In 1969 Gershon Kingsley released a studio album entitled "Music to Moog By", which includes "Popcorn".[6] later in 1972, Stan Free, a fellow member of the First Moog Quartet, rerecorded "Popcorn" with his band Hot Butter.[6]
It proved popular in mainland Europe, spending several weeks at No. 1 in numerous European countries, including France (4 weeks at the top) and Switzerland (10 weeks), ultimately becoming the biggest-selling single of 1972 in both countries. (In the former, this version of "Popcorn" is the 131st best-selling single of all time, with sales of approximately 900,000 copies).[7] "Popcorn" was also a No. 1 hit in Germany (3 weeks), the Netherlands (7 weeks) and Norway (9 weeks).
Crazy Frog released a cover of "Popcorn" in 2005. Jamba! once again arranged the remix, and also marketed it as a ringtone. The song differs from the debut release "Axel F", as it does not contain the trademark "Crazy Frog sound" by Daniel Malmedahl.
The single was a hit in various countries, particularly in France, where it enjoyed its greatest success. Replacing Crazy Frog's own song "Axel F" at No. 1 on 24 September 2005, the track remained at the top spot for seven weeks, with its best weekly sales of 71,777 copies in its second week.[34] Certified Diamond status just three months after its release by the SNEP, as of August 2014, this version of "Popcorn" is the 40th best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 458,000 copies sold.[35] The track also topped the charts in Belgium, New Zealand and Spain.[36]
The music video, CGI-animated, was produced by Kaktus Film and Erik Wernquist of TurboForce3D, and features Crazy Frog causing chaos at the undersea labs of the drones.
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
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The 1972 cover of the Popcorn Makers reached No. 7 on the German charts (16 weeks) and No. 1 on the Dutch Charts (13 weeks).[73][74]
In 1972, the version by French band Anarchic System reached at No. 13 on the German charts (11 weeks), No. 10 on the Dutch charts (6 weeks) and No. 1 on the Ultratop 50 singles chart, with 15 weeks in Flanders and 21 in Wallonia.[75]
In 1987, Mark Haliday, under the name M & H Band, released his version of "Popcorn" which peaked at No. 8 on the Norwegian charts (2 weeks) and at No. 20 on the Swedish charts (1 week).[76]
The 1982 Sega arcade game Pengo used a variation of the song as its theme music. In 2001, Sega released the song along with music from their other games on an album titled Segacon: The Best of Sega Game Music Vol. 1.[77]
^Kelman, John (26 June 2011). "Jokleba: Jokleba! / Nu Jok?". All About Jazz. Retrieved 26 April 2014. Jørgensen skews a familiar bit of Gershon Kingsley's 1969 synthpop hit, "Popcorn"
^Ahmad, Azeem (25 July 2005). "Crazy Frog – Presents Crazy Hits". musicOMH. Retrieved 26 April 2014. Up next is Popcorn, which for the best part of a minute is just a bad serving of trashy euro-dance.
79 Versions of Popcorn - As advertised, this page contains links to 79 versions of the song. This page contains all of those versions remixed into one 12-minute piece.