Open Your Mind and Your Trousers

Open Your Mind and Your Trousers
Open Your Mind and Your Trousers
Studio album by Scooter
Released	22 March 2024
Recorded	2022–23
Studio	Sheffield Underground (Hamburg, Germany)
Length	42:27
Label	Sheffield Tunes; Kontor; Virgin;
Producer	Scooter; Merlin; Benzsoul; Mike Hawkins; Toby Green; Timmy Trumpet;
Scooter chronology
Singles from Open Your Mind and Your Trousers
	"Waste Your Youth"; Released: 13 January 2023; "Techno Is Back"; Released: 14 April 2023; "Constellations"; Released: 23 June 2023; "For Those About to Rave"; Released: 21 July 2023; "Berliner Luft"; Released: 15 September 2023; "Rave & Shout"; Released: 1 December 2023; "I Keep Hearing Bingo"; Released: 9 February 2024; "Let's Do It Again"; Released: 1 March 2024; "Posse Reloaded"; Released: 22 March 2024;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
laut.de	^[1]
Musikexpress	^[2]

Open Your Mind and Your Trousers is the twenty first studio album by German band Scooter. It was released on 22 March 2024 through Sheffield Tunes, Kontor Records and Virgin Records.^[3] This is the first album to feature Marc Blou, who joined the group in 2022, replacing previous member Sebastian Schilde, and the first without Michael Simon, who was with the band from 2006 to 2022. This album also marks the return of Jay Frog, who was previously with the band from 2002 to 2006, then rejoined in 2022. It's his first album with the band since Who's Got the Last Laugh Now? in 2005.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Thirty, Rough and Dirty"	H. P. Baxxter Marc Blou Jay Frog Jens Thele	Scooter	1:45
2.	"Rave & Shout" (with Harris & Ford)	Baxxter Blou Frog Thele Patrick Pöhl Kevin Kridlo Donna Lugassy Rachel Velberg	Scooter	3:00
3.	"Posse Reloaded" (with Finch)	Baxxter Rick J. Jordan Axel Coon Thele Johan van Beek Robert Mahu Jasper Drexhage Guido Pernet Larenzo Nash	Scooter	2:33
4.	"Techno Is Back" (with Harris & Ford)	Baxxter Blou Frog Thele P. Pöhl Kridlo Lugassy Velberg Emil Dietrich	Scooter	2:56
5.	"I Keep Hearing Bingo"	Baxxter Blou Thele Matthias Uhle Alexander Kaiser	Scooter	2:25
6.	"Children of the Rave"	Baxxter Blou Frog Thele André Appel Morten Juhl Velberg Lugassy Sebastian Moser	Scooter	2:27
7.	"Let's Do It Again"	Baxxter Blou Frog Thele	Scooter	2:11
8.	"Waste Your Youth"	Baxxter Blou Frog Thele Maximillian Bohnet Mary Jensen Peter Stephan Brugger Rüdiger Linhof Florian Weber	Scooter Merlin^[a] Benzsoul^[a]	2:44
9.	"Sun Comes Back Around"	Baxxter Blou Thele Christin Pohl Loris Cimino Riehl	Scooter Merlin^[a] Benzsoul^[a]	2:33
10.	"For Those About to Rave" (with Timmy Trumpet)	Timothy Jude Smith Mikkel Cox Tobias Frederiksen Baxxter Blou Frog Thele Marcel Neumann	Mike Hawkins Toby Green Timmy Trumpet^[b] Scooter^[b]	2:42
11.	"ARDRHU"	Baxxter Blou Leander Benz Merlin Janowsky Thele	Scooter Merlin^[a] Benzsoul^[a]	3:53
12.	"Berliner Luft"	Baxxter Blou Frog Thele	Scooter	2:46
13.	"Ten Feet"	Baxxter Thele Blou Frog Sebastian Schilde Simon Adrian Riehl C. Pohl	Scooter	3:06
14.	"Constellations"	Baxxter Thele Blou Frog Andreas Josef Huber Jan Hammele Lina Hansson	Scooter	2:56
15.	"Avoid Rivals"	Baxxter Blou Frog Thele	Scooter	4:25

Notes

^a signifies a co-producer
^b signifies an additional producer
"Posse Reloaded" is a re-recorded version of Scooter's self-titled track "Posse (I Need You on the Floor)" from the album "We Bring The Noise"
"I Keep Hearing Bingo" contains elements of "A Neverending Dream" by X-Perience.
"Waste Your Youth" contains elements of "Ein Kompliment" by Sportfreunde Stiller.
"Berliner Luft" contains elements of "Berliner Luft", written by Paul Lincke.

Charts

Chart performance for *Open Your Mind and Your Trousers*
Chart (2024)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[4]	4
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[5]	2
Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ)^[6]	35
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[7]	8
UK Dance Albums (OCC)^[8]	2

References

^ Fromm, Dani. "Bumm-bumm for those about to rave" (in German). laut.de. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
^ Spilker, Rebecca (22 March 2024). "Scooter :: OPEN YOUR MIND AND YOUR TROUSERS" (in German). Musikexpress. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
^ "Bewährtes Rezept: Scooter bringen "Open your Mind and your Trousers" heraus" (in German). RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
^ "Austriancharts.at – Scooter – Open Your Mind and Your Trousers" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Scooter – Open Your Mind and Your Trousers" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista (fizikai hanghordozók) – 2024. 16. hét". MAHASZ. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Scooter – Open Your Mind and Your Trousers". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
^ "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 March 2024.

[1] Fromm, Dani. "Bumm-bumm for those about to rave" (in German). laut.de. Retrieved 20 July 2024.

[2] Spilker, Rebecca (22 March 2024). "Scooter :: OPEN YOUR MIND AND YOUR TROUSERS" (in German). Musikexpress. Retrieved 20 July 2024.

[3] "Bewährtes Rezept: Scooter bringen "Open your Mind and your Trousers" heraus" (in German). RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.

[ac_Austria_Scooter-4] "Austriancharts.at – Scooter – Open Your Mind and Your Trousers" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 April 2024.

[ac_Germany4_Scooter-5] "Offiziellecharts.de – Scooter – Open Your Mind and Your Trousers" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 28 March 2024.

[6] "Album Top 40 slágerlista (fizikai hanghordozók) – 2024. 16. hét". MAHASZ. Retrieved 25 April 2024.

[ac_Switzerland_Scooter-7] "Swisscharts.com – Scooter – Open Your Mind and Your Trousers". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 March 2024.

[ac_UKDance_-8] "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 March 2024.

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v t e Scooter
H. P. Baxxter Marc Blou Jay Frog Jens Thele Rick J. Jordan Phil Speiser
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 Scooter Forever God Save the Rave Open Your Mind and Your Trousers
Live albums	Encore: Live and Direct Live: Selected Songs of the 10th Anniversary Concert at Docks, Hamburg Excess All Areas Live in Hamburg I Want You to Stream!
Compilations	Rough and Tough and Dangerous – The Singles 94/98 Push the Beat for This Jam (The Second Chapter) 24 Carat Gold 20 Years of Hardcore 100% Scooter – 25 Years Wild & Wicked
Singles	"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 (SPY Version)" "Riot" "Oi" "Mary Got No Lamb" "Bora! Bora! Bora!" "My Gabber" "In Rave We Trust - Amateur Hour (Anthem Mix)" "Rave Teacher (Somebody Like Me)" "God Save the Rave" "Devil's Symphony" "Which Light Switch is Which?" "Bassdrum" "FCK 2020" "Paul is Dead" "We Love Hardcore" "Groundhog Day" "Rave Witchers" "The Spell Remains" "Do Not Sit If You Can Dance" "Waste Your Youth" "Techno is Back" "Constellations" "For Those About to Rave" "Berliner Luft" "Rave & Shout" "I Keep Hearing Bingo" "Let's Do It Again"
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