Soul Control

Soul Control
OriginGermany
GenresPop
Years active2004-present
LabelsUniversal
MembersTom Quella
Leo Buck

Soul Control is a German musical duo consisting of Thomas "Tom" Quella (born 1970 in Berlin) and Leonard "Leo" Buck (born 1979 in Sierra Leone). They are best known for their 2004 single "Chocolate (Choco Choco)".

History

Tom (left), Leo (right) together with German musician DJ Kaito (2023)

They gained fame through their 2004 single "Chocolate (Choco Choco)", which was placed in the top five of the charts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and was released in over 40 countries. Tom and Leo met at a concert by Leo's band Moddeling Throu in 1999.[1] Together with Bruce Hammond produced both the song Chocolate and the following album Here We Go.[2] In 2004 they were Part of the Toggo tour.

In 2007 they worked with Gerald Anderson for the song "Don't Play with Your Noodle (La La La)". This was also released on the album Gerald's Noodle Dance . A similar thing happened with the song "So Sexy". This time they worked together with Marian Rivera.

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
GER
 SWI
 JPN
[3]
Here We Go 88 87 —
Kimito Choco Choco
  • Released: 2006 only in Japan
  • Label: Avex Trax
 — — 104
Don't Play with Your Noodle
  • Released: 12 March 2007
  • Label: Unknown
 — — —
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

EPs

Title Details Peak chart positions
GER
 SWI
Deutschland ist Cool / Deutschland ist Geil
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: Maxhybrid / Sony Music
 93 —
Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (What f... song?)
  • Released: 28 July 2006
  • Label: Na Klar! / Universal
 — —
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications
GER
[4]
 AUT
[5] 		BEL
(FL)
[6] 		SWI
[7]
 UK
[8]
"Chocolate (Choco Choco)" 2004 5 2 14 3 25
"Baila Loco" 29 63 35 – –
"Boogaloo" 2006 – – – – –
"Oide Yo Goringo" 2007 – – – – –
"Don't Play With Your Noodle (La La La)" – – – – –
"So Sexy" 2008 – – – – –
"African Child" 2010 – – – – –
"Now That You've Gone" 2019 – – – – –
"Butterfly" 2020 – – – – –
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Other songs

Title Year Peak chart positions
GER
"Deutschland ist Cool" 2006 93
"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" —

Music videos

  • Chocolate (Choco Choco)
  • Baila Loco
  • Deutschland ist Cool
  • Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
  • Don't Play with your Noodle
  • So Sexy
  • Now that you've gone
  • Butterfly

Other

  • I Am a Butterfly (single song)
  • A video game was developed for Baila Loco, it is on the Maxi CD.
  • In Japan an anime for the single "Chocolate" aired in 2006.
  • The Japanese version of "Chocolate" was the main theme of the FujiTV production "Ponkikki" [10]

Awards

  • ADTV Award 2004 for the „Choco Choco Dance“
  • Entry in the Guinness Book of Records. On 4 July 2006, 200,000 people danced in Berlin to the song "CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP"
  • World record 2004: 1987 people danced to Chocolate at the same time[11]
  • 2017 Another attempt was made in Poland to set a world record with Chocolate.[12]
  • Dutch Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award 2004[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Soul Control". 2007-06-30. Archived from the original on 2007-06-30. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  2. ^ "草莓视频成年版app二维码 - 草莓视频成年版app色板 - 草莓视频成年版app色板免费 - 草莓视频成年版app下载".
  3. ^ "ソウル・コントロール". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
  4. ^ "Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  5. ^ "Discographie Soul Control - austriancharts.at". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  6. ^ "Discografie Soul Control". ultratop.be. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  7. ^ "Discographie Soul Control - hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  8. ^ "SOUL CONTROL | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  9. ^ "The Soulmates are Choco-lovers". philstar.com. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  10. ^ "Oideyo Goringo Kids CD Album". CDJapan.
  11. ^ "GIGA SEARCH - Cache [FR - 19 Uhr Soul Control]". www.giga-search.de. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  12. ^ Rekord Polski w tańcu "Chocolate choco choco", retrieved 2019-12-20
  13. ^ "Kids' Choice". Trouw (in Dutch). 2004-10-23. Retrieved 2019-12-21.