4-Year-Old's 'Snappy' Hit Is No. 1 In Germany

NBC 5 ^ | January 10, 2005

[Shermy]

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.

[Shermy]

Kid's website is HERE.

Four versions of the song, press "anhoren".

[PianoMan]

But can she top David Hasselhoff?

[Shermy]

Ping.

[Shermy]

"But can she top David Hasselhoff?"

Yes. Check out the `schnappi.original' version.

[You Dirty Rats]

All she had to displace was 10 techno entries.

[general_re]

From the same people who brought you Nena and Kraftwerk....

[HungarianGypsy]

I think my 4 year old son is in love. He wanted to keep starting it over again.

[nuconvert]

PLease keep it in Germany.
Thank you

[general_re]

Episode 8F09: "Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk"...

[RosieCotton]

Unbelievable that it hit number one...but dang that's catchy! Going to be stuck in my head now. Argh!

[HungarianGypsy]

Because of that song my children decided they wanted to learn German instead of Spanish. Go figure.

[not-a-neocon]

I love it!!

[RosieCotton]

I must be really tired and therefore easily amused, 'cause I've listening to it about four times in a row now.

Time for bed! ;-)

[not-a-neocon]

I am no child, and I, too, now want to learn the language of the great German people.

The song brought a huge smile on my face.

[escapefromboston]

Slightly better than deutschland uber alles

[SilentServiceCPOWife]

Schni schna schnappy schnappy schnappy schnappy schnapp

When I pick my 14 year old up from school tomorrow, I'm going to sing that line in front of her friends and wait for her to disown me.

[SilentServiceCPOWife]

In fact, I like it so much that I'm going to make it my new tagline.

[1rudeboy]

F-ing AWESOME! This girl ROCKS!

[PianoMan]

My music students are always encouraged to improvise songs, from age 4 on up. Too bad I don't reside in Deutschland, maybe I could generate a hit.

[w_over_w]

Catchy . . . very catchy . . . but until she can make it rain on stage then Wayne Newton singing "Danke schon" will be my all time favorite. I'm series . . .

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