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January 18, 2005

schappi, das kleine krokodil

UPDATE on Schnappi song

I have gotten a lot of hits on this blogpost over the last week, so I guess I should make it a bit easier for people to find the Schnappi song. You can download it here. Please feel free to leave a comment to let me know that you did. Also, if you have the time, then feel free to snoop around. By the way, this is not the official schnappi site. Please don't mistake me for it. Also, this is a great song to play while carrying your little one in a Baby Slings or Baby Wrap .

END UPDATE

Pierce did a blogpost on this song about a week ago, so he got the scoop on it. Leslie, John David and I have fallen in love with the song. Plus, we think it is a really good way of starting to teach a second language to John David. I really wish I had taken a picture of John David doing the get down while listening to this song. He just loves it. Here is the write up about the song, which contains a link to the song.

From the the denver channel

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: "Schappi, das kleine Krokodil"
Posted by gid at January 18, 2005 12:28 PM
Comments

we just got back from a vacation in Germany. We loved the song Wish we could find it for sale here.

Posted by: KF at February 18, 2005 07:30 PM

First: Thanks for leaving a comment. People have downloaded the schnappi song 828 times since I put it up, and you were the first person to leave a comment. Thanks!

I wish we could go back to Germany soon. We went there back in 2001 and had a great time. Matter of fact, pictures from our trip to Germany were the first thing we put up on our web page. You can check them out here: Germany Vaction

I really need to make them so that people can comment about them. I would love to be able to hear others stories about some of the places we visited.

Posted by: gid at February 18, 2005 08:07 PM

We live in Austin Texas. A local radio station has been playing it here for the last couple months. My 9 and 11 year old boys and myself love Schappi as well as 1/2 of Austin. We looked at the website but our google couldn't translate it all. We could only listen to the song at your link but that is good enough for us as we like to listen to it for a quick pick me up. Thanks for a place to play it.

Posted by: Lisa at February 24, 2005 02:40 PM

I would like to complain that when i click to listen to snappy das kleine krokodil, its takes a long time for it to load, and when it finaly loads the page is unavailable.
Please fix your site so this does not happen.
Many thanks,
Yojo

Posted by: yojo at February 26, 2005 07:32 AM

yojo,
That sounds odd. You are the first to complain about there being a problem.

Posted by: gid at February 26, 2005 01:17 PM

Thank you for allowing me to download and play it for my wife.
Regards
Niels

Posted by: Niels van der Wal at March 8, 2005 10:29 PM

yes even aussie land snappy has being heard and loving it.
take care
greg

Posted by: greg at March 29, 2005 01:46 AM

i just have to say...that i love the song. its amazing that she is only 4 years old and has made a hit. i live in the usa and people here love the song to. its been on the radio several times. i also have a copy of the cd. but the most amazing thing is that a 4 year old made this song.

Posted by: jonathan moody at April 7, 2005 11:21 PM

Vielen Dank!
or thanks a lot for allowing it to download :)
I gonna learn german after listening such songs!

Posted by: russian girl at April 13, 2005 11:34 AM

Thanks for this really cute and funny song! They play it here on the morning radioprogram i listen to and it always make me smile.

Take care! //Björn

Posted by: Björn Elwhagen at April 14, 2005 03:58 AM

Please fix ur site up its crap i click on listen and it takes so long 2 load and then the screen goes blank and it doesnt load

Posted by: Axl at April 29, 2005 09:36 AM

Here is link that works.

http://www.warumdarum.de/schnappi/schnappi_das_kleine_krokodil.htm

Posted by: Cecilie from Norway! at April 29, 2005 12:36 PM

Axl,
I'm Sorry it did not work for you. Though, looking at my site report it has worked over 1029 times in just the month of April, and over 3000 times in the last few months.

Maybe you should try to right click on the link and do the Save As option?

Posted by: gid at April 29, 2005 04:19 PM

im from nz and discovered schnappi 2day, how can i download it?

Posted by: rachel at May 1, 2005 02:14 AM

Were you not able to right click on the link and save it to your local machine?
In Internet Explorer right click the link and select "Save Target As .."

In FireFox right click the link and select the "Save Link As.."


I have tried it in Internet Explorer and FireFox and it works every time for me. Please let me know how it works.

Posted by: gid at May 1, 2005 07:43 AM

haha! i love this song! our German teacher showed it to us! it was great! the little girl is so cute! i love it! thanks for the site with the song!

~peace~~~

Posted by: kc at May 8, 2005 03:13 PM

I googled my way here; I heard the song on Norwegian radio, and wanted to know what it was. Now I know, thanks!

Posted by: des von bladet at May 16, 2005 06:03 PM

I'm late with this, but even here in lil old New Zealand, we LOVE that song! It got to number 3 on our music charts a couple of weeks ago.... Lol i LOVE that song!

Posted by: Emma at July 2, 2005 06:51 AM

Thanks for the song! Its lovely

Posted by: coolcat at July 19, 2005 02:28 AM

HA! we find this song amusing! it makes us think of elves jumping up and down on piano keys! lol! we heard this from a few friends at school. good luck to little miss scnappi! she could be the next kylie minogue

Posted by: laura and eileen at July 22, 2005 02:18 AM

I love Schappi so much. It was played on UK television on children's shows recently. I first heard about it through my german teacher who played it in class!

Posted by: Schappi lover at July 24, 2005 11:28 AM

This song is so cute! The little girl is very creative to make this up! I probably can't make up a song as good as this if i tried! Is there a translation of the words anywhere?

Posted by: stranger at August 6, 2005 03:48 PM

here is a link to someone blog who has a translation.
schnappi

Posted by: gid at August 6, 2005 08:43 PM

i heard this song on one of the msn random download music features and took a liking to it so i surched for it on google and here i am now ...and im still loving it (schnappi that is)

Posted by: cael at August 10, 2005 09:02 AM

I found out about this song while looking for music for kids. Ironic since my husband was singing a French crocodile song last night. I played it for my kids (age 4 and 6) when they came home for lunch and they couldn't get enough of it. Thanks for the easy and convenient download link.

Posted by: Gillian at September 6, 2005 02:50 PM

Thank you... I have downloaded to annoy my 29yo son who loathes it! Such fun!

Posted by: Sandi at September 14, 2005 01:40 AM

hi i totally i mean i tota;;y love ur song so does the rest of my family we always listen to the radio and w always watch rage video hits we love ur song hope everything goes welly the


Posted by: kayla at October 4, 2005 06:34 PM

have u got a translation for the song. its so kool.

Bob

Posted by: Bob at October 8, 2005 12:39 AM

Thanks for sharing this nice Song !!!

I am from Singapore and happen to hear this from Radio !

Really nice and cute. Hahaha

(i left a wrong Email...:))

Posted by: Bee at December 6, 2005 11:53 PM

I just love this song. I am glad I am able to download and listen when I want to. I speak German and having the printed lyrics (which I have) allows me to sing along and understand the words. Thanks! Vielen Dank!!!

Posted by: Hermi Krueger at January 21, 2006 10:59 AM

I'm in Bulgaria and I love Schappy.
Can you give me link where i can find more about Schappy - songs, clips, text of the songs etc.

Thanks !

Posted by: Ivailo at March 2, 2006 07:45 AM

Thank you so much for allowing me to download. What a lifesaver you are!

Posted by: Jennie at June 6, 2006 11:26 PM

thanks

Posted by: Matthew at August 16, 2006 01:25 PM

My German teacher showed it to me (here, down in Argentina) and I coudn't stop singing it... It's so cute. Now I have it and I can listen to it any time I want.
Thanks!

Posted by: Nat at October 8, 2006 05:10 PM

Thank you so much for having a link to this song on your website! I am 13 years and we sang the song in german lessons at school a few weeks ago. I have spent the last few hours searching for a free download of this song, and yours was the only one I could find.

Posted by: Susie at February 17, 2007 07:59 AM

ThankYou!
I showed this to my German teacher and she loved it. So do all my friends and family! GREAT!

Posted by: Amy at March 29, 2007 01:04 PM

thanks a lot for allowing "Schnappi" to be downloaded.I've been trying all the way to get this. I just love it, can't help listening to this. Thanks again^^

Posted by: mina at April 21, 2007 05:23 AM

Thanks very much for putting the song up - been hunting the internet for it :D

Posted by: melanie at May 18, 2007 08:27 PM

I have been looking for the complete song for so long now..

I have stayed in Germany for 2 years and I do speak German. SO i want to teach this song to my 18 month daughter and start teaching her to speak German as well.

Do you have any toddler songs in German that I can use?

Cheers.

Danke Viel mals..

Ash

Posted by: Ash at March 28, 2008 02:52 AM
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