"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 covers. The song was one of the most successful dance hits of 1994. The original "Hyper Hyper" quotes were taken from Ultra-Sonic's 1993 track "Annihilating Rhythm (Do you love your hardcore?)", licensed to Low Spirit Records/Polydor. Ultra-Sonic receive a " big shout" in the lyrics of the song, as do a further thirty DJs who were popular in Germany in the mid-1990s.

Critical reception

Pan-European magazine ''

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'' wrote, "In the wake of massive successes by DJs-turned-performers such as Marusha,

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Westbam Maximilian Lenz (born 4 March 1965), known by his stage name WestBam, is a German DJ and musician. He is the co-founder of the record label Low Spirit. Career Lenz started his musical career in 1978 in the punk scene of his birth town Münster ...

and

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, a new star is born. Produced by, a highly successful remixer collective, all ingredients are present to emulate the success of the aforementioned." They also described it as "hilarious" and "instantly catchy", noting that the track "deftly fused hardcore with a razor-sharp pop sensibility."

Music video

The accompanying

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for "Hyper Hyper" was directed by Plastic Reality. It was A-listed on Germany's VIVA in October 1994.

Track listings

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Covers

The song was covered by

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and Otto Von Schirach on the Modeselektor album '' Happy Birthday!''. The song was covered again in 2011, entitled "Hacker Hacker", by the German

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FX of Phenoelit (who provided the lyrics adaptation) and DJ Dom Williams (Phonoelit, TimeCoderz), on the occasion of the last official ph-neutral 0x7db, a Berlin hacker and

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. In this version of the song, the shout-outs go out to 30 more or less famous hackers, researchers and

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professionals.Phenoelit – Hacker Hacker
(on youtube.com)

References

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