Kraut Sweep: September 3, 2013...

I'm back to cross the border to Germany to sample the songs making this country's official top-100 sales chart, as Avicii holds tight for a seventh week on top with "Wake Me Up"...

The top debut of the week at #15 belongs to 68-year-old schlager singer Jürgen Drews with "Kornblumen" ("Cornflower")...

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German rap/dance group Follow Your Instinct teams up with Romanian singer Alexandra Stan ("Mr. Saxobeat") for "Baby It's OK", which samples the KC & The Sunshine Band hit "Give It Up", and it comes in at #17...

Berlin-based pop duo 2raumwohnung arrive at #29 with "Bei Dir bin ich schön" ("With You I'm Beautiful"). It's their fifth top-40 hit in this country, and it's my "German Pick of the Week"..

Indie-rock singer Tim Bendzko is in at #32 with his latest "Programmiert" ("Programmed"). It's his fourth top-40 hit here - he went to #2 in 2011 with "Nur noch kurz die Welt retten"...

Rapper Carlprit from the African nation of Zimbabwe enters at #59 with "Here We Go (Allez Allez)"....

Austrian DJs Darius & Finlay come in at #71 with "Get Away" featuring vocals by Jai Matt & Nicco...

Daniel Schuhmacher, who won the sixth season of Germany's version of the Idol franchise on TV in 2009, sneaks in at #86 with "Rolling Stone". He topped the chart here on his winning year with "Anything But Love"...


Daniel Schuhmacher - Rolling Stone on MUZU.TV.

That does it for tonight...I'll be back tomorrow with another song of the day, 6 of the 60s comes back, and I'll have the newest Down Under...Auf Weidersehen!