Not only is this man number one in the Netherlands, he's keeping the mighty De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig off the top spot. It's almost akin to Engelbert Humperdinck preventing 'Strawberry Field Forever' from getting to number one in '67.

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Denmark's No1 is the alarming sounding 'Fuck Dig' by Anna David. Perhaps fortunately Google Image didn't find any pictures of the Scando Floosy and her pornographic pop.

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Norway's number one is Jorun Stiansen with her 'I-hum-it-around-the-house-all-the-time' classic 'This Is The Night' but I thought their number two looked more interesting. Ladies and gentlemen I give you Schnappi. Schnappi is the one in the middle by the way....like you didn't know.



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Backstreet Boys kiss my I bambino fanno oh. Yes, hunky italian stallion, Povia, rules the roost in Italy, that most cultured of nations. It just goes to show that with a little talent and an acoustic guitar even a side of ham can make it big time.

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Finally, because I can't be bothered anymore, I give you Finland's top of the pops. They may have an image as gentle reindeer herders but the Finns like proper rock and the rather menacing looking Kometfabriken have blasted their way to stardom with "Gott Nytt År". No mean feat since that little circle above the A means it's actually impossible to sing along to as it's pronouced as a little bubble of oxygen.

So it's over and out. But of course this wouldn't be a proper round up of international charts without a condesending Johnny Foreigner badgering sign off, so here it is.

And you thought our charts were bad HA HA HA HA HA!!!!

Oh wait they are...

New York, London, Paris, Munich

Schnappi is a crocodile, yo.

But what's number one in Zimbabwe today I ask you?

Is it just me, or does the muppet on the right look kinda wistful, maybe even pensive? Like he's supposed to be doing this press photo op, but really, he's thinking of how fleeting his fame might really be...

Or he might be thinking about the sandwiches in the next room. Or his all-too-short fling with the chick in the green latex.

Maybe he's the creative force behind the group, while Schnappi hogs all the glory.

Or he's wishing he had arms.

The top 100 songs in Germany right now (downloadable):


http://203.255.26.229/aspnet_client/system_web/planet-cinema/top100.html


No. 41: Schnappi - ein lama in yokohama

I like this one: 32 wir sind helden - nur ein wort

Holy crap, Nena is still around? 35 - nena - liebe ist

Burma:

"We Are Heros - Just One Word" for the germanically-challenged.









yes, I am just trying to up my post count.

Damn, I wish this link still worked. I want to see what is popular in Germany today.

darrin needs to do this again

I don't even know how to pronounce that name.

I like the title but I wasn't in amusing form that day.

Darrin keeps us informed about that big old world and stuff.