"Frontside Ollie" is a

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song by Finnish

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(full name Robin Packalen) and his debut single taken from his debut album '' Koodi''. Written by Sana Mustonen, it was released on

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on 16 January 2012. The music video for the song went viral garnering more than 10 million views by the end of the second week of its upload on Universal Music Finland's

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account.YouTube: "Frontside Ollie"
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Chart performance

"Frontside Ollie" enjoyed instant success, huge following online and based on digital downloads debuted at number five on the

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. The single topped the Finnish Singles Chart in its second and third week of release staying at the top for 2 consecutive weeks (week 4 dated 25 January 2012 and week 5 dated 1 February 2012 before dropping from the top spot to #3 on week 6/2012 and back to #2 on week 7/2012. On the occasion of the Robin album '' Koodi'' being released, the song jumped back again to the top of the chart (week 8 dated 22 February 2012) for a third week at #1 and stayed on top for a fourth week (week 9 dated 29 February 2012) before slipping back.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Frontside ollie 2012 debut singles Songs in Finnish Number-one singles in Finland Robin (singer) songs 2012 songs Universal Music Group singles