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Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil is a little crocodile from a German cartoon for children that "performed" a song which reached #1 on the German charts in January 2005.
Inception
Schnappi was a character in a popular animated German children's TV show called Die Sendung mit der Maus  (The Show With The Mouse). In the cartoon in which he appeared, Schnappi is seen singing a song about his life in Egypt. That song, which is sung inGerman, has a catchy tune and simple lyrics.
The song, which first appeared in the Sendung mit der Maus show in 2001, was written by Iris Gruttmann and performed by her then four-year-old niece, Joy. Iris Gruttmann co-wrote the song with children’s TV songwriting colleague Rosita Blissenbach when Joy, asked for a special song after seeing crocodiles at the zoo. The song was posted on the internet as a family joke, then picked up by a local radio station, and the rest is history.

Success
In 2004 Schnappi became very popular on the Internet. In December of that year, the song Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil was released on CD. The single reached #1 on the German Pop-Charts on January 3, 2005.
This phenomenon is claimed to refute  the notion that sharing music over the internet is harmful to sales figures. The huge commercial success of Schnappi may not have been possible without P2P networks.
A bootleg translation into English was recorded and released on the Internet on the 20th February, 2005 by the Bronx artist DJ Damien (in conjunction with b0n3m4n, and featuring vocals by French Girl). Somehow, despite being an unofficial cover, this version has made it onto the "official Schnappi website in English." Other translations by collaborations involving DJ Damien include a French version "Crocky le Petit Crocodile", and a forthcoming Japanese version "Togetogeshi, chisaii wani".
The song reached number one in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden whilst reaching the top 10 in Australia and New Zealand. The song was released in the UK on Monday 3rd October 2005, but it only reached the bottom end of the UK Singles Charts top 40.
Alternative versions of the song - varying from simple remixes of the basic vocal track, to a full cover version by Belgian techno group Dynamite - were also at numbers seven and ten in Belgium, and at number two in the Netherlands.
Swedish "humor metal" band Black Ingvars also recorded a cover version in heavy metal style with Rammstein like vocals. The song was released on a compilation album in Sweden.

 

Lyrics (english translation)
I am Snappy, the little crocodile.
I come from Egypt, located at the Nile.
At first, inside an egg I lay,
then I snip-snap-snapped me out one day.

I am Snappy, the little crocodile,
I have so many sharp teeth in my smile.
I snap up everything I smell,
I snap because I can so well.

I am Snappy, the little crocodile,
I like snapping – I play it all the while.
For my Mom, I’ll set a little trap,
and then she’ll see how well that I can snap.

I am Snappy, the little crocodile,
I could go on snapping for a while.
I nip Dad's leg to make him leap,
and then I simply go to sleep.