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"Cotton-Eyed Joe" (also known as "Cotton-Eye Joe") (Roud 942) is a traditional American country folk song popular at various times throughout the United States and Canada, although today it is most commonly associated with the American South. The song is mostly identified with the 1994 Rednex version, which became popular worldwide.
"Cotton Eye Joe" is a song by the Swedish Eurodance group Rednex, released in August 1994 by Jive and Zomba as the lead single from their debut studio album, Sex & Violins (1995). Based on the traditional American folk song " Cotton-Eyed Joe ", it blends the group's Eurodance style with traditional American instruments like the banjo [ 5 ] and ...
"Cotton Eye Joe", Rednex (1994) The Eurodance track was ranked number 1 in CBS News' "Top 10 Worst Songs From 'Jock Jams'", which deemed it an "unholy hybrid of country-fried fiddle kitsch and relentless Hi-NRG drum sequencing." [120] Démar Grant of Toronto Star called it the worst song of the 1990s, describing it as "straight drivel with no ...
The album was a commercial success, including the hit dance single "Cotton Eye Joe". For its US release, the album was retitled Cotton Eye Joe (Sex & Violins) and received new cover art – presumably due to the possible offensive nature of the original artwork, which depicted a person urinating into a chamber pot with the band members' faces.
Rednex are best known for their dance country songs "Cotton Eye Joe", "Old Pop in an Oak", "The Way I Mate" or "Racing". The style of Eurodance was dance music with a female singer for the refrain and a male rapper for the verses to follow a traditional verse-chorus structure.
4. ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire’ by Billy Joel (1989) Lyrics don’t have to be inappropriate to be offensive. Sometimes, they can offend due to repetition, self-righteous preachiness, and a ...
Eminem at the 2024 NFL Draft in Detroit, Michigan. Credit - Gregory Shamus--Getty Images. Y es, an Eminem music video is trending in the year 2024. On May 30, the 51-year-old rapper released ...
This is a list of songs that either originated in blackface minstrelsy or are otherwise closely associated with that tradition. Songwriters and publication dates are given where known. Songwriters and publication dates are given where known.