11 Oct
2002
11 Oct
'02
11:06 p.m.
omegaChance was all, like:
I thought Radioactivity didnt too well on the charts...
The album reached #1 in France, shifting some 100.000 units and earning Kraftwerk a gold disc. Their French label manager, Maxime Schmitt, convinced Jean-Loup Lefont to adopt "Radioactivity" as a theme for his Europe 1 radio show, helping the single to sell a million copies in France alone; in December '76, "Radioactivity" was voted album of the year in France by the listeners of said programme. It peaked at #22 in Germany and at #140 in the US. -- The world needs trees, not Bushes.