Kraut Sweep: November 27, 2012..

Welcome back to this week's sample of the new songs making their way on to the official music singles sales chart in Germany. This week Rihanna spends a fourth week at #1 with "Diamonds"...

There are two debuts up in the top-40 here this week, and the highest at #20 is "I Love It" by Swedish electropop duo Icona Pop featuring Charli XCX....

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German TV personality and musician Stefan Raab and Hohner arrive at #38 with "Ävver et Hätz bliev he in Kölle"...

Lana Del Rey's "Ride" drives in at #44...

German folk-pop act Mrs. Greenbird, who won this season's German version of X Factor, has two songs come in on this list. First, their version of the Ramones' "Blitzkrieg Bop" is at #63...

The classic Pink Floyd album track "Wish You Were Here" comes on to the German chart for the first time at #67...

German dance producer Zedd enters at #80 with a song he took to #1 on the US dance chart, "Spectrum" featuring singer Matthew Koma...

British indie-pop singer Birdy chirps in at #82 with her sublime "People Help The People"...

Never a hit single when it came out, R.E.M.'s classic "Everybody Hurts" finally arrives on the German pop chart at #83...

Another song new to the German chart at #85 is the Foo Fighters' "Best Of You"...

British boyband One Direction sneaks in at #89 with their ballad "Little Things"...

The other Mrs. Greenfield single, a cover of Madonna's "Frozen", blows in at #92...

the last new entry at #97 is American rapper A$AP Rocky with "F*ckin' Problems" featuring Drake, 2 Chainz, and Kendrick Lamar...(NSFW obvs...)...

That does it for tonight...thanks for dropping by, and I'll return tomorrow with another Song of the Day, candletime, 6 of the 60s, and this week's "Aussie Sweep"...