Best of Bonkers is the first "best of" set in the Bonkers

Bonkers (compilation)

The Bonkers series was one of the leading happy hardcore compilation series in the UK. The first release was in 1996 on record label React , it was available on 2xCD, 2xTC and 4xLP formats...

 series of happy hardcore

Happy hardcore

Happy hardcore, also known as happycore, is a genre of music typified by a very fast tempo , often coupled with solo vocals and sentimental lyrics. Its characteristically 4/4 beat "happy" sound distinguishes it from most other forms of hardcore techno, which tend to be "darker". It is typically in...

 compilation albums, which has become the best-selling hardcore compilation series of all time. It has no new songs per se, but does feature songs that have never appeared on the Bonkers series before.

Track listing

Disc 1: Hixxy

Hixxy

Hixxy or DJ Hixxy, born Ian Hicks, is a British UK Hardcore and previously happy hardcore DJ and musician from Portsmouth, England....

 & Re-Con

1. Ikon - Give Yourself To Me (Fade and Bananaman Remix) - 4:50
2. J.D.S. - Higher Love (Slipmatt Remix) - 4:05
3. Hixxy and Sunset - People Party (remix) - 4:50
4. Force and Styles
   Darren Styles
   Darren James Mew , better known as Darren Styles, is a British record producer, disc jockey and singer-songwriter from Colchester, England. Originally a member of the breakbeat hardcore group DJ Force & The Evolution, Darren found success during the 1990s as one half of Force & Styles...
   
    - Harmony - 4:16
5. Vampire - Techno Storm (Sharkey Remix) - 3:42
6. Force and Styles - Wonderland - 4:02
7. E-Logic and DNA - Kick Your Legs In The Air - 4:24
8. O.M.G. - The One - 4:13
9. Triple J - Have It All (Pan Mix) - 5:35
10. Antisocial - 24-7 - 4:00
11. DJ Paul Elstak - Don't Leave Me Alone (Hardcore Mix) - 3:51
12. Critical Mass - Burnin Love (DJ Weirdo and DJ Sim 173.683 Remix) - 4:28
13. Antisocial - Forever Young - 4:55
14. Wedlock - Ganjaman - 3:25
15. Lockjaw - Deep In The Underground - 3:03
16. Phoenix - Now Who's In Control - 3:25
17. Diss Reaction - Jiiieehaaaa - 3:04
18. Lockjaw - Reactor - 3:02
19. Nosferatu - The Future - 2:44
20. Wedlock - I'm The Fuck You Man - 3:34

Disc 2: Sharkey

DJ Sharkey

Sharkey is a British record producer, disc jockey, and rapper. Sharkey co-created a style of hardcore techno known as freeform or freeform hardcore.-Career:...

 & Druid

1. Hixxy and Sharkey - Toytown (Exclusive Intro Mix) - 2:53
2. Seb - Rainbow Islands (Sharkey Remix) - 1:28
3. Druid and Sharkey - Bonkers Anthem - 3:14
4. Helix
   DJ Helix
   Helix is a male United Kingdomer who has been a disc jockey and music producer since the 1990s, whose real name is Matt Carlton.[1] He has been DJing in the happy hardcore scene and producing hardcore techno music since the mid-1990s.[1]...
   
    and Tekno Dred - U R Everything Feat Marlon and Becks - 3:05
5. Druid and Kevin Energy - Future Dimensions - 1:59
6. Brisk and Trixxy - Back To The Top - 2:32
7. Bang The Future - Body Slam - 1:48
8. Sharkey - Revolutions Pt.2 (Slipmatt Remix) - 1:48
9. DJ Slam - Influence (Exclusive Bonkers Remix) - 2:53
10. DJ Fury - Lemonade Raygun - 2:42
11. Kevin Energy - Vertigo - 2:40
12. DJ Fury - De Sensitize 98 - 2:21
13. Kevin Energy - Waves Of Desire - 3:44
14. Sharkey - The Awakening - 3:55
15. K Complex - Adagio - 3:29
16. DJ Kaos - Can You Feel It (Acid and Bass VIP Mix) - 4:18
17. Ethos and Kaos Ft Mc Sharkey - Get Fucked - 3:46
18. CLSM
    CLSM
    CLSM is also an abbreviation of the scientific term Confocal laser scanning microscopyCLSM is also an abbreviation of the concrete term CLSM is a British Happy Hardcore group...
    
     - John Peel (Its Not Enough) - 3:06
19. Kaos and Ethos - Technorocker - 4:31
20. CLSM and Sharkey - Wicked MC - 4:10
21. Marc Smith - Boom 'n' Pow (Exclusive Marc Smith Bonkers Remix) - 4:15
22. Alas Smith and Sharkey - Oh No! - 1:46
23. Helix - Now Control - 4:26
24. Sharkey - Product Of Society - 5:25
25. DJ Eclipse - Ultraworld 5 - 2:59

Disc 3: Scott Brown

Scott Brown (DJ)

Scott Alexander Brown is a Glasgow-born Scottish DJ and music producer, now living in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Brown produces and plays a variety of genres commonly called rave. Although he is most associated with bouncy techno, his music ranges from happy hardcore, through hard trance, to...

1. Scott Brown and Hyperbass - We're Droppin This (Plus System Remix) - 3:44
2. Plus System - Make You Freak - 3:06
3. Plus System - Prince of Darkness - 2:00
4. Scott Brown - Turn Up The Music (Breeze and Styles Remix) - 2:35
5. Plus System - Commence - 2:00
6. Scott Brown - Wakey Wakey - 2:33
7. Plus System - Neckbreaker - 2:11
8. SY and Unknown - Bring Me Round To Love (Scott Brown Evolution Remix) - 2:33
9. Scott Brown - Rock You Softly - 3:39
10. Scott Brown feat Cat Knight - All About You - 2:00
11. Scott Brown - Taking Drugs? - 2:33
12. Plus System - This Is How We Do It - 3:16
13. Scott Brown - Elysium Plus - 2:33
14. Brisk and Ham - Angel Eyes - 3:49
15. Tommyknocker - Twist - 3:05
16. Art Of Fighters - Earthquake - 3:44
17. Scott Brown - Ghosts - 2:49
18. Hard Creation - Bastard / Asshole - 2:53
19. The Viper and Tommyknocker - The Prophecy Unfolds (Tha Playah Remix) - 3:59
20. Scott Brown - Boomstick - 3:54