The Adventures of Ch!pz

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The Adventures of Ch!pz is the debut album from Dutch pop group Ch!pz. It was released on February 4, 2004, in the Netherlands, but in 2005 in Austria, Switzerland, and Germany. As result of the succes of the album and its singles outside the Netherlands, they started to release their singles in the Scandinavian in 2006 countries also.

Chart performance

The first single released from the album was "Chipz in Black (Who You Gonna Call?)", which peaked at #2 in the Netherlands in 2003. In 2005 and 2006, the song peaked ar #2 also in other countries it was released in, but never made the #1 position. "Cowboy" was released as their second single and debuted at #1 in the Dutch Top 40 in 2003, topping the chart for 3 weeks, becoming their first number 1 hit in the Netherlands. In Austria, the single also topped the chart, making it their first and only single that has reached the #1 position there. "Captain Hook" was released as their last single of this album. The single ended up becoming the least succesful single of the album, reaching a maximum of #5 in the Netherlands (staying in the chart for only 7 weeks), #9 in Austria and #19 in Switzerland. In Scandinavia, Captain Hook hasn't been released yet, since Cowboy was just released.

Tracklist

1. "Cowboy" – 2:52
2. "Captain Hook" – 3:14
3. "Bang Bang" – 3:14
4. "Chipz in Black (Who You Gonna Call?)" – 3:02
5. "Say I'm Ur No 1" – 2:51
6. "Milky Way" – 3:14
7. "Haunted House" – 3:18
8. "4 Who U R" – 3:57
9. "The Happy Hook" – 3:38
10. "Jungle Beat" – 3:08
11. "Slay Slay" – 3:28
12. "Timeriders" – 3:37

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Peak
2004	Dutch Album Top 100	1
2005	Austrian Albums Top 75	9
2005	Swiss Album Top 100	20

Austrian Albums Top 75
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Chart position	9	18	21	24	24	20	19	19	26	37	43	42	26	30	27	26	30	40	55	57	62	72

Swiss Album Top 100
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Chart position	20	20	26	31	40	29	30	37	46	50	64	69	72	88	76	62	77	*	77	92	100

* = period between October 9 2005 and february 19, 2006, when Ch!pz returned with new singles.

• The Adventures of Ch!pz peaked at:

#17 in the Dutch 2004 year end Mega Album Top 100 chart.

#67 in the Austrian 2005 year end Album Top 75 chart.

Singles

File:Ch!pz-CIB(WYGC).jpg

Single cover to Chipz in Black (Who You Gonna Call?).

Year	Single	Chart	Peak
2003	Chipz in Black (Who You Gonna Call?)	Dutch Top 40	2
2005	Chipz in Black (Who You Gonna Call?)	Austrian Singles Top 75	2
2005	Chipz in Black (Who You Gonna Call?)	Swiss Singles Top 100	2
2006	Chipz in Black (Who You Gonna Call?)	Swedish Top 60 Singles	3

• Tracklist:

• CD Single (Universal/Pock It!)

1. Ch!pz In Black (Who You Gonna Call) [Radio Edit] 3:03
2. Ch!pz In Black (Who You Gonna Call) [Instrumental] 3:02
3. Bang Bang 3:08 [Only on CD Maxi]

• Chipz in Black (Who You Gonna Call?) reached:

#4 in the Austrian year end chart (2005)

#9 in the Swiss year end chart (2005)

#18 in the Dutch year end chart (2003)

File:Ch!pz-cowboy.jpg

Cowboy CD single.

Year	Single	Chart	Peak
2003	Cowboy	Dutch Top 40	1
2005	Cowboy	Austrian Singles Top 75	1
2005	Cowboy	Swiss Singles Top 100	2
2006	Cowboy	Swedish Top 60 Singles	6

• Tracklist:

• CD Single (Glam Slam/Universal)

1. Cowboy 2:50
2. Cowboy [Instrumental] 2:50
3. The Adventures of Ch!pz [Album Snippet] 1:39 [Only on CD Maxi]

• Cowboy reached:

#48 in the Dutch year end chart (2003)

#37 in the Dutch year end chart (2004)

#34 in the German year end chart (2004)

#24 in the Austrian year end chart (2005)

#44 in the Swiss year end chart (2005)

File:Ch!pz-CaptainHook.jpg

Captain Hook CD Maxi single.

Year	Single	Chart	Peak
2004	Captain Hook	Dutch Top 40	5
2005	Captain Hook	Austrian Singles Top 75	9
2005	Captain Hook	Swiss Singles Top 100	19

• Tracklist:

• CD Maxi (Universal)

1. Captain Hook [Video Version] 3:43
2. Captain Hook [Album Version] 3:11
3. The Adventures of Ch!pz [Album Snippet] 1:37

• Captain Hook reached:

#89 in the Dutch year end chart (2004)