French Sweep: May 14, 2013..

Hey gang, my weekly recap of the newest singles in France to make their official top- 100 chart is back after a couple of weeks, as Daft Punk spends their third week at #1 with "Get Lucky" (it debuted in that position two weeks ago)...

Well it seems that France can recycle their "reality stars" just as well as Americans do, and the show called Les Anges de la Telerealite' transports these D-listers to foreign cities and shacks them up together to give them inane stuff to do. This time, in Miami, part of the "cast" recorded a single, "Ocean Drive Avenue", and it shows up on the chart as the highest entry at #23. Needless to add, Kim Kardashian has a piece of this season on this show. Lord.

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Rapper Kaaris jumps in at #51 with his second hit, "Binks"...

Another rapper from the Parisian environs, Seth Gueko, scores his first hit at #57 with "Paranoiak"...

Flavel & Neto, childhood friends from the countries of Brazil and Cape Verde (both Portuguese in nature), come in at #64 with "Pedida Perfeita" ("Asked Perfect") featuring Anna Torres...

Singer Zaz, from the self-explanatory Centre region in the country, debuts at #73 with "Trop Sensible" ("Too Sensitive"). She has placed three top-40 hits here, with "Je Veux" reaching #34 in 2010...this song from from that same album...

Swedish electrodance duo Icona Pop take their American top-10 single "I Love It" on to the chart in France at #81...

Another dance duo, Empire of the Sun from Australia, are back at #83 with "Alive"...

British actor and occasional singer Hugh Laurie, best known in the States for his title role on House, has a new album out, debuting at #3 on the French albums chart, and two of its tracks show up on the singles list, doubling the amount he has now. First at #86 is his take on "Unchain My Heart"...

French new wave band Indochine, who have been recording since the 80s, return at #90 with "College Boy". They topped the chart in 2002 with "J'ai Demande' a la Lune"...it's my "French Pick of the Week", and even if you can't understand the words, the bleak anti-bullying images here are universal...

The French stage music 1789: Les Amants de la Bastille, which takes place during the French Revolution, has already placed three prior top-100 hits on the chart, with Rod Janois' "Ca Ira Mon Amour" going all the way to #11 last year. Now a fourth track, "Sur Ma Peau" ("On My Skin") arrives at #95...

The second Hugh Laurie song to debut in the top-100 is "Louisiana Blues" at #96...

British singer John Miles' 1976 top-3 UK hit "Music", produced by Alan Parsons, pops in on the French chart at #98...

The final debut here is another oldie from Sean Combs, aka P. Diddy, with his 2007 single "Last Night" featuring Keyshia Cole, as his former top-10 American hit sneaks in at #99...

That's it for this week's French rendezvous...I'll return later with the newest in Germany....Au revoir!