German chart comments - Issue date - 12.11.2010

Still no changes at the top of the German singles chart, where IZ stays for a sixth week in a row with his "Over The Rainbow". Rihanna has to please herself with the runner-up position for yet another week, while the biggest new entry of the week comes in at #3. Dance project Duck Sauce, formed by Armand Van Helden and A-Track, has already made "Barbra Steisand" one of the most successful dance hits of the autumn and now its time for Germany to accommodate the song in its singles chart. The single samples Boney M's "Gotta Go Home" number one hit from 1979, which in its turn was based on "Hallo Bimmelbahn" of German band Nighttrain from 1973.
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Not much going on further in the top 10, with Aloe Blacc's "I Need A Dollar" reaching another peak at #4 (it's definitely one of the most surprising hits of the year), while Leona drops only four positions showing that the song may stay in the upper reaches of the chart long after the initial interest caused by Das Supertalent show has passed.
In the top 20 it is good to see Alphaville dropping by only two positions, which may result in a well deserved longevity of its chart presence.
At #22 we have another TV-triggered re-entry coming from Australian band Empire Of The Sun. "We Are The People", a great song as it is, initially reached only #65 in Germany but Deutsche Telekom has decided to use it in its Christmas advertising campaign in 2010. Thus, the single with ease breaks into the top thirty this time around.
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The second highest new entry comes from US rocker Kid Rock at #34. "Born Free", the pilot single from Kid's latest album of the same name, manages to become his third most successful song in Germany, trailing only the #26 peak of "American Bad Ass" and the number-one smash "All Summer Long".
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Next at #36 enters Adam Lambert, whose "Whataya Want from Me" is already one of the hits of the year, peaking at #5 in Germany. "If I Had You", albeit not a flop, shows that something went wrong this time around as the singer has a lot of potential, but unfortunately for now can be considered as a "one-hit wonder". And I hope I'll be proven wrong in the future.
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In the top fifty, it's worth mentioning that Mathias Reim jumps 20 places to #41, simultaneously with the entry of his latest album in the LP chart. The man is best known with his 1990 smash "Verdammt ich lieb dich" which spent ages at the top of the singles chart.
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At #43 and #44 we can find two quite different new entries coming from DJ Otzi (Austria's biggest star in the last ten years (unfortunately)), whose "Ich Will Mit Dir Fliegen" for now turns to be among his lesser singles, while a position behind it enters French DJ (yes, he is, unlike Otzi, a real DJ) Martin Solveig with "Hello", a collaboration with Canadian band Dragonette.
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At #55 Gossip bring a fourth single in the German charts but like the other two before it, "Men In Love" is nothing compared to "Heavy Cross". The latter this week jumps again to #38 from #45 ...
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Only two new entries in the top 100. The first of them is at #78 from the one and only Cheryl Cole. She may have a second solo album in UK, but in Germany the promotion still concerns the first one. "Parachute" is the third single taken from it, and despite being the best if you ask me, has the bad luck to be a complete flop compared to the #4-hit "Fight for This Love" and the #27 peak of "3 Words".
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It's bad luck also for Danish singer Aura Dione, whose third single "Something from Nothing" enters at #90 and that compared to the #1 success of "I Will Love You Monday" and the #12 peak of "Song for Sophie" is a real shame...
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