And the #1 Song in Germany Is

[quote]4-Year-Old’s ‘Snappy’ Hit Is No. 1 In Germany

POSTED: 5:53 pm EST January 10, 2005
UPDATED: 6:21 pm EST January 10, 2005

The hottest thing in German music right now is a 4-year-old girl’s made-up song about a crocodile.

Joy Gruttman’s song, “Snappy the Little Crocodile” (“Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil”), is the No. 1 song on the German charts. Her family posted the song on a Web site as a joke, but a radio station in Cologne, Germany, got hold of it and made it a hit.

Gruttman is the youngest recording artist to make it to the German Top 10, let alone No. 1.

“Snappy” beat out songs by Kylie Minogue and Linkin Park. The song is even appearing as remixes in German dance clubs.

Listen: http://213.158.118.36/schnappi/
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You have to have a listen. The original is a real winner. Makes up for a lot of “Breaking News” headline crap.

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What do you expect from a country where David Hasselhoff is revered as a superstar?

Well, no one argued that Americans are purveyors of haute couteur or talent, let alone appreciate it :laughing:

EDIT: haute couture :blush:

Well, no one argued that Americans are purveyors of haute couteur or talent, let alone appreciate it :laughing:[/quote]

Yes, in the country that invented jazz, rock’n’roll, country & western, hip hop, funk, the blues, r & b, etc., those no-talent Americans just can’t appreciate good music. :smiley:

Yeah, it’s probably way off being here by itself. I picked here 'cause I thought of my entry in the “Favorite Local Commercials” thread. It almost goes with yellow dinosaurs. In the end though, it didn’t fit there either. Maybe here for a day or so.

As to American ‘taste’…well Snappy is a hell of a lot better than anthing else on the charts on either side of the Atlantic, anything I could hear on ICRT, and most things I’ve gotten from internet radio in the last 48 hours. IMHAO (In My Humble American Opinion).

It’s got meaning, feeling, clarity, honesty, simplicity, and charm – a heap more than most commercial efforts being touted.

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Can’t WAIT to let my German boss hear this tomorrow! :laughing:

oZzo

Well, he is YOURS, not OURS. Keep him, right!

:raspberry:

Lobo is big in Taiwan. As is Don McLean.

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[quote=“Comrade Stalin”]Lobo is big in Taiwan. As is Don McLean.

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Comrade…I have spent the last 30 years trying to figure out the Asian affection for Lobo…it goes beyond existential.

Me and you and a dog named Blue…

The biggest singer in Germany has always been Heino, “Leading singer of the free world!”

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One of my favs

ja wir sind alle verdammt
schlimmer ist doch noch die google jahresplazierung von das kuebelboek

I double-checked with the Auswaertiges Amt. Germany is willing to take the responsibility for Heinz tomato ketchup (Kerry excluded!) and Preztel (Braetsel), but NOT for David Hasselhoff or the nuclear bomb (even if you found it somewhere 3/4-ready in northern Germany in 45). No way.

Please prepare to check some Pretzel samples with cheese and crusty bacon (we only have salt on the original :blush:) to me, so I can check out the matter.

Modern Talking rules!

:sick:
BTW, you can listen to the “Schnappi” song here (Tracklist->hier anh

Wow, they have seven of the remixes listed on that page (although it seemed that only two were currently available). Hopefully the artist will be generous with her licensing arrangements so that we can hear what kind of sample-based Schnappi opus Eminem can put together…

:sunglasses:

maybe Dieter Bohlen can become Arnold Schwarzeneggers sucsessor

Was ein Ohrwurm! Ich habe den den ganzen Tag nicht aus dem Kopf gekriegt. Klasse! :smiley:

Schnappi vielleicht auch bald Nummer eins in Taiwan?

David Hasselhof is the antichrist:

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