It was also popular in Scandinavia in the 90s..! It was included on either Hits For Kids 1 or 2 that came out in 1998 and 1999 respectively if I remember correctly. Some of the songs were great like this one, some casually racist like a Swedish guy pretending to be a Calcuttan taxi driver and Witch Doctor (the music video...), some typical stuff of the day like n'sync or how it's written, spears, aqua, spice, and backstreet, and some... You wouldn't want a kid look at the music video or understand the lyrics... Man... Those albums were weird... But it was catchy and sounded funny, and that was all kids cared about... And it was the 90s...
The punchline? *THESE GUYS ARE SWEDISH.* Not only is Sweden responsible for Caramelldansen, they’re responsible for THIS. And MAMMA MIA. And Minecraft. And the Nobel Prize. And PewDiePie. And Roomie. And Seth Everman. And AronChupa. And Greta Thunberg. And IKEA. And Spotify. And Volvo. And Stieg Larsson. And the Skarsgårds. Dang, Sweden’s responsible for a lot of stuff.
Not to be autistic about it but cotton-eyed could mean white-eyed, as in showing a lot of the white, meaning wide-eyed, meaning anxious/fearful. Cotton-eye joe going here and there makes sense if he’s chronically on edge.
I was about to propose to my girlfriend when my roommate Joseph barged into the room out of nowhere, tripped, and fell over, breaking a glass table with his face. Totally ruined the mood. Now I don't know Joseph THAT well, don't even remember where he was from, but let's say I put my plans on hold to help him through his injuries. Joseph had gotten a big glass shard in his eye, making him completely blind in that eye. He was walking around with one of those big cotton pads on his eye for a couple of months. Then suddenly, he disappeared, along with my girlfriend. Apparently they'd bonded during the time after his injuries, and eloped together, leaving me behind without as much as a note. I tried to track them down, but never could. If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe. I'd have been married a long time ago. Where did you come from, where did you go? Where did you come from, cotton eye Joe?
Back in the mid-late 90's, my friends and I used to go to the rollerblading rink on the other side of town every weekend, and Cotton Eyed Joe would be played at least five or six times everytime we were there from the pit dj as they called it. This was the place to be back then. I mean it was as the 90's as you could get with rollerblading, the music, Mortal Kombat 3, The Simpsons, Final Fight in the arcade area, trading pokemon cards in the cafe area and more, but as much as it drives me nuts now, this song always reminds me of that place. It broke our hearts when it was torn down once rollerblading popularity started to drop off in the 2000's, and an office building was put up in its place. I sure do miss those days. Just turned 35 man time flies.
Cotten-Eyed Joe came from an unknown location to steal someone's girlfriend and then ride off into the sunset to escape to another unknown location Sam-I-Am came from an unknown location to force a guy to eat eggs and ham with green food colouring in a variety of places and situations that people usually don't eat eggs and ham in
Ahh, I’ve managed to play this with my cousin so many times to get my grandma to permanently ban us from playing this song in her house. It still stands lol, but we’ve never really cared.
Reminds me of my freshman year in highschool. Was in band and we had a 2hr bus ride to the football game that week. My friend and I kept jamming this song lol became a bit of an inside joke.
School/university dances in early 2000s: 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, Cotten Eye Joe? School/university dances in early 2010s: Just give me a reason! Just a little bit's enough! Just a second we're not broken just bent, and we'll learn to love again! School/university dances in late 2010s: LET'S KILL THIS LOVE! RAM PAMPAH PAPAM PAPAH!!!
Where did he come from? Sweden Where did he go? America Where did you come from Cotton Eye Joe? ...my rectum. Just kidding. Bad joke is bad. He actually came from Sweden's crazy minds
This song played at least once at every elementary school and middle school dance.
Flashbacks.
I’m in Kansas. We had to square dance to it.
Those are some bad flashbacks.
Along with Rock around the Clock
From Virginia.
Can confirm.
Yeehaw.
I live in fucking Poland and my middle school P.E. teacher uses Cotton Eye Joe on fitness lessons.
Always includes some really bad dancing. This song will almost certainly be followed up with the cha cha slide! lol
The most iconic song for elementary and middle school dances
Perdix Geek2 Cha cha slide begs to differ
Perdix Geek2 this was played at the last frat party I was at lmao
And high school dances
Don't forget high school dances
It was also popular in Scandinavia in the 90s..! It was included on either Hits For Kids 1 or 2 that came out in 1998 and 1999 respectively if I remember correctly. Some of the songs were great like this one, some casually racist like a Swedish guy pretending to be a Calcuttan taxi driver and Witch Doctor (the music video...), some typical stuff of the day like n'sync or how it's written, spears, aqua, spice, and backstreet, and some... You wouldn't want a kid look at the music video or understand the lyrics... Man... Those albums were weird... But it was catchy and sounded funny, and that was all kids cared about... And it was the 90s...
The most American song made by some Swedish hillbillys in the 90s. ♥️
Yeah we still quite a bit
First Carameldansen and now Cotton Eye Joe. It's official, the Swedish can imitate any culture through song.
Solaire 22 It's funny how it's from Japan to America
@@solaire2271 Wait till you hear about Mamma Mia by Abba
The punchline? *THESE GUYS ARE SWEDISH.*
Not only is Sweden responsible for Caramelldansen, they’re responsible for THIS. And MAMMA MIA. And Minecraft. And the Nobel Prize. And PewDiePie. And Roomie. And Seth Everman. And AronChupa. And Greta Thunberg. And IKEA. And Spotify. And Volvo. And Stieg Larsson. And the Skarsgårds.
Dang, Sweden’s responsible for a lot of stuff.
Benjamin O'Konski most importantly, theyre responsible for vargskeletor joel
So what i'm getting is, they're basically the australians from Team Fortress 2.
@@Exomix And all of his 1000 memes
And Sabaton, and Smile.dk
And also my home country. The Philippines!
We did...um...
*you know what nevermind.*
He really sounds like a country singer and a rock ‘n’ roll star all mixed together from the beginning there
Omg yes he does
Huh, yes.
Billy ray Cyrus style
The real question is, how can Joe see anything with cotton eyes?
They never said both his eyes were cotton.
I've always imagined it as one eye being cotton (as a sort of eyepatch).
Not to be autistic about it but cotton-eyed could mean white-eyed, as in showing a lot of the white, meaning wide-eyed, meaning anxious/fearful. Cotton-eye joe going here and there makes sense if he’s chronically on edge.
Maybe he PICKS what he wants to see?
Hundwyn Etheling what makes that autistic??
...After looking for lyrics, I just discovered that this song actually has lyrics and does not consist of gibberish.
My childhood was all lies.
I refuse to acknowledge "If it hadn't been for" as the actual lyrics, no matter what the internet says and the creators intended.
Liam White
beedabodeebodabodibooo
I was about to propose to my girlfriend when my roommate Joseph barged into the room out of nowhere, tripped, and fell over, breaking a glass table with his face. Totally ruined the mood. Now I don't know Joseph THAT well, don't even remember where he was from, but let's say I put my plans on hold to help him through his injuries.
Joseph had gotten a big glass shard in his eye, making him completely blind in that eye. He was walking around with one of those big cotton pads on his eye for a couple of months. Then suddenly, he disappeared, along with my girlfriend.
Apparently they'd bonded during the time after his injuries, and eloped together, leaving me behind without as much as a note. I tried to track them down, but never could.
If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe. I'd have been married a long time ago. Where did you come from, where did you go? Where did you come from, cotton eye Joe?
Fuck that's good
Stolen from 4chan
“We’re playing cotton eye joe everyone!”
Texas has entered the chat
no no no,
Alabama has entered the chat,
this is a southern song, not texas
Tevita Vuki what?
Tevita Vuki Texas is part of the south...?
Sweden has entered the chat 😉
no Texas is Texas, its not part of anything
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Kowalski, analysis.
I have such long and wonderful memories about this song
If it hadn't been eye for Drummer-eye Jerod, I'd been done long time ago.
Jerod, I have work to do... But I guess I'll binge watch again.
We know not where he came from,
We know not where he's gone,
All we know is that when you're most vulnerable...
...Joe is watching.
W-wait.....WHAT!?
Always watching Wazowski,
Always watching, always...
Oh God
So you are never alone at least.
Hol up, who is Joe?
And now i'm waiting for a WALUIGI version of it.
cotton WAH joe
Back in the mid-late 90's, my friends and I used to go to the rollerblading rink on the other side of town every weekend, and Cotton Eyed Joe would be played at least five or six times everytime we were there from the pit dj as they called it. This was the place to be back then. I mean it was as the 90's as you could get with rollerblading, the music, Mortal Kombat 3, The Simpsons, Final Fight in the arcade area, trading pokemon cards in the cafe area and more, but as much as it drives me nuts now, this song always reminds me of that place. It broke our hearts when it was torn down once rollerblading popularity started to drop off in the 2000's, and an office building was put up in its place. I sure do miss those days. Just turned 35 man time flies.
1:21 Anybody else hear the Spy from TF2?
it appears i have burst into flame
OH MY GOD!
When I heard it, I let out a shriek. That is perfect.
I still don’t hear it.
YEE
and I *can't* stress this enough,
AAYEEEAAAHH
Blast beats on Cottoneye Joe. Never thought I'd see the day.
We also need a Cottoneyed Wario song.
THUR'S A SNEK IN MAH BOOT
Yeah, I wanted to go for a slightly less obvious joke comment.
THERES A SNAKE IN MY B0Ø0B (nyeh-he-he >w
@The8BitDrummer Me and everyone else from Tennessee thanks you
Flashbacks to the first Just Dance for the Wii 😐😮🙃😆
Where did this song come from and wherever did it go? This brings back so many memories.
A Swedish band, that was a kind of one hit wonder :)
Seems like they still exists btw rednexmusic.com/
Please also listen to their song Wild n Free. Such a bop
Even in Australia, this was a regular part of our line dancing pe sessions, along with the nutbush
1:28, that banjo gives me nostalgia for the game Blast Crops on the 64. Game has great music.
I love your channel. You inspired me to start playing drums!
2:32
After hearing the Wario and Jerrod going crazy with the Wario laugh in the next chorus, I want a version of this that's Wario singing along.
Our Budster is playing all these lovely old songs that never gets old...
I do have memories of this song, but I like it and the dance that goes along with it
This guy is comepletely nuts....I love it!❤
Great work.👍👍👍👍
You can just see my happiness in chat
just randomly skimmed to 2:33 My soda is out my nose and on the floor now. Thanks Jarod xD
My childhood song!!😭😭😭🙂🙂🙂😂😂😂
2:30
Ay! Ay! Ay! Ay!
8-bit: YEAEAH
I was just listening to the Frog Leap Studios version of this song when I got the notification, so this was good timing
Cotten-Eyed Joe came from an unknown location to steal someone's girlfriend and then ride off into the sunset to escape to another unknown location
Sam-I-Am came from an unknown location to force a guy to eat eggs and ham with green food colouring in a variety of places and situations that people usually don't eat eggs and ham in
I love your drumming 8BitDrummer! Thanks for helping me stay positive with this amazing song through my depression!
Thx so much for sharing this to us! It is so fun to see you happy!
the old town road of the 90s
Scattin’ eye Jarod. More please.
I love your videos dude
Ah the good old classic Joe, brings back many memories. Amazing video!
You can never escape this song back to back with Cha Cha Slide
description is EPICC.
So I'm gonna SLAPP MIPIACE ADESSO
Youre so enthusiastic and talented, you deserve more subs
Forget drums! After that opening, I need to hear your vocal cover of Cotton eye Joe!
Look kid, I don’t have much time.
Cotton Eye Joe went-
Incredible
I freaking love the enthusiasm
Memes aside, 1:11 holy fill
Where did you come from WARIO
In the end of the clip, the drummer should have done a cymbal clash instead of a cymbal ding-ding. It would make sense.
Bravo bravo 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
gegagedigedagedago
Before lockdown i heard this so often at the party place i went to every Tuesday since the DDR cab there runs Euromix 2
i believe i speak for all of us when i say *YEEEEEEEEEEHAWWWWWWW* 🤠
Where did he come from, where did he go? Where did you go, oh cotton eyed joe?
Yes
This is a good thing to wake up from a nightmare from :)
Ahh, I’ve managed to play this with my cousin so many times to get my grandma to permanently ban us from playing this song in her house. It still stands lol, but we’ve never really cared.
Y E E E E E E *H E E E E E E E*
Reminds me of my freshman year in highschool. Was in band and we had a 2hr bus ride to the football game that week. My friend and I kept jamming this song lol became a bit of an inside joke.
School/university dances in early 2000s: 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, Cotten Eye Joe?
School/university dances in early 2010s: Just give me a reason! Just a little bit's enough! Just a second we're not broken just bent, and we'll learn to love again!
School/university dances in late 2010s: LET'S KILL THIS LOVE! RAM PAMPAH PAPAM PAPAH!!!
As a southerner, hearing this on stream was an experience.
The8BitDrummer: (Does Cotton Eye Joe on drums)
Me: (has flashbacks to where I play Just Dance like crazy)
This song is the embodiment of a AAA league baseball game’s 7th inning stretch.
1:28 Cotton Ban Joe
I think I heard about 50 cowboys about 20 miles away just git' down!
We just need you to do Hampsterdance, and then you'll have almost the entire Middle School Dance thing down.
Love this song
Some Swedish 90s music right there 😂
Who knew that banjostep was a thing?
Billycore?
Countryspeed?
Who knows anymore...maybe Cotton Eye Joe.
This is a *Certified Freedom Classic*
Now someone show him Steve 'n' Seagulls. XD
Ah this song, ever since I first heard it, it really sounds like the singer's saying C*ck Knock Joe.
Jamie Switzer Well, that’s something I can’t unhear
At one point I had the just dance version of this song memorized and it took forever to go back to the actual dance
I didn't even know I needed this right now.
3000th !!
And you worth it, man !
A classic.
Across memes and elementary school dances... XD
You got great drumming talent
Now I wanna learn how to play a banjo
This needs a wario remix "WAAA did you come from, WAAA did you go, WAAA did you come from, Cotton Eye Joe"
Now all we need is for some Sorrow TV Cotton Eye Joeks
I love this song so much I've listened to this since I was a child
This is amazing
Possibly better than the original
Seeing the Wario emotes wants me to see a Wah-tton Eyed Joe cover lol
The start is basically just crazy dave
This song gives me the same vibes as Big Enough.
That's lit AF omg
🤠
Where did you come from, where did you go? Where did you come from, Carmen Sandiego?
That song is a guilty pleasure of mine... Lmfao
this is epic
WHERE THE FRICK DID YOU GO COTTON EYE JOE
I always miss these :(
The most american song in the history of the earth isnt even american
the two most American video games of all time were produced in Japan and South Africa respectively
Ah... memories..
of learning to square dance in PE.
Where did he come from?
Sweden
Where did he go?
America
Where did you come from Cotton Eye Joe?
...my rectum. Just kidding. Bad joke is bad. He actually came from Sweden's crazy minds
did i just insta like before the video started?
yes
*YES I DID*
YEEEEEEEEEEEEHAW!!!!
The Old Town Road of the 90s!