The Adventures of Ch!pz
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
- "Cowboy" – 2:52
- "Captain Hook" – 3:14
- "Bang Bang" – 3:14
- "Ch!pz in Black (Who You Gonna Call?)" – 3:02
- "Say I'm Ur No 1" – 2:51
- "Milky Way" – 3:14
- "The Haunted House" – 3:18
- "4 Who U R" – 3:57
- "The Happy Hook" – 3:38
- "Jungle Beat" – 3:08
- "Slay Slay" – 3:28
- "The Timeriders" – 3:38
Charts
Chart (2004) |
Peak |
Dutch Album Top 100 |
1 |
Chart (2005) |
Peak |
Austrian Albums Top 75 |
9 |
Swiss Album Top 100 |
20 |
Chart (2006) |
Peak |
Swedish Top 60 Albums |
35 |
- The Adventures of Ch!pz peaked at:
- #17 in the Dutch 2004 year end Mega Album Top 100 chart.
- #67 in the Austrian 2005 year end Album Top 75 chart.
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. |
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"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. |
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"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. |
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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 |