Crazy Frog joins Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop 4 promo

Crazy Frog in Netflix’s “Axel F” commercial.

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Eddie Murphy’s title character in the Netflix film Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F has an unexpected crime-fighting partner.

The streaming service released a new commercial for the action comedy on Friday featuring Crazy Frog, the cartoon character who rose to pop culture fame nearly two decades ago with a dance-fueled rendition of the franchise’s theme music. The new commercial features key scenes from the film, inserting Crazy Frog into the plot to cause additional chaos for Murphy’s character.

Netflix’s official X account (formerly Twitter) posted the video on Friday with the message “CRAZY FROG AND AXEL FOLEY???” Among the accounts that responded to the post was T-Mobile’s, which commented “The GOAT of ringtones.” Netflix responded, “Invented ringtones.”

Crazy Frog is considered to be a 2003 creation by Erik Wernquist, originally marketed by ringtone provider Jamba! The character’s version of “Axel F” – the franchise’s theme song, composed by Harold Faltermeyer and first heard in the original 1984 film Beverly Hills Cop — reached number 1 in the UK, Australia, France and numerous other countries around the world in 2005. The song “Crazy Frog”, in which the animated amphibian speaks gibberish, was a reworking of a dance version by Murphy Brown and Captain Hollywood released two years earlier.

“Axel F and @crazyfrog have been an iconic duo since 2005,” reads a description of the new promo video on Crazy Frog’s YouTube page. “Crazy Frog is back with a new music video for the Netflix film Beverly Hills Cop.”

Director: Mark Molloy Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Fand the fourth film in the series is currently streaming on Netflix. Murphy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Taylour Paige and Kevin Bacon star in the feature film, which follows Foley (Murphy) as he returns to Beverly Hills to protect his daughter Jane (Paige) and longtime friend Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold).

Molloy recently said The Hollywood Reporter that the film’s iconic music was an important part of the latest film.

“For me, music is the Beverly Hills Cop Franchise has so much of the identity and tone of the films,” Molloy said. “It’s so crucial. We have the score and all those pinpricks in Axel Fit’s all a huge part.”