French Sweep: October 29, 2013...

Bonjour, mes amis, it's time to cross the Atlantic once more to check out the songs reaching the top 100 singles sales chart in France this week, as Dutch DJ and producer Bakermat takes over the #1 spot with "Vandaag"...

Eminem has the highest debut of the week at #23 with his craptacular and homophobic "Rap God". It follows "Berzerk", which drops to #11, and "Survival", which falls to #26...

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French jazz-pop singer Zaz, from the city of Tours, arrives at #34 with "Si" ("If"), my "French Pick of the Week".  It's the second top-40 hit from her sophomore album Recto Verso; "On Ira" went to #12 earlier this year.

Justin Bieber's one-off single "All That Matters" comes in at #40....

Depeche Mode are back with their third release from Delta Machine, "Should Be Higher". The lead single "Heaven" went to #27 earlier in the year...

Austrian house music and filter sampling whizzes Global Deejays return at #81 with "Kids". They had a pair of top-20 singles in 2004-5 with "What A Feeling (Flashdance)" and "The Sound Of San Francisco"...

The final debut of the week is by a record that has already gone top-5 in both Germany and Great Britain. It's "Sonnentanz" by the Austrian group Klangkarussell...

That's it for this week's music rendezvous...I'll be back later with the latest in Germany.... au revoir!