Germany: Chart show reveals biggest Eurovision hits ever

The highligh popular German TV program Die ultimative Chartshow (The ultimate chart show) will honour the Eurovision Song Contest this Friday: the 25 most succesful Eurovision Song Contest related songs in Germany ever will be revealed in a ranking. Along with the show, a compilation CD will be published. The show is aired at 21:15 CET on private channel RTL hosted by Oliver Geißen.

Ranking

The ranking is based on chart positions and only songs that reached the top ten of the single charts are included. For every week on #1, a song gets 10 points, at #2 nine points and so on. The hottest favourites for the top spot may be Zwei kleine Italiener from 1962 and No no never from 2006 as the most sold German entries and Puppet on a string and Waterloo from 1967 and 1974 as the only songs from outside Germany that reached the top of the single charts. From the national final entries, Wir wollen niemals auseinandergehen by Heidi Brühl in 1960 is obviously a favourite: it reached number one and stayed in the top ten for no less than 27 weeks.

CD

The double CD includes no less than 42 song contest entries and37 of them were actually in the single charts. The only ones that did not make it to the top 100 were Chiara's The one that I love from 1998, Céline Dion's Ne partez pas sans moi in 1988, Charlotte Nilsson's Take me to your heaven in 1999, Karel Gott's Tausend Fenster in 1968, Isabelle Aubret's Un premier amour in 1962 and Frida Boccara's Un jour, un enfant from 1969.

Tracklist (peak positions in the German single charts are in brackets):

Disc one:

1. ABBA – Waterloo (Sweden 1974 – #1)
2. Texas Lightning – No no never (Germany 2006 – #1)
3. Céline Dion – Ne partez pas sans moi (Switzerland 1988)
4. Katrina & the Waves – Love shine a light (United Kingdom 1997 – #62)
5. Sandie Shaw – Puppet on a string (United Kingdom 1967 – #1)
6. Johnny Logan – Hold me now (Ireland 1987 – #2)
7. Cliff Richard – Congratulations (United Kingdom 1968 – #3)
8. No Angels – Disappear (Germany 2008 – #4)
9. The Olsen Brothers – Fly on the wings of love (Denmark 2000 – #7)
10. Brotherhood of Man – Save your kisses for me (United Kingdom 1976 – #2)
11. France Gall – Poupée de cire, poupée de son (Luxembourg 1965 – #2)
12. Séverine – Un banc, un arbre, une rue (Monaco 1971 – #23)
13. Katja Ebstein – Theater (Germany 1980 – #11)
14. Nicole – Ein bisschen Frieden (Germany 1982 – #1)
15. Dana – All kinds of everything (Ireland 1970 – #4)
16. Conny Froboess – Zwei kleine Italiener (Germany 1962 – #1)
17. Lulu – Boom-bang-a-bang (United Kingdom 1969 – #8)
18. Bucks Fizz – Making your mind up (United Kingdom 1981 – #5)
19. Gina G – Ooh, aah, just a little bit (United Kingdom 1996 – #88)
20. Ruslana – Wild dances (Ukraine 2004 – #40)
21. Charlotte Nilsson – Take me to your heaven (Sweden 1999)

Disc two:

1. Roger Cicero – Frauen regieren die Welt (Germany 2007 – #7)
2. Max – Can't wait until tonight (Germany 2004 – #1)
3. Udo Jürgens – Merci Chérie (Austria 1966 – #4)
4. Lena Valaitis – Johnny Blue (Germany 1981 – #9)
5. Dschinghis Khan – Dschinghis Khan (Germany 1979 – #1)
6. Guildo Horn – Guildo hat Euch lieb! (Germany 1998 – #4)
7. Stefan Raab – Wadde hadde dudde da? (Germany 2000 – #2)
8. Karel Gott – Tausend Fenster (Austria 1968)
9. Vicky Leandros – Dann kamst Du/Après toi (Luxembourg 1972 – #11/#11)
10. Waterloo & Robinson – My little world (Austria 1976 – #7)
11. Chiara – The one that I love (Malta 1998)
12. The New Seekers – Beg, steal or borrow (United Kingdom 1972 – #5)
13. Teach-In – Ding-a-dong (Netherlands 1975 – #9)
14. Gigliola Cinquetti – Non ho l'età (Italy 1964 – #3)
15. Domenico Modugno – Nel blu, dipinto di blu (Italy 1958 – Reached the charts in various cover versions)
16. Toto Cutugno – Insieme: 1992 (Italy 1990 – #13)
17. Baccara – Parlez-vous français (Luxembourg 1978 – #21)
18. Isabelle Aubret – Un premier amour (France 1962)
19. Frida Boccara – Un jour, un enfant (France 1969)
20. The Allisons – Are you sure? (United Kingdom 1961 – #11)
21. Lordi – Hard rock hallelujah (Finland 2006 – #5)

Germany will be represented in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest by the No Angels with their song Disappear. As a big 4 country, Germany is directly qualified for the final on 24th May.