This article is about the song. For the character, see Axel Foley. For the 2024 film, see Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.
"Axel F"
Artwork for UK and German releases
Single by Harold Faltermeyer
from the album Beverly Hills Cop and Harold F.
B-side
"Discovery"
"Shoot Out"
Released
March 11, 1985 (UK)[1] March 18, 1985 (US)[2]
Genre
Synth-pop[3]
electro[4]
Length
3:01
Label
MCA
Songwriter(s)
Hans Faltermeier
Producer(s)
Harold Faltermeyer
Harold Faltermeyer singles chronology
"Axel F" (1985)
"The Race Is On" / "Starlight Express" (1987)
"Axel F" is an electronic instrumental track by German musician Harold Faltermeyer. It served as the theme for the 1984 film Beverly Hills Cop, starring Eddie Murphy, and became an international number one hit in 1985. The track 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 UK, and West Germany.
In addition to the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack, the song appears on Faltermeyer's 1988 album Harold F. as a bonus track.[5]
^"BPI".
^Hung, Steffen. "Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F". hitparade.ch.
^"Axel F – Harold Faltermeyer". Toponehitwonders.com. 31 October 2010. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2013. 'Axel F' is a brilliant one-hit wonder on many levels. It's a synthpop one-hit wonder, placing it in the same company as 'Cars' by Gary Numan (...) and 'Autobahn' by Kraftwerk to name just a few genius synthpop hits.
^Fraser McAlpine (14 July 2017). "What was the most annoying novelty song of all time?". BBC Music. Retrieved 12 November 2022. Then in 2004 the voice was used to launch an obnoxious ringtone called Crazy Frog, which proved so popular, it was then set to Harold Faltermeyer's 1984 electro hit Axel F and released as a global hit single.
^"The 40 greatest synth sounds of all time, No 36: Harold Faltermeyer". Music Radar. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
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