Soul control

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Soul Control is a German musician duo consisting of Thomas "Tom" Quella (* 1980 in Berlin ) and Leonard "Leo" Buck (* 1979 in Sierra Leone ).

Career

They gained fame through their single Chocolate (Choco Choco) , published in 2004 , which made it into the top five of the charts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and was published in over 40 countries. The single was sold over 170,000 times in Germany alone.

Tom and Leo met in 1999 at a concert by Leo's then band Moddeling Throu. Together with Bruce Hammond both the song Chocolate and the following album Here we go were produced. In 2004 they were part of the Toggo Tour. In 2007 they worked with Gerald Anderson on the song Don't Play with Your Noodle . This was also released on the album Gerlads Noodle Dance . In 2019 they released another single after a long break.

Chocolate has been covered and parodied by various musicians. Including Spongebob (chocolate) or The Smurfs (Smurf's bike).

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Here we go
  DE 88 10/18/2004 (2 weeks)
  CH 87 10/17/2004 (1 week)
Kimito Choco Choco
  JP 104 06/14/2006 (3 weeks)
Singles
Chocolate (Choco Choco)
  DE 5 06/07/2004 (18 weeks)
  AT 2 06/06/2004 (25 weeks)
  CH 3 06/20/2004 (21 weeks)
  UK 25th 09/18/2004 (3 weeks)
Baila Loco
  DE 29 10/18/2004 (6 weeks)
  AT 63 10/17/2004 (2 weeks)
  CH 35 10/17/2004 (5 weeks)
Germany is cool
  DE 93 05/19/2006 (1 week)

Albums

  • 2004: Here We Go (Label: Na Klar! / Universal)
  • 2006: Kimito Choco Choco (Label: Avex Trax)
  • 2007: Don't play with ya noodle

EPs

  • 2004: Germany is cool / Germany is cool (Label: Na Klar! / Universal)
  • 2006: Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (What f ... song?) (Label: Na Klar! / Universal)

Singles

  • 2004: Chocolate (Choco Choco) (Label: Na Klar! / Universal)
  • 2004: Baila Loco (Label: Na Klar! / Universal)
  • 2005: Boogaloo (Label: Dance Bug / Universal)
  • 2007: Don't Play With Your Noodle (La La La) (Label: Dance Bug / Universal)
  • 2008: So Sexy (Label: Dance Bug / Universal)
  • 2010: African Child
  • 2019: Now That You've Gone
  • 2020: Butterfly

Music videos

  • Chocolate (Choco Choco)
  • Baila Loco
  • Germany is cool
  • Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
  • Don't play with your noodle
  • So sexy
  • Now That You've Gone
  • butterfly

additional

  • A video game was developed for Baila Loco and is on the maxi CD.
  • An anime for the song Chocolate was broadcast in Japan in 2006.
  • The Japanese version of Chocolate was used by FujiTV as the theme for the Ponkikki show.

Awards

  • ADTV Award 2004 for the "Choco Choco Dance"
  • Platinum in the Philippines for Chocolate (Choco Choco)
  • Entry in the Guinness Book of Records. On July 4, 2006, 200,000 people danced to the song CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP in Berlin
  • World record 2004: 1987 people danced to Chocolate at the same time
  • 2017 Another attempt was made in Poland to set a world record with Chocolate .
  • Dutch Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award 2004

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/279634/soulmates-are-choco-lovers
  2. ↑ SoulControl ( memento from June 30, 2007)
  3. ↑ http://www.singleeurope.com/comments/rhythm/2004/rh200426.html
  4. ↑ Chart sources: DE CH AT UK JP
  5. ↑ http://www.giga-search.de/0,3404,102665,00.html
  6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DAPVnwRjPE&feature=youtu.be
  7. ↑ http://z3.invisionfree.com/celebritycenter/ar/t176.htm