Axel F Explained

"Axel F" is an electronic instrumental track by German musician Harold Faltermeyer. The track served as the theme tune for the film Beverly Hills Cop, its eponymous character, and the film franchise it is based on, and became an international number one hit in 1985. The single was released in 1984 by MCA Records and reached number one in Ireland as well as on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. Additionally, it was a number-two hit in Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and West Germany.

In addition to the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack, the track also appears on Faltermeyer's own album Harold F. as a bonus track.^[4] Its music video was directed by Faltermeyer himself.

Production

Faltermeyer recorded the tune using five instruments: a Roland Jupiter-8 provided the distinctive saw lead, a Moog modular synthesizer 15 provided the bass, a Roland JX-3P provided chord stab brasses, a Yamaha DX7 was used for the marimba sound, and a LinnDrum was used for drum programming.^[5] All instruments were played by Faltermeyer.

According to Faltermeyer, the initial reaction to his first presentation of the track to the film's producers and director did not result in an immediate approval; it was not until director Martin Brest voiced his approval that the producers showed enthusiasm.^[6]

A music video was produced to promote the single, directed by Faltermeyer. Faltermeyer is featured wearing an overcoat, hat, and sunglasses; he sneaks into a computer lab at night and uses one of the machines to watch scenes from Beverly Hills Cop with himself edited in, interspersed with footage of a pole dancer, a female dancer, and of himself playing the synthesizer.^[7]

The B-Side "Shoot Out", although featuring prominently in the film, was not included on the Soundtrack album.

Track listings

• 7-inch single

1. "Axel F" – 3:00
2. "Shoot Out" – 2:44

• 12-inch maxi

1. "Axel F" (M & M mix) – 7:00
2. "Axel F" (extended version) – 7:09
3. "Shoot Out" – 2:44

• 12-inch maxi

1. "Axel F" (extended version) – 7:09
2. "Shoot Out" – 2:44

Charts

Faltermeyer's version of the instrumental reached number two on the UK Singles Chart and number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. It also spent two weeks atop the US Adult Contemporary chart.

Weekly charts

Chart (1985)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[8]	6
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[9]	2
Denmark (Hitlisten)[10]	9
Ireland (IRMA)[11]	1
US Billboard Hot 100[12]	3
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[13]	1
US Hot Black Singles (Billboard)[14]	13

Year-end charts

Chart (1985)	Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[15] [16]	53
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[17]	22
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[18]	30
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[19]	15
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[20]	13
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[21]	15
US Billboard Hot 100[22]	61
West Germany (Media Control)[23]	13

Techno Cop version

In 1992, German techno group Techno Cop covered the instrumental, and achieved modest success with a top 30 ranking on the German singles chart. Unlike the original, this version contains rap passages.

Track listings

• 12-inch maxi

1. "Axel F" (Outlaw mix) – 5:50
2. "Axel F" (Megaphone mix) – 5:20
3. "Cops in Trance" – 4:15

• CD maxi

1. "Axel F" (U-Boot mix) – 6:00
2. "Axel F" (radio edit) – 3:49
3. "Axel F" (Minimalistixtendid) – 4:41
4. "Beverly Kills" – 2:58

Charts

Clock version

British pop/dance act Clock released a successful dance cover of "Axel F" in 1995. Produced by Richard Pritchard and Stu Allan and released by MCA and ZYX Music, it was featured on their debut album, It's Time... (1995), and peaked at number five in Scotland, number seven in the UK overall, number eight in Ireland and number 37 in Sweden. On the Eurochart Hot 100, the single reached number 20 in March 1995, while in Australia, it peaked at number 42. The accompanying music video was a Box Top on British music television channel The Box in April 1995.^[26]

Critical reception

When the cover was released in 1995, James Masterton wrote in his weekly UK chart, "There is no denying the brilliance of this record, making the Harold Faltermeyer classic more of a dance hit than he could ever have dreamed as the song makes the Top 10 close on ten years since the original did the same."^[27] Alan Jones from Music Weeks RM Dance Update described the song as "another energetic remake".^[28] Another RM editor, James Hamilton, declared it as an "ultra excitingly galloping 135bpm Hi-NRG" track in his weekly dance column.^[25]

Track listings

• UK CD maxi

1. "Axel F" (Radio Short Stab) – 3:22
2. "Axel F" (Primax mix) – 4:47
3. "Keep Pushin'" (Clock N-R-G mix) – 6:27
4. "Keep Pushin'" (PTP 'London' mix) – 7:46

• Sweden CD maxi

1. "Axel F" (radio edit) – 3:38
2. "Axel F" (Primax mix) – 4:44
3. "Axel F" (Ten to Two mix) – 5:40
4. "Keep Pushin'" (PTP London edit) – 4:40
5. "Clock Megamix" - 15:40

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)	42
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[29]	20
Ireland (IRMA)	8
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)[30]	5
Scotland (OCC)[31]	5
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)	37
UK Singles (OCC)	7
UK Airplay (Music Week)[32]	28
UK Club Chart (Music Week)[33]	28
UK on a Pop Tip Club Chart (Music Week)[34]	3

Year-end charts

Psy version

In 2002, South Korean singer Psy released a track titled "Champion" as part of his album 3 Mai,^[36] tapping into Seoul's enthusiasm over the 2002 FIFA World Cup.^{[37] [38]} "Champion" was partially inspired by Korean street cheering during the 2002 World Cup.^[39] Paul Lester of The Guardian called "Champion" a "thrashy disco ... which heavily samples "Axel F" by Harold Faltermeyer".^[40]

Murphy Brown vs Captain Hollywood version

In 2003, Murphy Brown and Captain Hollywood released their Eurodance version of "Axel F", titled "Axel F 2003". This version was produced by Matthias Wagner and Andreas Dohmeyer of the Off-cast Project, and Bass Bumpers. It contains a vocal sample from Max Headroom ("What's going on?"), heard at the beginning of the song. It reached number 18 on the official German Singles Chart.^[41] This version was reworked two years later into the highly successful version by Crazy Frog, which was also completed by the same team of producers.

Crazy Frog version

In 2005, Crazy Frog, an animated CGI character created by ringtone provider Jamba! released a cover of "Axel F". The song, itself a re-working of the 2003 Murphy Brown/Captain Hollywood version, was created in response to a popular unauthorized song using the Crazy Frog ringtone audio.^[43] "Axel F" would become a chart topping hit across Europe and Australia in summer 2005, while achieving Top 40 status in the United States.^[44]

Like "Axel F 2003", Crazy Frog's version was also produced by the Off-cast Project, and Henning Reith and Reinhard "DJ Voodoo" Raith, two members of the German dance production team Bass Bumpers. Wolfgang Boss^[45] and Jamster! arranged the remix.^[46]

The song consists of additional vocals taken from the 1997 recording "2TAKTARE.mp3" by Daniel Malmedahl. It uses mainly the same part of the two-minute original that was used in Jamster's release. There were three edits to the song. The original version of the song can be found on most P2P networks.

Chart performances

Released across Europe in May 2005, "Axel F" topped the charts in the United Kingdom, with some of the best weekly sales of the year (out-selling rivals such as Coldplay by four copies to one), and remained at the top of the UK Singles Chart for four weeks to become Britain's third-best-selling single of 2005, outselling and outperforming the original version. In other European countries, the popularity has differed, with the song failing to make the top 20 in Switzerland at first, before gradually climbing to number one, whilst reaching number three in Russia. It also reached number one on the overall European chart and stayed at number one until September. It also reached number one in Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, and Sweden. It was the number-one song of the year in Europe, New Zealand, and the Wallonia region of Belgium. The song was the 65th-best-selling single of the 2000s in the UK.^[47]

In France, the song entered the French Singles Chart at number 77 on 11 June 2005, and moved all the way to number two the next week. There it stayed for two weeks before climbing to the summit, where it remained for thirteen weeks. It fell off the first position being dethroned by Crazy Frog's second single, "Popcorn". This was only the second time that an artist had ever dethroned themself in that country. The song remained in the top 10 for 21 weeks, 30 weeks in the top 50 and 36 weeks in the chart. Its best weekly sales were 103,564 on its 6th week.^[48] On 1 December 2005, it was certified diamond, 7 months after its release, by the French certifier SNEP. The song is the third best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 1,270,000 units sold.^[49] (1,265,579 sales, according to another source).^[50]

Despite Crazy Frog not being as well known in Japan, the single release also charted there, peaking at number 46. It peaked at number 50 in the US. Although "Axel F" managed to find more success in mainstream markets, it proved to be a moderate success on the US Rhythmic Top 40, where it peaked at number 28. It also peaked at number three on the US Digital Sales chart. Its highest U.S. success was number two on the US Adult Contemporary Top 20. The song later became an Internet meme.

Music video

The Ministry of Sound hired Kaktus Film and Erik Wernquist of TurboForce3D, the original creator of the 3D Crazy Frog, to produce a full-length animated music video to accompany the release of the song. An overview of the city is shown. Then someone in a van with attached satellite dishes and high-tech instruments on the interior sees a message on one of the monitor, which reads "Wanted: The most annoying thing in the world", referring to Crazy Frog, with a bounty of $50,000 specified for the catcher.

In 2011, the video was listed in NMEs "50 Worst Music Videos", ranking at 47.^[51] In 2024, as part of a tribute to celebrate the release of , the Crazy Frog YouTube Channel made a special crossover music video with Netflix, featuring scenes from the movie, but re-edited to feature Crazy Frog in them, being chased by the Beverly Hills Police and Axel Foley. It's the first time that Crazy Frog has ever interacted with the original franchise.^[52] As of February 2025, it has been viewed more than five billion times on YouTube.^[53]

Track listing

• Australia

1. "Axel F" (Radio Edit) – 2:54
2. "Axel F" (Club Mix) – 6:23
3. "Axel F" (Club Mix Instrumental) – 6:23
4. "In the 80's" – 3:29

• UK

1. "Axel F" (Radio Edit)
2. "Axel F" (Bounce Mix)
3. "Axel F" (Bounce Mix Instrumental)
4. "Axel F" (Reservoir Frog Remix)
5. "Axel F" (Video)

Charts and sales

Weekly charts

Chart (2005–2006)	Peak position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[54]	1
French Digital Songs (SNEP)[55]	1
Ireland (IRMA)	1
Russia Airplay (TopHit)[56]	3
Ukraine Airplay (TopHit)[57]	4
US Billboard Hot 100[58]	50
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)	40
US Pop 100 (Billboard)	34

Year-end charts

Chart (2005)	Position
Australia (ARIA)[59]	4
Australia Dance (ARIA)[60]	1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[61]	17
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[62]	2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[63]	1
Brazil (Crowley)[64]	135
CIS Airplay (TopHit)[65]	42
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[66]	1
France (SNEP)[67]	2
France Club Chart[68]	23
France Digital Chart[69]	7
Germany (Media Control GfK)[70]	28
Ireland (IRMA)[71]	4
Italy (FIMI)[72]	18
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[73]	33
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[74]	42
New Zealand (RIANZ)[75]	1
Russia Airplay (TopHit)[76]	48
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[77]	2
Sweden (Hitlistan)[78]	7
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[79]	2
UK Singles (OCC)[80]	3
Ukraine Airplay (TopHit)[81]	30

Decade-end charts

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)
Germany	17 May 2005	CD	Mach1
Australia	18 July 2005			[83]

See also

• Axel Foley
• Beverly Hills Cop (franchise)
• List of Hot Adult Contemporary number ones of 1985

External links

• The 8bitpeoples "Axel F" A freely downloadable compilation of various artists' interpretations of "Axel F" Released under Creative Commons license.
• Press release, including sound clips

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