![]() A cover of the synthpop classic "Popcorn" had some success, but it was mainly limited to Europe. It was popular enough to keep Coldplay's "Speed Of Sound" off the #1 spot on Billboard and eventually warranted two albums worth of similar covers. The character was popular enough that Jamster eventually produced a techno cover of Harold Faltermeyer's "Axel F" with samples of the sound, complete with a music video. Wernquist credited the audio to "anonymous" at the time, but later credited Malmedahl when he saw the animation and gave Wernquist permission.Ī year later, the two creators sold the character and sound to ringtone service Jamba!/Jamster who rechristened the character "The Crazy Frog," turning the sound into a hugely successful ringtone. In 2003, animation student and fellow Swede Erik Wernquist used the sound to create "The Annoying Thing," a minute-long computer animation test, pairing the sound up to the design of a grotesque frog-like creature. Crazy Frog (also known as The Annoying Thing) began in 1997 as a widely-shared audio file of Swedish teen Daniel Malmedahl imitating the two stroke engines on his friends' motorcycles. ![]()
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