"Axel F"
Single by Crazy Frog
from the album Crazy Frog Presents Crazy Hits
Released	May 17, 2005
Format	CD
Recorded	1997 (vocals), 2005 (song)
Genre	Dance
Length	2 min 48 s/2 min 54 s
Label	Ministry of Sound
Writer(s)	Faltermeyer
Crazy Frog singles chronology
	"Axel F" (2005)	"Popcorn" (2005)

"Axel F" is the debut and most internationally successful single by Crazy Frog, released in 2005. It is a remix of Harold Faltermeyer's 1984 composition "Axel F", produced by Henning Reith and Reinhard "DJ Voodoo" Raith, two members of the German dance production team Bass Bumpers. "Axel F" was originally a 1984 hit for Harold Faltermeyer, and was the theme from a film of the same year, Beverly Hills Cop. Axel Foley, whom the song is named after, was the main character Eddie Murphy played in the movie. Jamster! arranged the remix, and later marketed it as a ringtone. This work is copyrighted. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Crazy Frog is a character used in the marketing of a ring tone based on The Annoying Thing, a computer animation created by Erik Wernquist. ... Crazy Frog Presents Crazy Hits is an album by the Crazy Frog, released on July 25, 2005. ... May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (138th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Compact Disc or CD is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Dance music is music composed or played specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. ... A minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour and to 60 seconds. ... Look up second in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour and to 60 seconds. ... Look up second in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Ministry of Sound (MoS) is one of the most famous nightclubs in the world of electronic music, said to be to London what Studio 54 was to New York, and whose fame goes far across English borders. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Crazy Frog is a character used in the marketing of a ring tone based on The Annoying Thing, a computer animation created by Erik Wernquist. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Crazy Frog is a character used in the marketing of a ring tone based on The Annoying Thing, a computer animation created by Erik Wernquist. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A remix is an alternative version of a song, different from the original version. ... Harold Faltermeyer (born October 5, 1952 in Munich) is a German musician and moreover composer. ... Axel F is the electronic instrumental theme from the 1984 film Beverly Hills Cop performed by Harold Faltermeyer. ... Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ... Bass Bumpers is a German dance duo. ... Beverly Hills Cop (1984) is an American action comedy film directed by Martin Brest and starring Eddie Murphy. ... Edward Eddie Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961, Brooklyn, New York City[1]) is an American actor and comedian. ... For other uses, see Jamba. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with ring (telephone), ringing signal, mobile music and ringtone maker (Discuss) A ring tone is the sound made by a telephone to indicate an incoming call. ...

The remix consists of vocals taken from the Crazy Frog recording by Daniel Malmedahl in 1997. It uses mainly the same part of the two-minute original that was used in Jamster's ringtone release. The song also uses the "What's going on?" vocal shotguns from another 2003 remix of Axel F, by Murphy Brown and Captain Hollywood (dubbed "Axel F 2003" and sometimes "Axel F 2004"). Daniel Malmedahl (d. ...

Released across Europe in May 2005, "Axel F" went straight to number one in the UK, with some of the best weekly sales of the year so far (out-selling rivals such as Coldplay by four copies to one), and remained on top of the UK charts for four weeks. In other European countries the popularity has differed, with the remix failing to make the top twenty in Switzerland at first, before gradually climbing to #1, whilst only making #18 in Russia. It also reached #1 in the overall European chart, after initially being number two to Akon's "Lonely" for several weeks, and stayed there until September. It also reached #1 in Australia, Ireland, Belgium, Denmark, France, New Zealand, Norway, Ukraine, Spain, and Sweden. Despite the Crazy Frog not being hugely well-known in Japan, the single release also charted there, peaking at #46. It has apparently failed to catch on in the U.S., peaking at #50. 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Wikimedia Commons has media related to: May 2005 Deaths in May May 26: Eddie Albert May 25: Ismail Merchant May 25: Sunil Dutt May 25: Graham Kennedy May 22: Thurl Ravenscroft May 21: Howard Morris May 21... Coldplay is an English rock band from London. ... Kishan Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Badara Akon Thiam,[1][2] often going by the shorter Aliaune Thiam[3] (born October 14, 1981),[4] and better known by his stage name Akon, is an American R&B singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, and record executive. ...

The Ministry of Sound hired Kaktus Film and Erik Wernquist of TurboForce3D, the original creator of the 3D Crazy Frog, to produce a full-length animated music video to accompany the release of the song. The video features the Crazy Frog character, is set in the future, and centers on his pursuit by a bounty hunter. The bounty hunter receives notification of a $50,000 reward for capturing the frog, who is only identified as "The most annoying thing in the world", a reference to Wernquist's original name for the character. AAAAAAAAAAAARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KILL THE CRAZY FROG!!!!! Categories: | | | | ...

Music video

The bounty hunter activates a killbot mounted on armoured hover cycle in the video, then it proceeds to track the Crazy Frog as it commutes around the City on his imaginary motorcycle. As the bounty hunter closes in on his prey, the Crazy Frog becomes aware of his pursuer and an unlikely chase begins over skyscrapers and through the city's sewer system, before the killbot launches a guided missile at the character. Motorcyclists take a break from the road A motorcycle or motorbike is a single-track, two-wheeled motor vehicle powered by an engine. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A guided missile is a military rocket that can be directed in flight to change its flight path. ...

However, the character is able to mount the missile as it approaches him, evidently confusing its guidance system, as it then begins to loop and glide uncontrollably. The missile eventually locks onto the bounty hunter's van, destroying it and creating a large mushroom cloud. The frog manages to escape (or survive, it is unknown which) the blast, covered in dust from the debris and appearing to deliver the closing 'lyrics'. A guidance system is a device or group of devices used to navigate a ship, aircraft, missile, rocket, satellite, or other craft. ... The atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945 A mushroom cloud is a distinctive mushroom-shaped cloud of smoke, flame, or debris resulting from a very large explosion. ... Lyrics are the words in songs. ...

Trivia

• Some music video channels, to unintentionally humorous effect, censored the Crazy Frog's genitalia in the music video. Some had also already done this on the ringtone advertisement.
• In February and March 2006, the Canadian animation television channel Teletoon aired the music video during times between programming, with the genitalia and the explosion edited out.
• Cartoon Network aired the music video between programs (roughly 2:58 P.M EST) in February, March, and June 2006, with the genitalia and the explosion edited out.

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Single track listing

Australia CD

1. Axel F (Radio Edit) [02:54]
2. Axel F (Club Mix) [6:23]
3. Axel F (Club Mix Instrumental) [6:23]
4. In The 80's [03:29]

UK CD1

1. Axel F (Radio Mix)
2. Axel F (Bounce Mix)
3. Axel F (Bounce Mix Instrumental)
4. Axel F (Reservoir Frogs Mix)
5. Axel F (Video)

UK CD2

1. Axel F (Radio Mix)
2. Axel F (Video)

Chart positions

World/Continental

• Europe: #1
• Australia: #1
• Belgium: #1
• Denmark: #1
• France: #1
• New Zealand: #1
• Norway: #1
• Ireland: #1
• Spain: #1
• Sweden: #1
• Switzerland: #1
• Ukraine: #1
• United Kingdom: #1
• Canada: #2
• Austria: #2
• Finland: #2
• Czech Republic: #2
• Poland: #2
• Lithuania: #2
• Germany: #3
• Netherlands: #3
• Italy: #3
• Portugal: #4
• World: #6
• Slovenia: #8
• Israel: #9
• Hong Kong: #11
• Russia: #18
• Argentina: #40
• Brazil: #40
• Japan: #46
• United States: #50

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External links

• Video clip in Flash format (Uncensored)
• The official Crazy Frog Axel F website
• Single website
• Press release, including sound clips