Kraut Sweep: August 7, 2012...

Hey folks, time now for a sampling of the new music selling over in Germany this week, as Lykke Li's "I Follow Rivers" spends a fourth week at the #1 spot.

The highest debut in Germany this week is by the pairing of one-man act Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen on "Good Time" at #23...

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Next up at #32 is German singer and comic Mickey Krause, with his novelty schlager hit "Nur Noch Schuhe An!" ("Only Shoes")...to explain schlager to Americans, think of it as the most mainstream of pop sensibilities, with an undertone of Germanic and Slavic chords and rhythms, almost always accompanied by an "epic" chord change...

Another schlager hit comes in at #40: it's Michael Wendler, with "Was wäre wenn" ("What If")...

German singer/songwriter Tim Bendzko had a huge hit a year ago with "Nur Noch Kurz Die Welt Retten" ("Only Briefly to Save The World"), which I adored. His latest, "Sag einfach ja" ("Just Say Yes"), enters at #42...

British newcomer Conor Maynard debuts at #63 with his UK top-5 hit "Vegas Girl"...

German singers Anna-Maria Zimmermann (a previous contestant on Germany's Idol franchise) and Olaf Henning team up at #73 with "Freundschaftsring" ("Friendship Ring")...

Belgian drum-and-bass artist Netsky is at #75 with "Come Alive"..

....while Spanish DJ Jose De Rico pairs with Dominican singer Henry Mendez at #80 with a song that was a top 10 hit in Spain and France, "Rayos de Sol" ("Sunrays")...

Back to Schlager-land, singer Ina Colada pops in at #81 with "Sieben Tränen muss ein Mädchen weinen" ("A Girl Must Cry Seven Tears")...

American punkers Green Day are back at #83 with their newest, "Oh Love"...

Another German Idol alum, Der Checker, arrives at #84 with "Unf**ingfassbar"...("Unfuckingbelievable")...

Finally, German veteran dance duo Groove Collective have scored 16 top-100 hits in their homeland over the past ten years (including the #2 "Poison"), and now have their 17th with "Riot On The Dancefloor" at #91...

That's it for tonight, stay tuned tomorrow for the newest Down Under with "Aussie Sweep", as well as my 6 of the 60s, and of course the Song of the Day. Auf Wiedersehen!