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Presents Marshall Masters Feat. The Ultimate MC, released in 1997. The song was produced and written by Acardipane and was released on Acardipane Records/ID&T. The lyrics "My radio believe me I like it loud" originally come from the

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Track list

Chart performance

Scooter version

In 2003, "I Like It Loud" was covered by German

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group Scooter as "Maria (I Like It Loud)". It was released as the third and final single from their 2003 album '' The Stadium Techno Experience''.

History

The version made for the single features

and Dick Rules and is a

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ed version of the track featured on the album. The video for the song shows Scooter performing at a night club together with Dick Rules, who acts as MC in the same way as he acts in life performances together with Marc Acardipane. In the charts, the single reached No. 4 in Germany and Austria. The song is also used by some

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clubs to boost atmosphere in the stadium, most notably as the anthem for Romanian team Steaua Bucharest, and as the goal-celebration song for German club

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, American club

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and Croatian club

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. The

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ice hockey team used it as their goal song from the 2011

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playoffs until the end of the 2012/13 season. Slovan Bratislava uses the song as their regular goal song during home matches. It was also used in

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by Alan Norris who used it as his walk-on music during 2016. As of the 2021/22 season, it is used as the goal song of Dutch football clubs

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and

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. As of 2020 it has been used by

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whenever a goal is scored. As of June 2023 it is used as the goal song of the

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Track listing

Trivia

*During the shooting of the music video, H.P. Baxxter met his future wife.

Chart performance

Year-end charts

Certifications

Other covers

* In 2002 was covered by the Club Robbers as a

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version and in 2007 the

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band Cosmic Guys covered the song. Marc Acardipane played the song with Dick Rules on a single in 2003.Marc Acardipane Feat. Dick Rules – I Like It Loud
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recorded a short cover of this song. * Kickboxer

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uses a version of the song remixed by Redman which includes portions of his Smash Sumthin song.

References

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