# Can someone explain what this is? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 10, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-what-this-is/316495 "2005-08-10T19:23:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-what-this-is/316495/1 "2005-08-10T19:23:59Z")
So, last night, I turned on the radio to one of those newfangled ‘Non-NPR, classical, or non-profit alternative stations’, just in time for their nightly top-5 countdown or whatever. One of the songs was some bizarre _thing_ that was one part techno, one part some weird voice saying things like “baaah baaah” and “ding ding”. Uh…okay. This is why I avoid most top-40 radio stations. Then, lo and behold, I found [this](http://gprime.net/video.php/bassbumpers), which is the same (highly annoying) song, with some sort of weird mutant gnome or somehing being chased, or something, and singing ‘ding ding’ a lot. Am I somehow being wooshed by pop culture (which, I admit, is not entirely unusual)? What the hell _is_ this? ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-what-this-is/316495/2 "2005-08-10T19:32:01Z")
It’s exactly what you thought: a weird-ass techno song with a loopy music video, called “Crazy Frog.” I think it was originally based on a cellphone ring tone. It enjoyed a brief vogue a month or two ago. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-what-this-is/316495/3 "2005-08-10T19:33:20Z")
I don’t know but if you put it back where you found it perhaps nobody else will notice. And I want the last three minutes of my life back. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-what-this-is/316495/4 "2005-08-10T19:38:04Z")
Take my advice: Don’t click on the link. I’m gonna have bad dreams. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-what-this-is/316495/5 "2005-08-10T19:47:44Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > It’s exactly what you thought: a weird-ass techno song with a loopy music video, called “Crazy Frog.” I think it was originally based on a cellphone ring tone. It enjoyed a brief vogue a month or two ago. Ah. Glad I’m not missing some sort of deep-set cultural phenomenon or something. Man, that’s _weird_. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-what-this-is/316495/6 "2005-08-10T20:01:32Z")
Cool. It appears as though I don’t even need drugs to feel stoned. That would have saved me alot of money in college. ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-what-this-is/316495/7 "2005-08-10T20:04:32Z")
The underlying music (without the annoying frogs and ding-dings) is called _Axel F_, and was the theme for the 1984 movie _Beverly Hills Cop_ with Eddie Murphy playing the lead role of Detective Axel Foley. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-what-this-is/316495/8 "2005-08-10T20:06:53Z")
I bet you guys stuck your tongue on the pump handle, didn’t ya? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-what-this-is/316495/9 "2005-08-10T20:18:42Z")
Didn’t someone compare this to the promos for Super Milk Chan? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-what-this-is/316495/10 "2005-08-10T21:21:44Z")
He hasn’t been the same since [the yankees took his winkie.](http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/27/itunes_emasculates_crazy_frog/) ---
**Author:** ![hawkeyejo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@hawkeyejo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawkeyejo)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-what-this-is/316495/11 "2005-08-10T21:40:21Z")
I like it!! I really do. what? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-what-this-is/316495/12 "2005-08-10T21:42:44Z")
And, to add to the craziness, I’m pretty certain that song topped the charts in the UK. ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-what-this-is/316495/13 "2005-08-11T03:07:52Z")
I must also categorize myself among those who derived enjoyment from this particular work of computer generated video entertainment. In other words, it’s cute and fun. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-what-this-is/316495/14 "2005-08-11T03:13:02Z")
That ding ding thing? A while back, there was a webpage that was being spammed by every web enabled n00b in the universe. It had a picture of a Formula Racer, and was purported to be a sanity check… the picture would just sit there, and the website would load the sound. Ding ding ding ding… ding ding ding ding ding ding dingdingdingdingdingdingdingding… dingdingdingdingidingdingbwaaaaaaaaaaaadingdingdingdingdingbwaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaadingdingdingding… and so on. The dinging was done using the voice from the cartoon we all were just privledged to watch (_shudder_). It was supposed to sound like the formula car’s engine, doing it’s thing. The idea being that if you didn’t crack up lauging, you were insane. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-what-this-is/316495/15 "2005-08-11T04:06:38Z")
> [@FatBaldGuy](#): > > The underlying music (without the annoying frogs and ding-dings) is called _Axel F_, and was the theme for the 1984 movie _Beverly Hills Cop_ with Eddie Murphy playing the lead role of Detective Axel Foley. Ah. Classic instrumental earworm there. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-what-this-is/316495/16 "2005-08-11T04:27:49Z")
I quite enjoyed that - I’ve sent the link to all my friends and family now. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-what-this-is/316495/17 "2005-08-11T04:51:09Z")
> [@Tristan](#): > > The dinging was done using the voice from the cartoon we all were just privledged to watch (_shudder_). It was supposed to sound like the formula car’s engine, doing it’s thing. > > The idea being that if you didn’t crack up lauging, you were insane. I think I remember it saying that you were insane if you _did_ start laughing, the better to joke with the viewer that s/he was insane. Anyway, can anyone clear up whether the voice on that came from this frog cartoon character or vice versa? It just seems to me that if the frog came first, I would have heard about it when I saw the formula car thing. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-what-this-is/316495/18 "2005-08-11T05:36:33Z")
> [@Tristan](#): > > A while back, there was a webpage that was being spammed by every web enabled n00b in the universe. > [@featherlou](#): > > I quite enjoyed that - I’ve sent the link to all my friends and family now. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-what-this-is/316495/19 "2005-08-11T07:20:20Z")
Just for the record, [here](http://www.frenzy.com/~jester/racecar.html) is the link to the original racecar (or a copy, I don’t think this is the original source). And [here](http://www.jamster.com/) is the original Crazy Frog ringtone without the Axel F theme music (item 3 under “fun sounds”). ---
**Author:** ![Maxxxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Maxxxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maxxxie)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2005, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-what-this-is/316495/20 "2005-08-11T09:07:26Z")
> [@Spatial Rift 47](#): > > I think I remember it saying that you were insane if you _did_ start laughing, the better to joke with the viewer that s/he was insane. > > Anyway, can anyone clear up whether the voice on that came from this frog cartoon character or vice versa? It just seems to me that if the frog came first, I would have heard about it when I saw the formula car thing. **Spatial** , the car thing came out eons ago. I remember it making the rounds about 6 years ago. It could’ve originated earlier than that. The frog thing is only recent. Cheers, Max. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-what-this-is/316495.md?page=2)