Rednex is a Swedish manufactured techno-country band.
Rednex was initially the brainchild of Swedish producers Janne Ericsson, Orjan “Oban” Oberg, Brian Reddyb and Pat Reiniz, who decided to try mixing country music with eurodance. The name “Rednex” was chosen as a deliberate mis-spelling of the word “rednecks”. They reworked the traditional folk song “Cotton-Eyed Joe” into a dance song and released it in 1994, to huge worldwide success. Cotton Eye Joe started the Country House music fad which lasted for a few years afterward.
Cotton Eye Joe
“Cotton-Eyed Joe” is a popular American folk song known at various times throughout the United States and Canada, although today it is most commonly associated with the American South.
“Cotton Eye Joe” is also a popular spoke line dance that can be seen and danced at country western dance venues. The 1980 film Urban Cowboy sparked a renewed interest in the dance, and most recently a version of the song recorded by the Swedish band Rednex in 1994 as “Cotton Eye Joe” has become popular.
http://djallyn.org/media/Rednex-CottonEyeJoe.flvIf it hadn’t been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I’d been married long time ago
Where did you come from where did you go
Where did you come from Cotton-Eye JoeIf it hadn’t been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I’d been married long time ago
Where did you come from where did you go
Where did you come from Cotton-Eye JoeIf it hadn’t been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I’d been married long time ago
Where did you come from where did you go
Where did you come from Cotton-Eye JoeIf it hadn’t been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I’d been married long time ago
Where did you come from where did you go
Where did you come from Cotton-Eye JoeIf it hadn’t been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I’d been married long time ago
Where did you come from where did you go
Where did you come from Cotton-Eye JoeIf It hadn’t Been For Cotton Eyed Joe
I’d Been Married a long Time Ago
Where did you come from where did you go
Where did you come from Cotton-Eye JoeHe brought a disaster wherever he went
The hearts of the girls were to hell, broken sent.
They all ran away so nobody would know
and left only men ’cause of Cotton-Eye Joe(Yee-Haw)
If it hadn’t been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I’d been married long time ago
Where did you come from where did you go
where did you come from Cotton-eye JoeIf it hadn’t been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I’d been married long time ago
Where did you come from where did you go
Where did you come from Cotton-Eye JoeIf it hadn’t been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I’d been married long time ago
Where did you come from where did you go
Where did you come from Cotton-Eye JoeHe brought disaster wherever he went
The hearts of the girls were to hell, broken sent.
They all ran away so nobody would know
and left only men ’cause of Cotton-Eye JoeIf it hadn’t been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I’d been married long time ago
Where did you come from where did you go
Where did you come from Cotton-Eye JoeIf it hadn’t been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I’d been married long time ago
Where did you come from where did you go
Where did you come from Cotton-Eye JoeIf it hadn’t been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I’d been married long time ago
Where did you come from where did you go
Where did you come from Cotton-Eye JoeIf it hadn’t been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I’d been married long time ago
Where did you come from where did you go
Where did you come from Cotton-Eye JoeIf it hadn’t been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I’d been married long time ago
Where did you come from where did you go
Where did you come from Cotton-Eye Joe
- Audio from the 1995 album, Sex and Violins:
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