Soul Control

Soul Control is a German musical duo consisting of Thomas "Tom" Quella (born 1970 in Berlin) and Leonard "Leo" Buck (born 1979 in Sierra Leone). They are best known for their 2004 single "Chocolate (Choco Choco)".

Soul Control
Origin	Germany
Genres	Pop Latin pop rock R&B soul children's pop rap electronic Eurodance bubblegum pop
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Universal Records Na klar! ZYX Music Sony BMG Avex Trax
Members	Tom Quella Leo Buck

History

Tom (left), Leo (right) together with German musician DJ Kaito (2023)

They gained fame through their 2004 single "Chocolate (Choco Choco)", which was placed in the top five of the charts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and was released in over 40 countries. Tom and Leo met at a concert by Leo's band Moddeling Throu in 1999.^[1] Together with Bruce Hammond produced both "Chocolate" and the following album Here We Go.^[2] In 2004 they were Part of the Toggo tour.

In 2007 they worked with Gerald Anderson for the song "Don't Play with Your Noodle (La La La)". This was also released on the album Gerald's Noodle Dance . A similar thing happened with the song "So Sexy". This time they worked together with Marian Rivera.

The Japanese version of "Chocolate" was the main theme of the FujiTV production Ponkikki.^[3]

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		GER	SWI	JPN [4]
Here We Go	Released: 2004 Label: Na klar! / Universal Records	88	87	—
Kimito Choco Choco	Released: 2006 only in Japan Label: Avex Trax	—	—	104
Don't Play with Your Noodle	Released: 12 March 2007 Label: Universal Records	—	—	—
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

EPs

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		GER	SWI
Deutschland ist Cool / Deutschland ist Geil	Released: 2006 Label: Maxhybrid / Sony Music	93	—
Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (What f... song?)	Released: 28 July 2006 Label: Na klar! / Universal Records	—	—
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions					Certifications
		GER [5]	AUT [6]	BEL (FL) [7]	SWI [8]	UK [9]
"Chocolate (Choco Choco)"	2004	5	2	14	3	25	Philippines: Platinum[10]
"Baila Loco"		29	63	35	–	–
"Boogaloo"	2006	–	–	–	–	–
"Oide Yo Goringo"	2007	–	–	–	–	–
"Don't Play With Your Noodle (La La La)"		–	–	–	–	–
"So Sexy"	2008	–	–	–	–	–
"African Child"	2010	–	–	–	–	–
"Now That You've Gone"	2019	–	–	–	–	–
"Butterfly"	2020	–	–	–	–	–
"—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.

Other songs

Title	Year	Peak chart positions
		GER
"Deutschland ist Cool"	2006	93
"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"		—

Music videos

• Chocolate (Choco Choco)
• Baila Loco
• "Deutschland ist Cool"
• Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
• Don't Play with Your Noodle
• So Sexy
• Now That You've Gone
• Butterfly
• A Merry Christmas

Awards

• ADTV Award 2004 for the "Choco Choco Dance"
• Dutch Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award 2004^[11]
• World record 2004: 1987 people danced to "Chocolate" at the same time.^[12]
• Entry in the Guinness Book of Records. On 4 July 2006, 200,000 people danced in Berlin to the song "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep".
• In 2017, another attempt was made in Poland to set a world record with "Chocolate".^[13]

See also

• Music of Germany