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Under the Radar Over the Top

album by Scooter

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ1399756
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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 released on the same day as the album. The album was released in the UK on 23 November 2009. The third single "The Sound Above My Hair" was released on 27 November 2009., and "Stuck on Replay", the fourth single from the album was used as the official theme song of 2010 IIHF World Championship.

The album's cover was photographed at the former American NSA espionage site Teufelsberg in Berlin. The title comes from Alexis Petridis' Guardian article about the group's unexpected UK success in 2008.

The album's release was supported by a German tour in March 2010. The album went Gold the same year.

Track listing

Limited edition

A limited edition version of the album features a second CD entitled The Dark Side Edition and a bonus DVD.

The Dark Side Edition track listing

The DVD features a personal Scooter travelogue from the band’s trip through Australia, Africa and Asia as well as an exclusive interview and selected comments on the album.

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The public source identifies “Under the Radar Over the Top” as album by Scooter. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Radar, Over and album.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2009, 2010, 2008—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2009-10-02. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Radar, Over and album providing the first useful test.
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Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1399756. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2009, 2010 and 2008.

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