As if it hadn't have been for Cotton Eye Joe i'd be married a long time ago!!
2007-01-21 06:12:41 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
The boll weevils et him a long time ago.
2007-01-21 06:18:45 · answer #1 · answered by anna 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Rednex sang the song-
Rednex is a Swedish manufactured band that had an international novelty hit with the song "Cotton Eyed Joe" in 1994.
Rednex is the brainchild of Swedish producers Janne Ericsson, Ãrjan Ãberg and Pat Reiniz, who decided to try mixing country music with eurodance. They decided to rework the traditional folk song, "Cotton-Eyed Joe", into a dance song and released it in 1994, to huge worldwide success. This started the Country House music fad which lasted for a few years afterward.
They recorded their songs with studio musicians, and a fake group of redneck role players to represent the group were put together. Over the years, these performers have come and gone, and as of 2006 there have been 11 different role players. Though they were not involved in the actual music making in the beginning, they are responsible for the Rednex image as a whole and thus are considered just as much part of the group as the actual musicians. In 2005 they started to play the music themselves as well taking over all vocal-parts and the music-production.
An album titled Sex & Violins followed the hit song, and Rednex went on to score other hits in Europe from that album (notably the uptempo "Old Pop In An Oak" and the ballad "Wish You Were Here"). However, "Cotton Eye Joe" remains their only U.S. hit as of 2006.
A follow up album entitled Farmout was released in 2000 and found much success in Europe. Their single "Spirit Of The Hawk" was the most successful, finding particular popularity in Germany.
In 2003, a greatest hits album was released entitled The Best Of The West, also known as Cotton Eyed Joe in some regions.
The group launched something of a minor comeback when they entered the song "Mama Take Me Home" in Semifinal 4 of the Swedish Melodifestivalen on 11 March 2006 in Gothenburg. They qualified for the final via the Second Chance Round, finishing an overall sixth in the final. The song "Mama Take Me Home" was subsequently released as a single in a few select European countries.
Their comeback continued as they released the single "Fe Fi (The Old Man Died)" in November 2006, after having performed it at the Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards. It was surprisingly successful, reaching #4 in the Swedish Charts.
They also sang at the 2005 IAAF World Championships in Athletics, in Helsinki.
2007-01-21 14:30:16 · answer #2 · answered by treasurebum2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hopefully Cotton Eye Joe is 6' under pushing up daisies!
2007-01-21 14:20:18 · answer #3 · answered by spikey_richie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I think he may have got lost due to the fact that he had eyes made of cotton which would impeed his ability to read maps and signposts. Who knows if we'll ever find out exactly where he is or what happened to him.
2007-01-21 14:18:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
He married Linen Arsed Jenny.
2007-01-21 14:22:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Where did he come from, where did he go?, where did you go to Cotten Eye Joe?
Yeeeehaaa!
Techno and country music should never have been mixed.
I think he disappeared right after the single was released.
2007-01-21 14:18:23 · answer #6 · answered by Bandit600 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
he got eye surgery, he realised the cotton wasn't working and made him look like a right idiot
2007-01-21 15:40:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
WHeryd ya come from wheryd ya go If it havent been from cotten Eye Joe
The Rednex
2007-01-21 14:15:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They still play it at some dances where I live, otherwise it's just another one hit wonder
2007-01-21 14:20:11 · answer #9 · answered by Lauren 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
saw them on never mind the buzzcocks at xmas, still touring apparently!
2007-01-21 14:19:37 · answer #10 · answered by rachealuk 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋