With its lewd lyrics, the song "Layla" caused controversy. However, this does not detract from the success of the party hit. On the contrary: for a whole nine weeks he was number one in the German single charts. But now "Layla" has to go.
The Ballermann rule is broken: After nine weeks at the top of the official German single charts, "Layla" by DJ Robin is
Instead, Nina Chuba now conquers the top position for the first time with her song "Wildberry Lillet" - a track that combines pop, dancehall and rap. Meanwhile, the song "Nachts awake" by producers Miksu and Macloud and musician Makko rose again from third to second place.
The song "Layla" was released in March and initially became a hit with German Ballermann tourists on Mallorca. In Germany, however, the organizers of several folk festivals refused to play the song because of the lyrics "I've got a whorehouse and my whorehouse mom's name is Layla, she's prettier, younger, hornier". This sparked a debate about sexism allegations against the song and its creators.
However, this seemed to help rather than hurt the song's success. On June 24th, "Layla" climbed to number one on the charts and has remained there continuously until now. GfK Entertainment was therefore unable to avoid declaring the song the official summer hit of 2022 at the end of July.
With the album charts DJ Robin
