Cotton-Eyed Joe is a traditional folk song and a line dance mostly known in the Southern United States. Several different versions of it have been arranged by different artists. Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ... A line dance is a formation dance in which a group of people dance in a line formation or in lines, and they all execute the same dance moves individually. ...

Rednex

In 1994, a Swedish band called Rednex came out with their own version of Cotton Eyed Joe. This band is a techno band, but they mixed their techno with traditional American instruments, such as banjos, fiddles, and harmonicas. It was very successful in Europe, reaching number 1 in the United Kingdom in January 1995, and was also quite successful in the United States and Australia (where it peaked at #8 in April 1995). The song was also remixed in 2002. It has become a "standard" for DJs all over the world, right up there with the "Macarena", "The Electric Slide", the "YMCA" and the Paramus, NJ favorite, "Blue Champagne" by Frank L. Ryerson. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ... Rednex is a Swedish manufactured band that had an international novelty hit with the song Cotton Eye Joe in 1995. ... Techno is a form of electronic dance music that became prominent in Detroit, Michigan during the mid-1980s with influences from electro, New Wave, Funk and futuristic fiction themes that were prevalent and relative to modern culture during the end of the Cold War in industrial America at that time. ... Old 6-string zither banjo For other uses, see Banjo (disambiguation) The banjo is a stringed instrument of African American origin, early or original examples sometimes being called the gourd banjo. Its name is commonly thought to be derived from the Kimbundu term mbanza. ... The violin is a stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a fifth apart. ... Wikibooks has a manual, textbook or guide to this subject: Harmonica A harmonica is a free reed musical wind instrument (also known, among other things, as a mouth organ or mouth harp, French harp, tin sandwich, blues harp, simply harp, or Mississippi saxophone), having multiple, variably-tuned brass or bronze... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Macarena is a song by Los del Río about a woman of the same name. ... Members of the grounds crew of Yankee Stadium pause to do the YMCA dance. ...

The song is also popluar at sporting events, especially in Europe. World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ...

Media

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In the media

• Played in an episode of Beavis and Butt-Head.
• Sung with lyrics in the 1984ad movie Places In the Heart.
• Played in an episode of Malcolm in the Middle as the original soundtrack marketed and recorded by Rykodisc Records.

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External links

• Music Video of Rednex's "Cotton Eye Joe" at YouTube
• A Napoleon Dynamite version at YouTube - dubbing the song over Napoleon Dynamite's dance routine.
• How To Dance The Cotton Eyed Joe from Partydirectory.com a great party planning site.
• In Depth Article on the Cotton Eyed Joe In depth article on the history of the song and its modern versions.