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Schnappi das kleine Krokodil (''Snappy the Little Crocodile'') is a cartoon character originating from the German children's show ''
Die Sendung mit der Maus ' (''The Show with the Mouse''), often ' (''The Mouse''), is a German children's series, children's television series, popular nationwide and across all ages for its educational content.Bernhard Borgeest"Von Mäusen und Machern"''Focus (German ma ...
'' (''The Show with the Mouse''). The cartoon's introductory song, "
Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil "Das kleine Krokodil" (), also known under the title "Schnappi", is a song by the animated cartoon crocodile Schnappi, released as the lead single from his debut album, '' Schnappi und Seine Freunde''. The voice of Schnappi is provided by Joy Gru ...
," became an Internet hit before it reached #1 on the
German Singles chart The GfK Entertainment charts are the official charts for music, home video, and video games in Germany and are gathered and published by GfK Entertainment (formerly Media Control and Media Control GfK International), a subsidiary of GfK, on be ...
in January 2005 and other
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an countries as well, topping the singles charts in
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,
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, the
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Background

Schnappi was a one-time character in a popular animated German children's TV show called ''
Die Sendung mit der Maus ' (''The Show with the Mouse''), often ' (''The Mouse''), is a German children's series, children's television series, popular nationwide and across all ages for its educational content.Bernhard Borgeest"Von Mäusen und Machern"''Focus (German ma ...
'' (The Show With the Mouse). In the episode in which Schnappi appears, Schnappi is seen singing a song about life in
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using simple language in
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. Joy Gruttmann (who sings the song) is the niece of composer Iris Gruttmann, and has since 1999 sung children's songs for ARD's children's broadcast Die Sendung mit der Maus. In February 2001, when she was five years old, she sang her fifth song, Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil, which in 2004 and 2005 ended up at the top of the charts in a number of countries, after first becoming popular through the internet.


Commercial success

In 2004 Schnappi became popular on the Internet. Radio station RauteMusik began playing Schnappi, which led to a single release of "
Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil "Das kleine Krokodil" (), also known under the title "Schnappi", is a song by the animated cartoon crocodile Schnappi, released as the lead single from his debut album, '' Schnappi und Seine Freunde''. The voice of Schnappi is provided by Joy Gru ...
" in December 2004. The single reached number one on Germany's GfK Entertainment Chart on January 3, 2005, staying at the top for 10 weeks. The song was then released worldwide and peaked at number one in
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,
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, the
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,
Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
,
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and
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in early 2005. It was translated into a French version titled "Crocky le petit crocodile", a
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n version called "Šnapis mažas klokodilas", and a Japanese version entitled "Togetogeshi, chiisai wani" (刺々し、小さい鰐). Belgian techno group Dynamite released a cover version that charted at number three in Belgium while the original version was still topping the chart. In April, the song began to experience success in
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(then RIANZ) chart at number 32 on April 25. The next week, it jumped to number three before reaching number two for the first time on its third week in. Between May 9 and July 18, the single fluctuated around the top 10, eventually spending five non-consecutive weeks at number two, denied the top position by
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". It remained in the top 10 until September 12. On July 17, the song debuted at number 20 on
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, reaching a peak of number six on August 21. A studio album, '' Schnappi und Seine Freunde'' was released through
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in February 2005. It peaked at number five in
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, number two in Germany, and number one in Austria. A second single, " Ein Lama in Yokohama" (credited as "Schnappi und das Lama"), was released in April 2005 and became another top ten single in Austria, Germany and Norway. It narrowly missed the top 10 in New Zealand, reaching number 11, and peaked at number 26 in Australia. It became Schnappi's last hit in both countries. In November 2005, " Jing! Jingeling! Der Weihnachtsschnappi!" was released and peaked at number three in Norway, but did not reach the top 10 anywhere else. This would become Schnappi's last hit in Europe. The second and final studio album, '' Schnappi's Winterfest'', was released in December 2005, only charting in Austria and Germany at numbers 43 and 25, respectively. In 2005, '' Schnappi das kleine Krokodil – 3 Fun-Games'', a
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game based on Schnappi was released in Germany. It was notable for being the final game released for the system worldwide, barring homebrew titles.


Discography


Albums

* '' Schnappi und Seine Freunde'' (2004) * '' Schnappi's Winterfest'' (2005)


Singles

* "
Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil "Das kleine Krokodil" (), also known under the title "Schnappi", is a song by the animated cartoon crocodile Schnappi, released as the lead single from his debut album, '' Schnappi und Seine Freunde''. The voice of Schnappi is provided by Joy Gru ...
" (2004) * " Ein Lama in Yokohama" (2005) * " Jing! Jingeling! Der Weihnachtsschnappi!" (2005)


See also

*
Internet phenomenon Internet phenomena are social and cultural phenomena specific to the Internet, such as Internet memes, which include popular catchphrases, images, viral videos, and jokes. When such fads and sensations occur online, they tend to grow rapidly ...
* Mickael Turtle


References


External links

*
Schnappi videoOfficial website
(in German) *
lyrics (english translation)
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