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

Track listing

  1. "Cowboy" – 2:52
  2. "Captain Hook" – 3:14
  3. "Bang Bang" – 3:14
  4. "Ch!pz in Black (Who You Gonna Call?)" – 3:02
  5. "Say I'm Ur No 1" – 2:51
  6. "Milky Way" – 3:14
  7. "The 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. "The Timeriders" – 3:38

Charts

Chart (2004–06)Peak position
Weekly charts Chart (2004–06) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) 9 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) 2 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 9 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) 20 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 35Year-end charts Chart (2004) Position Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) 17 Chart (2005) Position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) 67 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 65
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)9
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)2
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)9
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)20
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)35
Chart (2004)Position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)17
Chart (2005)Position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)67
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)65

Singles

Weekly charts

NameReleasedWriterProducerChart position
"Chipz in Black (Who You Gonna Call?)"2003Peter Hartmann, Jan LanghoffPeter Hartmann, Jan Langhoff#2 (Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland), #3 (Sweden), #19 (Norway)
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 at #2 also in other countries it was released in, but never made the #1 position.
"Cowboy"2003J. Struik, R. EsseboomJay van den Berg#1 (Austria, Germany, Netherlands), #2 (Switzerland), #3 (Sweden)
"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"2004Nick Manic, Mike Jaxx, ZiggyNick Manic, Mike Jaxx#5 (Netherlands), #9 (Austria), #12 (Germany), #19 (Switzerland)
"Captain Hook" was released as their last single of this album. The single ended up becoming the least successful 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.

Year-end positions

YearCountryPeak
"Chipz in Black"
2003Netherlands18
2005Austria4
2005Switzerland9
2005Germany10
"Cowboy"
2003Netherlands48
2004Netherlands37
2005Austria24
2005Switzerland44
2005Germany34
"Captain Hook"
2004Netherlands89