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Schnappi

Chart Positions

"Schnappi: das kleine Krokodil (Crocodile Song)"
"Ein Lama in Yokohama"

Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil is a little crocodile from a German cartoon for children that "performed" a song which reached #1 on the German charts in January 2005.

Inception

Schnappi was a character in a popular animated German children's TV show called Die Sendung mit der Maus (The Show With The Mouse). In the cartoon in which he appeared, Schnappi is seen singing a song about his life in Egypt. That song, which is sung in German, has a catchy tune and simple lyrics.

The song, which first appeared in the Sendung mit der Maus show in 2001, was written by Iris Gruttmann and performed by her then four-year-old niece, Joy.

Success

In 2004 Schnappi became popular on the Internet and was downloaded often. So in December 2004, the song Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil was released on CD. The single reached #1 on the German Pop-Charts by January 3, 2005.

This phenomenon was widely taken as a counterexample to recent claims by representatives from major music labels that sharing music over the internet is harmful to the sales numbers of that music songs. The huge commercial success of Schnappi may not have been possible without P2P networks...

Bringing this around full circle, a bootleg translation into English was recorded and released on the Internet on the 20th February, 2005 by the Bronx artist DJ Damien (in conjunction with b0n3m4n, and featuring vocals by French Girl). Somehow, despite being an unofficial cover, this version has made it onto the "official Schnappi website in English." Other translations by collaborations involving DJ Damien include a French version "Crocky le Petit Crocodile", and a forthcoming Japanese version "Togetogeshi, chisaii wani" (刺々しい、小さい鰐).

The song reached number one in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden; it even reached the top 10 in Australia and New Zealand; a rare feat for non-English songs. The song was released in the UK on Monday 3rd October 2005, but it only reached the bottom end of the UK Singles Chart top 40.

Alternative versions of the song - varying from simple remixes of the basic vocal track, to a full cover version by Belgian techno group Dynamite - were also at numbers seven and ten in Belgium, and at number two in the Netherlands.

Swedish "humor metal" band Black Ingvars also recorded a cover version in heavy metal style with Rammstein-like vocals. The song was released on a compilation album in Sweden.

With the popularity of the Crazy Frog ringtone, it was only a matter of time before Schnappi was also covered this way, and in August 2005 Jamba! released Schnappi in a number of downloadable formats.

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Albums

The song Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil is included in Schnappi und Seine Freunde" (Schnappi and his friends), the first album released by Schnappi. Schnappi has also released another track from this album as single: Ein Lama in Yokohama (2005).

The new album of Schnappi, released in 2005, is entitled Schnappi's Winterfest. One track from it (Jing! Jingeling!) has also been released as single.


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One track from it (Jing! Jingeling!) has also been released as single. Mediagroep Limburg, publisher of the Limburgs Dagblad and Dagblad De Limburger, also belongs to De Telegraaf. The new album of Schnappi, released in 2005, is entitled Schnappi's Winterfest. Hollandse Dagbladcombinatie, or HDC-Media, which publishes the Noordhollands Dagblad, Haarlems Dagblad, Leidsch Dagblad, IJmuider Courant, and De Gooi- en Eemlander is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdingmaatschappij De Telegraaf. Schnappi has also released another track from this album as single: Ein Lama in Yokohama (2005). It not only controls the newspapers De Telegraaf and Sp!ts, but is also a stakeholder in Channel SBS6, the regional newspaper publisher Wegener, and the Dutch press agency ANP (28.4% since 2001). The song Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil is included in Schnappi und Seine Freunde" (Schnappi and his friends), the first album released by Schnappi. Holdingmaatschappij De Telegraaf, is minority-owned (about 30%) by the Van Puijenbroek family from Goirle.


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The song was released on a compilation album in Sweden. He added the name Amsterdamsche Courant ("Amsterdam Gazette") as a subtitle to De Telegraaf, and Het Nieuws van den Dag ("The News of the Day") to De Courant. Swedish "humor metal" band Black Ingvars also recorded a cover version in heavy metal style with Rammstein-like vocals. This proved to be a good investment, particularly with regard to De Courant, enabling Holdert between 1903 and 1923 to take over one newspaper after another, suspending publication as he went. Alternative versions of the song - varying from simple remixes of the basic vocal track, to a full cover version by Belgian techno group Dynamite - were also at numbers seven and ten in Belgium, and at number two in the Netherlands. Following Tindal's death on 31 January 1902 the printer Hak Holdert, with backing from financiers, took over De Telegraaf and De Courant on 12 September 1902. The song was released in the UK on Monday 3rd October 2005, but it only reached the bottom end of the UK Singles Chart top 40. The first issue appeared on 1 January 1893.

The song reached number one in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden; it even reached the top 10 in Australia and New Zealand; a rare feat for non-English songs. De Telegraaf was founded by Henry Tindal, who simultaneously started another paper De Courant ("The Gazette"). Somehow, despite being an unofficial cover, this version has made it onto the "official Schnappi website in English." Other translations by collaborations involving DJ Damien include a French version "Crocky le Petit Crocodile", and a forthcoming Japanese version "Togetogeshi, chisaii wani" (刺々しい、小さい鰐). In the recent past, editorial commentary often supported the views of the late Pim Fortuyn. Bringing this around full circle, a bootleg translation into English was recorded and released on the Internet on the 20th February, 2005 by the Bronx artist DJ Damien (in conjunction with b0n3m4n, and featuring vocals by French Girl). Politically, the paper leans towards the populist right. The huge commercial success of Schnappi may not have been possible without P2P networks... The financial news coverage, however, is more serious in tone.

This phenomenon was widely taken as a counterexample to recent claims by representatives from major music labels that sharing music over the internet is harmful to the sales numbers of that music songs. This national newspaper contains many "sensational" and sports-related articles, and one or more pages whose content is supplied by the gossip-magazine Privé ("Private"). The single reached #1 on the German Pop-Charts by January 3, 2005. . So in December 2004, the song Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil was released on CD. A subsidiary, Basismedia BV, publishes a daily free newspaper, Sp!ts (which in Dutch means both "rush hour" and "sharp point"). In 2004 Schnappi became popular on the Internet and was downloaded often. De Telegraaf ("The Telegraph") is based in Amsterdam.

The song, which first appeared in the Sendung mit der Maus show in 2001, was written by Iris Gruttmann and performed by her then four-year-old niece, Joy. De Telegraaf is the largest Dutch daily morning newspaper, with a daily circulation of approximately 800,000. That song, which is sung in German, has a catchy tune and simple lyrics. In the cartoon in which he appeared, Schnappi is seen singing a song about his life in Egypt. Schnappi was a character in a popular animated German children's TV show called Die Sendung mit der Maus (The Show With The Mouse).

. Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil is a little crocodile from a German cartoon for children that "performed" a song which reached #1 on the German charts in January 2005. Chart Positions.