Cotton Eye Joe
Song by Rednex
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Search complete. 31 mentions across 10 episodes found for "Cotton Eye Joe".
Sep 29, 2026
Micky BartlettHOST
that was.
Micky BartlettHOST
It's like Cotton Eye Joe.
Micky BartlettHOST
You're like, Cotton Eye Joe.
Micky BartlettHOST
It's actually If It Hadn't Been for Cotton Eye Joe.
Micky BartlettHOST
I also thought it was Pull Up a Seat for Cotton Eye Joe.
Micky BartlettHOST
Because obviously he can't see because of the cotton eye.
Micky BartlettHOST
Yeah.
William ThompsonHOST
no
speaker_0HOST
And somehow, more than a century later, millions of people are still dancing to his complaint at weddings.
speaker_0HOST
This is Cotton-Eyed Joe.
speaker_0HOST
Most people know what happens next.
speaker_0HOST
I've been married a long time ago.
speaker_0HOST
And the idea that somewhere behind them is one definitive, beautiful, minor key original is not quite right either.
speaker_0HOST
There is no original recording.
speaker_0HOST
Cotton-Eyed Joe is older than recorded music.
speaker_0HOST
By the time anyone could put it on a record, the song had already spent decades being changed by singers, fiddlers, and dancers.
DarrenHOST
So yeah, that was S Club 7, Don't Stop Moving, which I presume is not Ben Gray's actual birth song, but it was released, did hit number one on the week of one of his birthdays.
DarrenHOST
and that's fine ahead of that was the mighty rednecks cotton eye joe which despite some of the comments in the chat is not a war crime however its use can be can facilitate a war crime so Thank you very much to Tom for suggesting that.
DarrenHOST
I'm not entirely sure Tom actually suggested it.
DarrenHOST
I think he mentioned it in passing, but he did use the hashtag.
Erin MillerHOST
...
Erin MillerHOST
Cotton Eye Joe, you guys?
Nicole Story DentHOST
Cotton Eye J- they would play the Cotton Eye Joe.
Erin MillerHOST
I don't know.
Erin MillerHOST
It's a little-
Kevin BrownHOST
Over the top of one of the jangliest sort of.
Kevin BrownHOST
I mean, it's not a million miles away from fucking Cotton Eye Joe.
Kevin BrownHOST
No, no, it's not.
Randy WoodsHOST
It really is not.
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Kevin BrownHOST
There was a fucking British, I think they were British, called Jilted John, who had a song called Gordon is a Moron, or was that the name of the song? And the same sort of thing where it's just kind of like, you listen to it and you think, oh, this is just silly.
Kevin BrownHOST
And then you say, yeah, but I kind of dig it.
Randy WoodsHOST
You know what I mean? You know, honestly, Kev, your comparison to Cotton Eye Joe is just not a long ways away.
Randy WoodsHOST
Really, the music behind it is...
AdrianHOST
And then straight after that, so you know, it can't get any harder is what they're thinking about their dicks right now.
AdrianHOST
But then Cotton Eye Joe comes on, dude.
AdrianHOST
And they can't stop moving their fucking feet.
AdrianHOST
They're like, holy shit, I've never done this much exercise in my life.
AdrianHOST
Probably 200 years of evolution just completely passed up, and now we're advanced.
AdrianHOST
Now we're even more advanced.
AdrianHOST
They would have had AI in 1980 if they would have listened to Cotton Eye Joe back in 1492.
AdrianHOST
Yeah.
John VoquetteHOST
Well, the Italian Center is no stranger to very involved dancing.
John VoquetteHOST
So I think when 100 or 150 people get out there in their boots and start doing that Cotton Eye Joe at your gala, the floor will hold up.
John VoquetteHOST
Absolutely.
John VoquetteHOST
So we can't leave, and I only have about two minutes to be able to talk about it, but last but not least is your team.
Trent DeanGUEST
That was Tankersley, which was after we had done the Say What stuff, so that kind of made sense, that whole dance thing.
BrockHOST
And he also did Cotton Eye Joe.
BrockHOST
Is that
Trent DeanGUEST
like the Rednecks version? Yeah, the Rednecks, all the remixes to Cotton Eye Joe.
Trent DeanGUEST
Actually, the remix is the one that everybody knows, really.
Trent DeanGUEST
That's Tankersleeve.
ChrisHOST
Got it.
speaker_4PANELIST
Eske begins beating his shield to the rhythm of Cotton-Eyed Joe.
ChrisHOST
Gotcha.
ChrisHOST
A classic Scandinavian-
speaker_4PANELIST
Exactly.
speaker_4PANELIST
No, but, uh, Cotton-
EricPANELIST
Wait, was Cotton-Eyed Joe actually Magnor?
speaker_4PANELIST
Yes, that is 100% who Cotton-Eyed Joe is.
Elis JamesHOST
How can you explore the darkest recesses of the mind when you're playing Who Let the Dogs Out on your Bluetooth speakers? Where does Thierry find the time for Wordle or to maintain his Boggle relationships? But Thierry didn't seem to care.
Elis JamesHOST
As we checked out on the final day, I said, "Have you considered mixing it up by playing Cotton Eye Joe by Rednex?" And he said, "J'adore Cotton Eye Joe."
John RobinsHOST
[laughs]
Elis JamesHOST
We all make choices, and John has machine-engineered for himself the perfect life.