It was Daniel who, as a 17-year-old in 1997, sat down in front of his computer and recorded himself imitating his friends' souped-up mopeds. "It's driving people to distraction?" he says. "The world would be better off if this wasn't constantly played on its TV screens," he says.īut it's a frustration not completely shared by Daniel Malmedahl, a 24-year-old computer components salesman from Gothenburg, Sweden. Weblogger Tim Ireland, who has written on his site Bloggerheads about Crazy Frog's development, is just one of those who is very clear about what this irritating creature does to his head. And yet at the same time, it's strangely compelling. The frog is irritating to the point of distraction and back again. Now a dance mix has been recorded and played on Chris Moyles's Radio 1 breakfast show. far, far too familiar.Īdverts for the Crazy Frog mobile phone ringtone have played hundreds of times on certain TV channels over the pastįew weeks it has earned an estimated £10m, and according to the company selling it, is the most successful ringtone in the world. In fact to most of them it's too familiar. The sight of a strange blue-grey frog with a helmet and goggles, revving up an imaginary motorbike while making an infuriating "ding ding dididing" noise, is familiar to much of the country. The Crazy Frog in its original incarnation on Eric Wernquist's site
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