"Friends Turbo" is a song by German

electronic dance Electronic dance music (EDM), also referred to as dance music or club music, is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres originally made for nightclubs, raves, and List of electronic dance music festivals, festivals. It is generally ...

band Scooter, and the theme song to the German version of the Dutch film ''

New Kids Turbo ''New Kids Turbo'', sometimes promoted as ''New Kids: Turbo!'', is a 2010 Dutch Action comedy, action-comedy film based on the television series ''New Kids''. The film premiered on 6 December 2010 and was released in all Dutch cinemas on 9 Decem ...

'', as well as the first single of their fifteenth studio album ''

The Big Mash Up ''The Big Mash Up'' is the fifteenth studio album from German electronic dance music band Scooter (band), Scooter and was released on 14 October 2011.

''. It was released on 15 April 2011, as a

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and

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release. It is a newer, updated version of their track "

Friends ''Friends'' is an American television sitcom created by David Crane (producer), David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting List of Friends episodes, ten seasons. With an ensemble cast ...

" from

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

Musical style and differences from the original

The track is a return to Scooter's old

happy hardcore Happy hardcore, also known as 4-beat or happycore, is a subgenre of hardcore dance music or " hard dance". It emerged both from the UK breakbeat hardcore rave scene, and Belgian, German and Dutch hardcore techno scenes in the early 1990s ...

style with influences from both

gabber Gabber ( ; ) is a style of electronic dance music and a subgenre of Hardcore (electronic dance music genre), hardcore, as well as the surrounding subculture. The music is more commonly referred to as hardcore, and is characterised by fast beats ...

and

hardcore techno Hardcore (also known as hardcore techno) is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany in the early 1990s. It is distinguished by faster tempos (160 to 200 BPM or more) and a distorted sawtooth ...

. Unlike their recent work from the albums ''

Under the Radar Over the Top ''Under the Radar Over the Top'' is the fourteenth studio album by German hard dance group Scooter. The album was released in Germany on 2 October 2009, preceded by the single " J'adore Hardcore" on 14 August. A second single, " Ti sento", was ...

'' and ''

Jumping All Over the World ''Jumping All Over the World'' is the thirteenth studio album by German techno group Scooter, released in Germany in 2007. Five singles have been released from it: "The Question Is What Is the Question?", " And No Matches", " Jumping All Over t ...

'', which has been strongly influenced by

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and

jumpstyle Jumpstyle is an electronic dance music, electronic dance style and music genre popular in Western Europe, originally in Belgium. Jumpstyling is often referred to as "Jumpen": a combination of the English word 'Jump' and the Dutch and German suf ...

, 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 A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ...

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 ''New Kids'' is a Dutch comedy sketch series about a group of anti-social youths from Maaskantje, a village in the southern province of North Brabant. It was created by and . The show was first shown on ''Flabber.nl'', a Dutch blog, as a succe ...

series, Gerrie van Boven, played by Tim Haars. 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 Rick J. Jordan (born Hendrik Stedler, 1 January 1968) is a German music producer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, audio engineer and sound designer, who is most well known for his work in the German band Scooter. Youth and early years Rick Jo ...

, 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! "Move Your Ass!" is a song by German band Scooter, released in January 1995 as the second single from their first studio album, '' ...and the Beat Goes On!'' (1995). In October of the same year, a ''Move Your Ass'' EP was marketed in the United ...

" and "maximum respect to the whole European posse!" from "

Hyper Hyper "Hyper Hyper" is a song by German band Scooter, released in May 1994 as the first single from their debut album, '' ... and the Beat Goes On!'' (1995). It was sold in three versions: two of the versions had the same track listings, but different ...

In other media

Dutch hardcore/happy hardcore

DJ Paul Elstak Paul Roger Elstak (known professionally as DJ Paul Elstak; born 14 January 1966 in The Hague) is a Dutch hardcore/gabber and happy hardcore DJ and record producer of Surinamese descent. He used to use his full name to create happy hardcore a ...

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. Scooter sampled DJ Paul Elstak's "Rainbow in the Sky" on their 2009 album ''

''.

Track listings

Charts

References

{{authority control 2011 singles Scooter (band) songs Songs written by H. P. Baxxter Songs written by Rick J. Jordan Songs written by Jens Thele Songs written by Michael Simon (DJ) 2011 songs