Crazy Frog Craziness - Sky.com

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Have you gone crazy yet ?

|Yep, as predicted it's happened, Crazy Frog is top of the pops...and the company behind the ring-ding-ding ringtone warn there's plenty more to come.

The Axel F ringtone leapfrogged Coldplay's Speed Of Sound to hit no.1 in the singles chart - the first time a mobile phone ringtone has crossed over into mainstream music.

The single by German band Bass Bumpers mixes the ringtone with Axel F, Harold Faltermeyer's theme tune from the film Beverly Hills Cop. That tune went to No.2 in the UK 20 years ago.

Robert Swift from Jamster, the company that markets the Crazy Frog, said: "It's a very exciting time.

"It just shows how much the music industry's changing. And whether you like it or not, enough people do to make the Frog no.1.

"We didn't come along and change the music industry. It's been changing for a while and people have been in denial. And this is the sort of thing that highlights it."

He thinks the song will stay at no.1 for another week and then fade away.

But a second Crazy Frog single is out soon, along with new ringtones featuring other characters such as Brad the Brat, Sweety Chick and Nessie the Tiny Dragon.

Jamster will not give details on its earnings from the tune but it's thought to have sold 11 million across Europe, as well as 40,000 items of clothing. Other merchandise - including musical birthday cards - will hit stores soon... |