Somehow, in the year of our Lord 2024, the Crazy Frog has managed to make a comeback.
As though we hadn't suffered enough in the years since 2005 what with the economic devastation, pandemic and the outbreak of several conflicts, now an annoying blue gremlin who goes 'ding ding ding' has come back.
It's largely thanks to the new movie Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, as the theme song to the original 1984 Beverly Hills Cop film his the tune which the Crazy Frog burbles his rhythmic bile over.
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The Crazy Frog's official YouTube account posted a new music video featuring clips from the new movie and him singing that same flipping song once more.
However, this time there's been a rather significant change, as it seems as though the Crazy Frog has rather cleaned up his act since those heady days of 2005.
Viewers of the music video will know that the Crazy Frog has dropped one of his signature defining features, which was the fact that he was constantly hanging dong.
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The original design of the frog had the annoyingly audible amphibian with his penis out the whole time.
People who saw the new music video will, of course, know that this time around the Crazy Frog has no genitals.
Quite why you'd be checking the video for such a thing is beyond our understanding, so be glad you've got us in your lives to tell you that we live in a world unburdened by the sight of the Crazy Frog's little tadpole.
In his earlier appearances the Crazy Frog's little dingle had been blurred by many broadcasters for the sake of decency, and because there had been some complaints.
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Now it appears as though they've completely castrated the little gremlin, which seems like a rather neat solution to this entire situation.
The Crazy Frog made it big on the mobile phone ringtone circuit, peaking in 2005 with the release of his remix of 'Axel F'.
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Incredibly, in that year he raked in £40 million from people subscribing to mobile phone ringtone services in the UK, while the song was downloaded 11 million times across Europe.
Of course, part of the money making gig was that many people didn't know they weren't just chucking a fiver on to buy a silly ringtone, they were paying that amount every week for a subscription service.
No wonder he's trying to stage a career comeback.
Topics: Music, Netflix, TV and Film
Joe Harker