back)" [Club Mix] (7:43)
3. "Hello (Good To Be Back)" [Extended] (5:52)
4. "Path" (3:36)

12"^[3]

1. "Hello (Good To Be Back)" [Extended] (5:52)
2. "Hello (Good To Be Back)" [Club Mix] (7:43)

Music video

The video for the song was shot in Chicago, Illinois, during the group's first tour of the United States.

Samples

"Hello! (Good To Be Back)" samples three songs. The main sample being from "Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again" by Gary Glitter from the 1973 album Touch Me. Additional samples are from "3 a.m. Eternal (Live At The S.S.L)" by The KLF from the 1991 album The White Room and "We Call It Acieed" by D Mob.

Chart performance

Chart (2005-2006)	Peak position
scope="row"	Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[4]	23
scope="row"	Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5]	48
scope="row"	Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[6]	46
scope="row"	Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[7]	3
scope="row"	Germany (Official German Charts)[8]	14
scope="row"	Hungary (Single Top 40)[9]	2
scope="row"	Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10]	43
scope="row"	Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[11]	36

References

1. Hello! (Good to Be Back): Scooter Amazon.de
2. Scooter - Hello! (Good To Be Back) MusicLoad.de
3. Scooter - Hello! (Good To Be Back) (12") Discogs.com
4. "Austriancharts.at – Scooter – Hello! (Good to Be Back)" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
5. "Ultratop.be – Scooter – Hello! (Good to Be Back)" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
6. "Scooter – Chart history" European Hot 100 for Scooter.
7. "Scooter: Hello! (Good to Be Back)" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
8. "Musicline.de – Scooter Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
9. "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
10. "Dutchcharts.nl – Scooter – Hello! (Good to Be Back)" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
11. "Swisscharts.com – Scooter – Hello! (Good to Be Back)". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved November 21, 2011.