About a three months ago there was a story on Fark.com about this song in Germany that had skyrocketed to #1 on the charts. It was a song about a crocodile who lived on the river Nile. All was good on the Earth.
But then some monster sent Google to index my site, and my life hasn’t been the same since. I’m getting more hits than I’ve ever gotten for anything I’ve ever wrote. But a German Crocodile song…we can’t get enough of that!
I started to do some research about what was so great about a song about a kid’s song about a crocodile. Have a listen: here it is. I thought that it was pretty tame for the #1 song in Germany. It lead me to write this about our beloved crocodile song:
In the disturbing Miscellaneous File, this story proves Germans are strange. Behold, the number 1 song. For those of you into that sort of thing, here’s the words. And for people who can’t speak German: I am Schnappi, the little crocodile
I come from Egypt, at the river Nile
First, I was lying in an egg
Then I chewed my way out (chorus)
schni schna schnappi
schnappi schnappi schnapp
schni schna schnappi
schnappi schnappi schnapp I am Schnappi, the little crocodile
I have sharp teeth, and lots of them
I chew on everything I can get a hold on
I chew on everything because I’m so good at it
(chorus)
I am Schnappi, the little crocodile
I like to chew on things, that’s my favorite game
I sneak up to my mom
And show her how good I can chew (chorus) I am Schnappi, the little crocodile
I will never get enough of chewing
I chew on daddy’s leg
Then I go to sleep
(chorus) 2xAnd since I don’t speak German either, don’t ask me to explain that song, or the lyrics, or how it got to number 1 on the chart. Just know you this: these are people that have nuclear technology. Fear. *Fear.*
But now I have stuff to report about our four-legged friend. First, he’s gone mainstream, with his own Flash website. In it, you can hear the heart-warming story of how a this whole thing came about.
And for those of you who can’t read German, we provide this almost right translation:
Schnappi, the small crocodile Schni Schna Schnappi!
Now it is sudden in all mouth; Schnappi, the small sweet crocodile! As an avalanche spread the child song of Schnappi as mp3 over the Internet. Today Schnappi fills innumerable forums and chatrooms, it even already gives numerous private Schnappi homepage and the first fan t-shirts and merchandising offers.
With the past isolated employments in the radio the telephones did not stand still! Schnappi brought it on place 15 the SPEX Lesercharts, the Song today both in region discotheques and in skirt and hip-hop clubs was played and celebrated. Schnappi, the Small Crocodile acted as pleasant successors of the Moorland Chicken or the Diddlmaus, so largely are already the ueberschwaenglichen reactions with young and old.
It seems, as if the last mark the song of the Schluempfe or the duck dance would have provided for a so large enthusiasm. There are already the Song of Schnappi for approximately three years. It originates from the feather/spring from Rosita Blissenbach and iris Gruttmann. The Schnapppi Erfinderin Rosita Blissenbach already published Felix "over 100 song texts and stories with the" transmission with the mouse "and song texts for the" hare. Iris Gruttmann, which already made itself with many Songs for the "transmission with the mouse" and the "hare Felix" a name, wrote the melody. And the salient voice comes from her niece, the seven-year-old Joy.
The Schnappi diagram developed animated by Juergen Haas, the Schnappi video of Tilmann cutter.
All are pleased completely enormously about the large Schnappi Rummel. Particularly the small Joy!
Iris and Joy gave now its first interviews and will also be able already together on the stage one the two to experience. But dearest it already arises, the life-large Original Schnappi!
Then with some more research, I found out that the original song was not what got to the top of the charts. It was a disco remix, sort of like this one. Problem solved. Turns out the Germans aren’t weird, they’re geeky.
Oh boy. If that was helpful…regardless. Hope this gets me even more hits, as that’s the only thing people seem to come to my site to find out. What’s this thing about the German Crocodile?!?
Why not call it the Schnappi Watch?
I am amazed by the little things. The colors in the sky, shrimp boats in the water, Quantum Theory. So I feel a special something this week as a part of something that’s totally amazing.
Seems that there’s this little thing on the Internet called Schnappi, the something something Crocodile. And seems that it is the sole reason 99% of my site’s visitors are here. Not that I’m not thankful…well, I’m not thankful.
This is, in fact, one of them internet crazes. It’ll all be over in a few weeks, but at what cost? Will we have to sift through thousands of bad MP3s with just the words changed in some imperceptible language? What about a game where you shoot crocodiles? Where’s the WWF?
And not the wrestling guys, I mean the World Wildlife Fund. Them guys. They save animals and stuff.
And if anybody can explain to me what that is and what that says, I’d be much obliged. Cause if it’s anything that will get me revenge on our little scaly friend, them I’m all for it!
Oh yeah, for those looking for the lyrics or anything else related to Schnappi, the Swinging Crocodile, stay tuned! And leave me a note if anybody knows how come the MSN Search dealie doesn’t track me at all?!?
