"Cotton Eye Joe"
E761114
"Cotton Eye Joe" is a 1994 Eurodance hit by the Swedish group Rednex that fuses techno beats with a reworked version of the traditional American folk song.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| "Cotton Eye Joe" canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Sex & Violins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Rednex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | traditional American folk song "Cotton-Eyed Joe" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| certification |
gold in the United Kingdom
ⓘ
platinum in Germany ⓘ platinum in Norway ⓘ platinum in Sweden ⓘ |
| chartPosition |
number 1 in Germany
ⓘ
number 1 in Norway ⓘ number 1 in Sweden ⓘ number 1 in Switzerland ⓘ number 1 in the United Kingdom ⓘ number 25 on the US Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Sweden ⓘ |
| features |
banjo
ⓘ
dance beat ⓘ fiddle ⓘ |
| followedBy | Old Pop in an Oak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format |
12-inch single
ⓘ
CD single ⓘ cassette single ⓘ |
| genre |
Eurodance
ⓘ
country dance ⓘ techno ⓘ |
| hasChoreography | line dance ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | yes ⓘ |
| hasRemix | Cotton Eye Joe (Remix) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | 1990s dance music compilations ⓘ |
| label |
Battery Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zomba Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | about 3 minutes 12 seconds ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Patric Ullaeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
fusion of techno beats with country-style fiddle
ⓘ
reworking of the traditional song "Cotton-Eyed Joe" ⓘ |
| performerNationality | Swedish ⓘ |
| precededBy | Riding Alone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Pat Reiniz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recorded | 1994 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1994-08-12 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| tempo | fast ⓘ |
| writer |
Jan Erik Kjellberg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Olov Basoski NERFINISHED ⓘ Pat Reiniz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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