The Question Is What Is the Question? explained

The Question Is What Is the Question?
Cover:	The Question Is What Is the Question? (Scooter single - cover art).jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Scooter
Album:	Jumping All Over the World
B-Side:	The Fish Is Jumping
Genre:	Jumpstyle
Length:	3:46
Label:	Sheffield Tunes (Germany) All Around the World (UK)
Producer:	Rick J. Jordan Michael Simon
Prev Title:	Lass uns tanzen
Prev Year:	2007
Next Title:	And No Matches
Next Year:	2007

"The Question Is What Is the Question?" is a song by German musical group Scooter. It was released as the first single from their 13th studio album, Jumping All Over the World. The B-side, "The Fish is Jumping", is a jumpstyle remix of "How Much Is the Fish?".

Samples used

• "The Question Is What Is the Question?" interpolates the song "How Do You Do" by Mouth & MacNeal, taken from the 1972 album of the same name, and samples "I Like to Move It" by Reel 2 Real, the Think break, and Flamman & Abraxas' remix of "I Wanna Be a Hippy" by Technohead.
• "The Fish Is Jumping" interpolates the song "Zeven Dagen Lang" by the Dutch band Bots. This same piece of music is used on the 1998 Scooter single "How Much Is the Fish?", taken from the album No Time to Chill.

Track listings

German CD maxi and download^[1]

1. "The Question Is What Is the Question?" (radio edit) – 3:46
2. "The Question Is What Is the Question?" ('A Little Higher' Clubmix) – 6:02
3. "The Question Is What Is the Question?" (extended) – 5:50
4. "The Fish Is Jumping" – 3:50

12-inch

1. "The Question Is What Is the Question?" ('A Little Higher' Clubmix) – 6:02
2. "The Question Is What Is the Question?" (extended) – 5:50
3. "The Fish Is Jumping" – 3:50

UK CD maxi and download

1. "The Question Is What Is the Question?" (radio edit) – 3:46
2. "The Question Is What Is the Question?" (extended) – 5:50
3. "The Question Is What Is the Question?" (Headhunters Remix) – 5:54
4. "The Question Is What Is the Question?" (Alex K Remix) – 6:28
5. "The Question Is What Is the Question?" (Flip & Fill Remix) – 5:50
6. "The Question Is What Is the Question?" (Micky Modelle Remix) – 6:49

Charts

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "The Question Is What Is the Question?"!Chart (2007)!Position

Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[3]	34
Germany (Official German Charts)^[4]	31

Notes and References

1. https://www.amazon.de/dp/B000TJA1BK CD Maxi at Amazon.de
2. Web site: The ARIA Report: European Top 20 Charts – Week Commencing 24th September 2007. ARIA. 29. 24 September 2007. dead. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222442/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20071020-0000/issue916.pdf. 23 February 2008. 20 July 2022.
3. Web site: Jahreshitparade Singles 2007. austriancharts.at. de. 19 February 2020.
4. Web site: Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 2007. GfK Entertainment. de. 19 February 2020.