Rednex is a Swedish eurodance music group, originally consisting of the lead singer Mary Joe (Annika Ljungberg), alongside Bobby Sue (Kent Olander), Ken Tacky (Arne Arstrand), Billy Ray (Jonas Nilsson) and Mup (Patrick Edenberg). They are best known for the novelty song "Cotton Eye Joe", which spent 3 weeks at #1 in the UK in January 1995. It was also #1 in most of Europe and #1 on the Canada Dance Chart. "Old Pop in an oak" and "Wish you were here" was successful reaching #1 in seeral countries in Europe. Although the latter failed to chart in 1995 in the UK.
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Dec 1994 1 Cotton Eye Joe Mar 1995 12 Old Pop In An Oak
What happened next?
"The spirit of the hawk" was #1 in Austria and Germany in 2000. Rednex have gone through numerous changes over the years and still do the retro/90s tour circuit.
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