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Article: Mobile phone ring tone becomes hit single in Britain
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- May 28, 2005
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AP Worldstream
05-28-2005
Dateline: LONDON
A cell phone ring tone appeared set to top the British singles chart Sunday, outselling the new single by the band Coldplay by nearly four to one, a music retailer said.
"Crazy Frog Axel F," a ring tone based on the sound of a revving Swedish mo-ped, is the first tune being used on mobile phones to cross into mainstream music charts, said Gennaro Castaldo, a spokesman for HMV, the British music retailing chain.
Coldplay had hoped to go straight to No. 1 on this Sunday's British singles chart with its new song, "Speed of Sound." But by Saturday, it appeared that "Crazy Frog Axel F" _ which is available for digital download and as a compact disc ...