Soul Control is a German musical duo consisting of Thomas "Tom" Quella (born 1970 in

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) and Leonard "Leo" Buck (born 1979 in

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). They are best known for their 2004 single "

Chocolate (Choco Choco) "Chocolate (Choco Choco)" is the debut single by German pop duo Soul Control, released in 2004 from their debut album ''Here We Go''. The song was written and produced by Bruce Hammond Earlam and Ned Irving. The refrain interpolates parts of " L ...

History

They gained fame through their 2004 single "

", 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. Together with Bruce Hammond produced both "Chocolate" and the following album ''Here We Go''. In 2004 they were Part of the Toggo tour. In 2007 they worked with

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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

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. The Japanese version of "Chocolate" was the main theme of the

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production ''Ponkikki''.

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

EPs

Singles

Other songs

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

A Merry Christmas

Awards

* ADTV Award 2004 for the "Choco Choco Dance" * Dutch Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award 2004 * World record 2004: 1987 people danced to "Chocolate" at the same time. * 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".

References

External links

Soul Control on Myspace

Website on the Webarchive

Soul Control on AllMusic

Soul Control on Discogs
{{Authority control German musical duos German pop music groups German male musical duos 2004 establishments in Germany