French Sweep: March 25, 2014...

Bonjour mes amis, it's time to cross the Atlantic yet again to check out the songs making their way on to the top 100 on the official sales chart in France this week, as Pharrell stays put for a fifteenth non-consecutive week at #1 with "Happy"...

The week's top debut at #18 is Parisian neo-new wave band Indochine with "Belfast". It's the fourth single from their #1 album Black City Parade. The first, "Memoria", went to #13 in 2012...

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Meanwhile, another new wave group, Metronomy from London England, drop in at #44 with "Love Letters". It follows "I'm Aquarius", which went to #97 last week...

American R&B singer/songwriter John Legend's current top-10 US hit "All Of Me" reaches this chart at #50. It's his first to make the singles chart in this country...

French rap artist Black M follows up his first top-40 hit, "Mme Pavoshko", with the song at #54, "Spectateur" ("Spectator")...

Bisexual French indie-pop singer/songwriter Soko's "We Might Be Dead By Tomorrow", better known as the song on the viral video "First Kiss", comes in at #61. It's my "French Pick of the Week" and her first to make the top-100...

Vanessa Paradis' "Il y a" ("There Is") from 2009 finally makes the chart at #62. Last year she went to #20 with "Love Song"...

The title track from George Michael's 2004 album Patience somehow makes a late start here with the live version at #85. The British singer has had seven top-10 hits in France, topping the chart once with his live duet with Elton John, "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me"...

Scottish DJ/singer/musician Calvin Harris returns at #90 with the hopeful "Summer". He topped the French chart with Rihanna on "We Found Love"...

Route 94's former UK #1 hit "My Love" featuring vocalist Jess Glynne drive in at #91...

Dutch DJ/producer Martin Garrix is in at #98 with Firebeatz with "Helicopter". It follows his "Animals", which went to #2, and "Wizard", which topped out at #31...

The final entry of the week at #99 is another former UK #1 hit, "Money On My Mind" by singer Sam Smith...

I'll be back later with the newest hits in Germany...