The Adventures of Ch!pz

The Adventures of Ch!pz
Studio album by
Ch!pz
ReleasedNetherlands 4 February 2004
European Union 2005
Recorded2003
GenrePop/Dance
Length39:34
LabelUniversal
Ch!pz chronology
The Adventures of Ch!pz
(2004) 		The World of Ch!pz
(2005)

The Adventures of Ch!pz is the debut album from Dutch pop group Ch!pz. It was released on 4 February 2004, in the Netherlands, but in 2005 in Austria, Switzerland, and Germany. As result of the success of the album and its singles in the countries near the Netherlands, they started to release their singles in the Scandinavian countries in 2006 too.

Track listing

  1. "Cowboy" – 2:52
  2. "Captain Hook" – 3:14
  3. "Bang Bang" – 3:14
  4. "Ch!pz in Black (Who You Gonna Call?)" – 3:02
  5. "Say I'm Ur No 1" – 2:51
  6. "Milky Way" – 3:14
  7. "The Haunted House" – 3:18
  8. "4 Who U R" – 3:57
  9. "The Happy Hook" – 3:38
  10. "Jungle Beat" – 3:08
  11. "Slay Slay" – 3:28
  12. "The Timeriders" – 3:38

Charts

Singles

Weekly charts

Name Released Writer Producer Chart position
"Chipz in Black (Who You Gonna Call?)" 2003 Peter Hartmann, Jan Langhoff Peter Hartmann, Jan Langhoff #2 (Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland), #3 (Sweden), #19 (Norway)
The first single released from the album was "Chipz in Black (Who You Gonna Call?)", which peaked at #2 in the Netherlands in 2003. In 2005 and 2006, the song peaked at #2 also in other countries it was released in, but never made the #1 position.
"Cowboy" 2003 J. Struik, R. Esseboom Jay van den Berg #1 (Austria, Germany, Netherlands), #2 (Switzerland), #3 (Sweden)
"Cowboy" was released as their second single and debuted at #1 in the Dutch Top 40 in 2003, topping the chart for 3 weeks, becoming their first number 1 hit in the Netherlands. In Austria, the single also topped the chart, making it their first and only single that has reached the #1 position there.
"Captain Hook" 2004 Nick Manic, Mike Jaxx, Ziggy Nick Manic, Mike Jaxx #5 (Netherlands), #9 (Austria), #12 (Germany), #19 (Switzerland)
"Captain Hook" was released as their last single of this album. The single ended up becoming the least successful single of the album, reaching a maximum of #5 in the Netherlands (staying in the chart for only 7 weeks), #9 in Austria and #19 in Switzerland.

Year-end positions

Year Country Peak
"Chipz in Black"
2003 Netherlands 18
2005 Austria 4
2005 Switzerland 9
2005 Germany 10
"Cowboy"
2003 Netherlands 48
2004 Netherlands 37
2005 Austria 24
2005 Switzerland 44
2005 Germany 34
"Captain Hook"
2004 Netherlands 89

References

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