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Musical History

== Musical history == The Crazy Frog was broadcast for the first time on Belgian Television in mid-2004. There it was marketed as Albert Motàr. "Axel F" (a remix of the 1980s Harold Faltermeyer song produced by the germans Matthias Wagner, Andreas Dohmeyer, Reinhard Raith and Henning Reith), was released on 23 May 2005 and became one of the most successful singles of the year 2005. "Axel F" debuted at number one in the UK, remaining there for four weeks. The song was then knocked off the charts by rapper 2Pac's single 'Ghetto Gospel'. Similar success took place in Australia and many parts of Europe, and the song remained on the charts for many months in various countries worldwide. However, the song apparently failed to catch on as well in the US and Japan, where it reached No.50 and No.48 respectively. The "Axel F" music video was produced by Kaktus Film and Erik Wernquist, and centers on the pursuit of the Crazy Frog by a bounty hunter. He reprises his role as pursuer of the Crazy Frog in all subsequent videos. Popcorn (a remix of the Gershon Kingsley song) was released on 22 August and premiered with a choreographed cheerleader performance on Top of the Pops.The performance does the same thing in Universal Studios Singapore. It also reached No.16 in Australia and Top 20 in much of Europe, in many cases while "Axel F" was still charting. Riding on the popularity of these initial single releases, an album entitled Crazy Frog Presents Crazy Hits was released on 25 July. It contained several Frog remixes of existing songs like "Pump Up the Jam" and the Pink Panther theme, as well as several original tracks such as "In the 80's" and "Dirty Frog". It reached No.5 in the UK, No.8 in Australia and topped the charts in New Zealand. Surprisingly the album performed much better in the US than the "Axel F" single, reaching #19. A special Christmas edition of Crazy Hits with numerous holiday-themed bonus tracks was released in November, backed with a double A-side single release of "Jingle Bells/U Can't Touch This". The single peaked at No.4 in Australia and No.5 in the UK. In May 2006 the Crazy Frog contributed two tracks to a British compilation album entitled Football Crazy released to coincide with the 2006 World Cup — "Ole Ole Ole (Do the Froggy Wave)" and "Na Na Na, Hey Hey". A second album entitled Crazy Frog Presents More Crazy Hits was released in June 2006, continuing in the musical vein of the first release with Frog versions of songs such as "I Will Survive", "Ice Ice Baby", and "I'm Too Sexy". The second single release is "We Are the Champions (Ding a Dang Dong)", again a World Cup-oriented track perhaps drawing inspiration from the earlier Football Crazy songs. The third album, titled Everybody Dance Now was released on 13 July 2009 and the first single, a new version of Daddy DJ, on August 2009. Unofficial releases On 17 February 2005, a group of producers naming themselves Pondlife announced the release of an unofficial single featuring the Crazy Frog sound entitled "Ring Ding Ding". This release was backed by DJs Wes Butters, Trevor Jordan and Daryl Denham along with studio-owner Maurice Cheetham. On 19 March 2005, Pondlife held open auditions to find a live action Crazy Frog to star in their accompanying music video. "Ring Ding Ding" was released on 6 June 2005 and reached No.11 on the UK Singles Chart, two weeks after the Axel F version had charted. On 27 June 2005, a dancehall reggae song by L.O.C. sampling the Crazy Frog sound titled "Ring Ding Ding (Frog)" was released in the UK. It reached No.58 on the UK pop charts, and higher on reggae charts. On 10 January 2011,Crazy Frog released a remix of James Bond Theme.It is called The Crazybond Crazy Frog premiered cheograped burlesque troupe in blazer with Chanel logos,skirts and white boots.

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