Who Is Crazy Frog?

Crazy Frog was originally knows as "The Annoying Thing". Some people still feel that the original name is more appropriate ;)

The Ba-Ding-Ding-Ding sound came first - it was created by Daniel Malmedahl, a Swedish computer salesman. In 1997, at the age of 17 he created this sound as the imiation of a two stroke motorcycle engine. Some of Daniels friends made recording of the sounds, and posted them to websites. As word spread, a Swedish television program featured Daniel performing his hilarious sound effects live.

In 2003, Erik Wernquist (also from Sweeden) decided to create an animation to go along with Daniel's sound effect, and produced the 3D annimated "Annoying Thing" video. This was the birth of the Crazy Frog character, although at that time it was still known only as "The Annoying Thing".

In 2004, a german mobile phone company licensed the annimation and sound effects to create ringtones for cellular phones. The ring tone was an immediate success, and is the most commercially successful ringtone created to date. It was at this time that the character was given it's name "Crazy Frog"

The German dance music group "Bass Bumpers" produced a single based on the Crazy Frog sound mixed with the "Axel F" instrumental. The Crazy Frog Axel F single reached the number one spot on the UK pop chart in the summer of 2005.

Crazy Frog continues to grow - a second single has reached the top of the New Zealand pop charts, albums have been released, and there are reports that a television program based on the character is in the works.