Soul Control
German music duo
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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 had a hit with their 2004 single "Chocolate (Choco Choco)".
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Quella (left) and Buck (right) together with German musician DJ Kaito (2023) | |
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| Origin | Germany |
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| Years active | 2004–present |
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History
Their debut 2004 single "Chocolate (Choco Choco)" was placed in the top five of the charts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and was released in over 40 countries. Quella and Buck met at a concert by Leo's band Moddeling Throu in 1999. The duo have described themselves as "soul mates", citing a shared creative understanding and close artistic bond. In interviews, they have stated that Quella often senses what Buck intends to express in their music, and vice versa. According to the pair, this mutual intuition and sense of creative connection inspired the name Soul Control. [1] [2] Together with Bruce Hammond produced both "Chocolate" and the following album Here We Go.[3] 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.[citation needed]
The Japanese version of "Chocolate" was the main theme of the FujiTV production Ponkikki.[4]
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||||
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| GER |
SWI |
JPN [5] | ||||
| Here We Go |
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88 | 87 | — | ||
| Kimito Choco Choco |
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— | — | 104
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| Don't Play with Your Noodle |
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— | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | ||||||
EPs
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||
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SWI | ||||
| Deutschland ist Cool / Deutschland ist Geil |
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93 | — | ||
| Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (What f... song?) |
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— | —
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| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. | |||||
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||
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| GER [6] |
AUT [7] |
BEL (FL) [8] |
SWI [9] |
UK [10] | ||||
| "Chocolate (Choco Choco)" | 2004 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 25 |
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| "Baila Loco" | 29 | 63 | 35 | – | – |
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| "Boogaloo" | 2006 | – | – | – | – | – |
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| "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 |
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| GER | ||
| "Deutschland ist Cool" | 2006 | 93 |
| "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" | — | |
Awards
- ADTV Award 2004 for the "Choco Choco Dance"
- Dutch Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award 2004[12]
- World record 2004: 1987 people danced to "Chocolate" at the same time.[13]
- Entry in the Guinness Book of Records. On 4 July 2006, 200,000 people danced in Berlin to the song "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep".
- In 2017, another attempt was made in Poland to set a world record with "Chocolate".[14]