Crazy Frog - Crazy Frog Albums, Crazy Frog Songs, Axel F, Last Christmas, Popcorn, Crazy Hits, I Like to Move It, Pump Up the Jam (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Crazy Frog Albums, Crazy Frog Songs, Axel F, Last Christmas, Popcorn, Crazy Hits, I Like to Move It, Pump up the Jam, Get Ready for This, Daddy Dj, We Are the Champions, Crazy Frog Presents More Crazy Hits, Jingle Bells/u Can't Touch This, We Like to Party, Cha Cha Slide, Crazy Frog in the House, Everybody Dance Now. Excerpt: "Axel F" is the electronic instrumental theme from the 1984 film Beverly Hills Cop performed by Harold Faltermeyer. The title comes from the main character's name, Axel Foley (played by Eddie Murphy), in the film. It topped musical charts in 1985 and remains a popular remix track. Mixes of "Axel F" topped European pop charts in 2003, and again in 2005 as the Crazy Frog song. In addition to the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack, the song also appears on Faltermeyer's 1988 album Harold F. as a bonus track. Reportedly Faltermeyer was against including it, but MCA insisted, as it was his most recognizable track. Faltermeyer recorded the song using three synthesizers: a Roland Jupiter-8, a Roland JX-3P, and a Yamaha DX7. The drum part was created with a LinnDrum drum machine. This version of the song reached #2 on the UK Singles Chart and #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. It also spent two weeks atop the American adult contemporary chart. 12" maxi 12" maxi 7" single In 2005, Crazy Frog remixed the song, also releasing it under name "Axel F," but also known as the "Crazy Frog song." The novelty song is Crazy Frog's first and most internationally successful single. 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. Jamster arranged the remix, and later marketed it as a ringtone. The remix cons... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1523941