"Cotton-Eyed Joe" has inspired both a partner dance and more than one line dance that is often danced at country dance venues in the U.S. and around the world. The 1980 film Urban Cowboy sparked a renewed interest in the dance. In 1985, The Moody Brothers' version of the song received a Grammy Award-nomination for "Best Country Instrumental Performance". Irish group The Chieftains received a Grammy nomination for "Best Country Vocal Collaboration" for their version of the song with lead vocals by Ricky Skaggs on their 1992 album, Another Country. In 1994, a version of the song recorded by the Swedish band Rednex as "Cotton Eye Joe" became popular worldwide.
History
The origins of this song are unclear, although it pre-dates the 1861–1865 American Civil War.AmericanfolkloristDorothy Scarborough (1878–1935) noted in her 1925 book On the Trail of Negro Folk-songs, that several people remember hearing the song before the war and her sister, Mrs. George Scarborough, learned the song from a man who had known the song during his earliest childhood from slaves singing it on plantations in Louisiana. Both the dance and the song had as many variants as the old old folk song that it is. American publishing house Harper and Brothers published a version in 1882, heard by author Louise Clarke Pyrnelle (born 1850) on the Alabama plantation of her father when she was a child, that was later republished in 1910:
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The Eye is a fictionalcomic book character created by Frank Thomas and published by Centaur Publications. The character had no origin story, and existed only as a giant, floating, disembodied eye, wreathed in a halo of golden light. This powerful being was obsessed with the concept of justice, and existed to encourage average people to do what they could to attain it for themselves. If the obstacles proved too great, the Eye would assist its mortal charges by working miracles. Time and space meant nothing to the Eye and it existed as a physical embodiment of man's inner conscience.
Publishing history
The Eye appeared in the pages of Centaur's Keen Detective Funnies for 16 issues (cover-dated Dec. 1939 - Sept. 1940), in a feature entitled "The Eye Sees". The feature began with the book's 16th issue, and continued until the title folded after its 24th issue (September, 1940). Following its run in Keen Detective, Centaur promoted the Eye to its own book, Detective Eye, which ran for two issues (Nov.-Dec. 1940) before folding as well.
The song was thought of by Sermon after buying a copy of Gaye's Midnight Love and the Sexual Healing Sessions album, which overlook some of the original album's earlier mixes. After listening to an outtake of Gaye's 1982 album track, "Turn On Some Music" (titled "I've Got My Music" in its initial version), Sermon decided to mix the vocals (done in a cappella) and add it into his own song. The result was similar to Natalie Cole's interpolation of her father, jazz great Nat "King" Cole's hit, "Unforgettable" revisioned as a duet. The hip hop and soul duet featuring the two veteran performers was released as the leading song of the soundtrack to the Martin Lawrence & Danny DeVito comedy, "What's the Worst That Could Happen?" The song became a runaway success rising to #2 on Billboard's R&B chart and was #1 on the rap charts. It also registered at #21 pop giving Sermon his highest-charted single on the pop charts as a solo artist and giving Gaye his first posthumous hit in 10 years following 1991's R&B-charted single, "My Last Chance" also bringing Gaye his 41st top 40 pop hit. There is also a version that's played on Adult R&B stations that removes Erick Sermon's rap verses. The song was featured in the 2011 Matthew McConaughey film The Lincoln Lawyer.
615 Music is a broadcast production music company based in Nashville, Tennessee. 615 Music composes television news music packages and custom image campaigns for many television networks around the world. 615 Music also operates out of Los Angeles. The name 615 Music comes from Nashville's Area Code (615), which is where the company is based.
The company composed the last three image campaigns for NBC'sToday morning news/entertainment program: "Live for Today" (2005–2006), "It's a New Day" (2006–2007), and "Why I Love Today" (2008). The "Live for Today" theme was nominated for an Emmy. 615 Music also has a production music library.
The company, along with other composers of news music such as Gari Communications, have seen a surge in business since the third quarter of 2006. This is because licensing companies had raised the prices of licensing. In 2007, 615 Music signed a deal with Belo Corporation making them the exclusive provider of news music for the station group.
The company's music has also been licensed for use in movie trailers. Their track "Goth" was used in the domestic trailer for the critically acclaimed 2007 action film, Live Free or Die Hard.
Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe (Official Music Video) [HD] - RednexMusic com
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#country #90s #dance #music
published: 24 Aug 2013
Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe - Dagger remix (Official Music Video) [HD]
Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe Dagger remix (Official Music Video) [HD]. Released in 2002.
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#country #chart #dance
published: 23 Aug 2013
Rednex - Old Pop In An Oak (Official Music Video) [HD] - RednexMusic com
Rednex - Old Pop In An Oak (Official Music Video) [HD]. Released in 1994.
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#country #party #dance
published: 24 Aug 2013
Rednex - Spirit Of The Hawk (Official Music Video) [HD] - RednexMusic com
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#country #countrypop #worldmusic
published: 24 Aug 2013
Rednex - Wish You Were Here (Official Music Video) [HD] - RednexMusic com
Rednex - Wish You Were Here (Official Music Video) [HD]. Released in 1995.
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#country #ballad #wishyouwerehere Slow Song, Love Song, Love Ballad, Love Chant, Love Ditty, Love Carol, Love Serenade
Lyrics:
Wish you were here
Me oh my country Man
Wish you were h...
published: 25 Aug 2013
Cotton Eye Joe
published: 03 Oct 2014
Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe - HD
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'ld been married long time ago
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
If it hadn't been...
If it hadn't been...
If it hadn't been...
He came to town like a midwinter storm
He rode through the fields so handsome and strong
His eyes was his tools and his smile was his gun
But all he had come for was having some fun
If it hadn't been...
If it hadn't been...
He brought disaster wherever he went
The hearts of the girls was to hell broken sent
They all ran away so nobody would know
And left only men cause of Cotton-Eye Joe
If it hadn't been...
If it had't been...
If it hadn't been...
If it hadn't been...
If it hadn't been...
...
published: 27 Jan 2017
cotton eye joe 10 hours (without female vocals)
cotton eye joe 10 hours
no female vocals
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye 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 Joe?
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#country #90s #dance #music
Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe Dagger remix (Official Music Video) [HD]. Released in 2002.
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Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe Dagger remix (Official Music Video) [HD]. Released in 2002.
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#country #chart #dance
Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe Dagger remix (Official Music Video) [HD]. Released in 2002.
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In 2024, this remix officially changed name to Dagger remix (fka 2002 remix) to honor our beloved comrade.
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#country #chart #dance
Rednex - Old Pop In An Oak (Official Music Video) [HD]. Released in 1994.
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Rednex - Old Pop In An Oak (Official Music Video) [HD]. Released in 1994.
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#country #party #dance
Rednex - Old Pop In An Oak (Official Music Video) [HD]. Released in 1994.
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#country #party #dance
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#country #countrypop #worldmusic
Rednex - Wish You Were Here (Official Music Video) [HD]. Released in 1995.
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Rednex - Wish You Were Here (Official Music Video) [HD]. Released in 1995.
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#country #ballad #wishyouwerehere Slow Song, Love Song, Love Ballad, Love Chant, Love Ditty, Love Carol, Love Serenade
Lyrics:
Wish you were here
Me oh my country Man
Wish you were here
Wish you were here
Don't you know the stove is
Getting colder
And i miss you like hell
And i'm feeling blue
Wish you were here
Me oh my countryman
Wish you were here
Wish you were here
Don't you know the stove is
Getting colder
And i miss you like hell
And i'm feeling blue
I've got feelings for you babe
Do you still feel the same
From the first time i laid my
Eyes on you
I felt joy of livin
I saw heaven in your eyes
In your eyes
Wish you were here
Me oh my countryman
Wish you where here (i wish you were here)
Wish you were here
Don't you know the stove is
Getting colder
And i miss you like hell
And i'm feeling blue
I miss your laugh i miss
Your smile
I miss everything about you
Every second's like a minute
Every…
Rednex - Wish You Were Here (Official Music Video) [HD]. Released in 1995.
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#country #ballad #wishyouwerehere Slow Song, Love Song, Love Ballad, Love Chant, Love Ditty, Love Carol, Love Serenade
Lyrics:
Wish you were here
Me oh my country Man
Wish you were here
Wish you were here
Don't you know the stove is
Getting colder
And i miss you like hell
And i'm feeling blue
Wish you were here
Me oh my countryman
Wish you were here
Wish you were here
Don't you know the stove is
Getting colder
And i miss you like hell
And i'm feeling blue
I've got feelings for you babe
Do you still feel the same
From the first time i laid my
Eyes on you
I felt joy of livin
I saw heaven in your eyes
In your eyes
Wish you were here
Me oh my countryman
Wish you where here (i wish you were here)
Wish you were here
Don't you know the stove is
Getting colder
And i miss you like hell
And i'm feeling blue
I miss your laugh i miss
Your smile
I miss everything about you
Every second's like a minute
Every…
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'ld been married long time ago
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
If it h...
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'ld been married long time ago
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
If it hadn't been...
If it hadn't been...
If it hadn't been...
He came to town like a midwinter storm
He rode through the fields so handsome and strong
His eyes was his tools and his smile was his gun
But all he had come for was having some fun
If it hadn't been...
If it hadn't been...
He brought disaster wherever he went
The hearts of the girls was to hell broken sent
They all ran away so nobody would know
And left only men cause of Cotton-Eye Joe
If it hadn't been...
If it had't been...
If it hadn't been...
If it hadn't been...
If it hadn't been...
Add a comment
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'ld been married long time ago
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
If it hadn't been...
If it hadn't been...
If it hadn't been...
He came to town like a midwinter storm
He rode through the fields so handsome and strong
His eyes was his tools and his smile was his gun
But all he had come for was having some fun
If it hadn't been...
If it hadn't been...
He brought disaster wherever he went
The hearts of the girls was to hell broken sent
They all ran away so nobody would know
And left only men cause of Cotton-Eye Joe
If it hadn't been...
If it had't been...
If it hadn't been...
If it hadn't been...
If it hadn't been...
Add a comment
cotton eye joe 10 hours
no female vocals
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd been married a long time ago
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Whe...
cotton eye joe 10 hours
no female vocals
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye 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 Joe?
cotton eye joe 10 hours
no female vocals
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye 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 Joe?
Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe Dagger remix (Official Music Video) [HD]. Released in 2002.
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In 2024, this remix officially changed name to Dagger remix (fka 2002 remix) to honor our beloved comrade.
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#country #chart #dance
Rednex - Old Pop In An Oak (Official Music Video) [HD]. Released in 1994.
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#country #party #dance
Rednex - Wish You Were Here (Official Music Video) [HD]. Released in 1995.
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#country #ballad #wishyouwerehere Slow Song, Love Song, Love Ballad, Love Chant, Love Ditty, Love Carol, Love Serenade
Lyrics:
Wish you were here
Me oh my country Man
Wish you were here
Wish you were here
Don't you know the stove is
Getting colder
And i miss you like hell
And i'm feeling blue
Wish you were here
Me oh my countryman
Wish you were here
Wish you were here
Don't you know the stove is
Getting colder
And i miss you like hell
And i'm feeling blue
I've got feelings for you babe
Do you still feel the same
From the first time i laid my
Eyes on you
I felt joy of livin
I saw heaven in your eyes
In your eyes
Wish you were here
Me oh my countryman
Wish you where here (i wish you were here)
Wish you were here
Don't you know the stove is
Getting colder
And i miss you like hell
And i'm feeling blue
I miss your laugh i miss
Your smile
I miss everything about you
Every second's like a minute
Every…
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'ld been married long time ago
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
If it hadn't been...
If it hadn't been...
If it hadn't been...
He came to town like a midwinter storm
He rode through the fields so handsome and strong
His eyes was his tools and his smile was his gun
But all he had come for was having some fun
If it hadn't been...
If it hadn't been...
He brought disaster wherever he went
The hearts of the girls was to hell broken sent
They all ran away so nobody would know
And left only men cause of Cotton-Eye Joe
If it hadn't been...
If it had't been...
If it hadn't been...
If it hadn't been...
If it hadn't been...
Add a comment
cotton eye joe 10 hours
no female vocals
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye 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 Joe?
"Cotton-Eyed Joe" has inspired both a partner dance and more than one line dance that is often danced at country dance venues in the U.S. and around the world. The 1980 film Urban Cowboy sparked a renewed interest in the dance. In 1985, The Moody Brothers' version of the song received a Grammy Award-nomination for "Best Country Instrumental Performance". Irish group The Chieftains received a Grammy nomination for "Best Country Vocal Collaboration" for their version of the song with lead vocals by Ricky Skaggs on their 1992 album, Another Country. In 1994, a version of the song recorded by the Swedish band Rednex as "Cotton Eye Joe" became popular worldwide.
History
The origins of this song are unclear, although it pre-dates the 1861–1865 American Civil War.AmericanfolkloristDorothy Scarborough (1878–1935) noted in her 1925 book On the Trail of Negro Folk-songs, that several people remember hearing the song before the war and her sister, Mrs. George Scarborough, learned the song from a man who had known the song during his earliest childhood from slaves singing it on plantations in Louisiana. Both the dance and the song had as many variants as the old old folk song that it is. American publishing house Harper and Brothers published a version in 1882, heard by author Louise Clarke Pyrnelle (born 1850) on the Alabama plantation of her father when she was a child, that was later republished in 1910:
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 Joe? 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 Joe? 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 Joe? 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 Joe? He came to town like a midwinter storm He rode through the fields, so handsome and strong His eyes was his tools and his smile was his gun But all he had come for was having some fun 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 Joe? 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 Joe? He brought disaster wherever he went The hearts of the girls was to Hell, broken, sent They all ran away so nobody would know And left only men 'cause of Cotton-Eye Joe 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 Joe? 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 Joe? 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 Joe? 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 Joe? 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 Joe?