84 01 Topmodelz - Maniac

 

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Chart Run: 84

 

Audio CD (17. Oktober 2008)

Anzahl Disks/Tonträger: 1

Format: Single

Label: Aqualoop (rough trade)

ASIN: B001FAR7GE

 

 

Previous Single (25.04.2008): When You're Looking Like That

Chart Run: 89-98-81 [3 wks]

 

German chart history (Year peak title):

 

2001 72 L'Esperanza

2007 80 Your Love

2007 75 Summer Of 69

2008 81 When You're Looking Like That

2008 84 Maniac

92 01 Luxuslärm - 1000 km Bis Zum Meer [D]

 

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Chart Run: 92

 

Format: Digital Single

 

 

German chart history (Year peak title):

 

2008 92 1000 km Bis Zum Meer

Thanks Ben! For some reason I was really thinking Amy would go number one this week, but I guess not...

Yan's German chart comments - Issue date Oct 31

 

So as I suggested last time around, German band Polarkreis 18 was directly heading to the number one position in the country's singles chart and the guys have just proved me right. Pink has now to give up the top position after only three weeks spent there. "Allein Allein", which jumped 8-4-1, is the first single of the Dresden band to enter the countdown. The catchy synthie-pop track is worth a listen to, especially if you like German music.

 

Speaking of German music, the two biggest new entries of the week come from Giovanni and "Wundervoll", and Peter Fox, with "Haus am See" at #9 and #10, respectively. Giovanni first became famous as a member of German superband Bro'sis from the beginning of the 2000s. The group, which was selected after a Popstar casting, had enormous success with hits like "I Believe", "Do You" and "Oh No/Never Stop" before splitting in 2004. After being a TV star for some years, Giovanni decided to return to the music business with "Wundervoll", a German-Italian song. The track is actually not his first solo project, but his 2006 album "Coming Up" failed to make it to the charts.

 

As long as Peter Fox is concerned, "Haus am See" is the second single from the first solo album "Stadtaffe" of the Seed frontman. The song is released only a few weeks after "Alles neu", the first offer from the CD (still being in the top 20), which reached #4.

 

Going down the chart we will find the latest single of boyband US5. Despite that the song features in the soundtrack of the monster cinema hit High School Musical 3 (maybe only in the German version), it is the first song of US5 to actually miss the top 10. And as their chart history is similar to those of McFly in the UK, unless HSM3 boosts its sales, expect "The Boys Are Back" to quickly disappear.

 

And finally great to see one of my favourite songs of the year finally going in the German charts, as "Tattoo" of Jordin Sparks makes its appearance in the top 20. The quite boring "No Air" reached #10 some months ago.

Edited November 3, 200816 yr by YanBG

Going down the chart we will find the latest single of boyband US5. Despite that the song features in the soundtrack of the monster cinema hit High School Musical 3 (maybe only in the German version), it is the first song of US5 to actually miss the top 10. And as their chart history is similar to those of McFly in the UK, unless HSM3 boosts its sales, expect "The Boys Are Back" to quickly disappear.

thanks for the comments Yan!

 

You can find Us5's song also in the UK version of HSM 3 album.

But why, I thought nobody knows them in UK?

 

 

It's "Polarkreis 18" btw ;)

I think Maria was a small hit in the UK, but yeah, hardly anyone remembers them.

 

Who are Polarkreis 18? They seem to be doing great in Denmark too, any reason why?

I think Maria was a small hit in the UK, but yeah, hardly anyone remembers them.

 

Who are Polarkreis 18? They seem to be doing great in Denmark too, any reason why?

Maria peaked at # 38 in the UK :lol:

 

Polarkreis 18 sing in three languages: German, English and Danish. Maybe that's why they have success out there too (and one of the members could be danish?)

It's "Polarkreis 18" btw

Of course :blush:

The Polarkreis 18 song is way better than I expected!

its very Pet Shop Boys meets Depeche Mode meets Era

The Polarkreis 18 song is way better than I expected!

It's a good track but it's a bit annoying for me that it is half English, half German. The song should be sung either fully German or English imo.

I quite like mixed language songs myself, but there should be fully English and German versions too :)