Rednex is a Swedish musical group whose style is a mix of American

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and modern

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, with their appearance and stage names taking inspiration from the American

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stereotypes. The band originally consisted 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). Pat Reiniz (Patrick Edenberg) also served as the band's producer. The band has gone through multiple lineup changes throughout its existence, with none of the members having an uninterrupted tenure. The group enjoyed success throughout the 1990s with novelty hits such as "

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The Spirit of the Hawk "The Spirit of the Hawk" is a song by Swedish musical group Rednex released from their second album, '' Farm Out'' (2000). The lyrics include the spoken lines "My people, some of them, have run away to the hills, and have no shelter, no food. No ...

" and "

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", scoring number one hits in several European countries.

Band history

1994–1995: Formation and ''Sex & Violins''

Rednex was initially the brainchild of Swedish producers Janne Ericsson, Örjan "Öban" Öberg, and Patrick Edenberg,Billboard.biz (2007-05-14)
''Rednex On Sale For $1.5 Million''
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with modern

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and

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. The name "Rednex" was chosen as a deliberate misspelling of the word "

s". The band originally consisted 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). In 1994, Rednex reworked the traditional folk song "

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", retitled "

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track, which became an international hit single. Edenberg was soon replaced by BB Stiff (Urban Landgren) after the "Cotton Eye Joe" release. The group's debut studio album titled ''

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'' followed, spawning several more hit singles including "

" and the ballad "

". However, "Cotton Eye Joe" remains the group's only

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hit as of 2022 (#25 on the

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in March 1995). Two more tracks of the album, "

Wild 'N Free "Wild 'N Free" is a country-dance song by the Swedish band Rednex, released as the fourth single from their debut album, ''Sex & Violins''. Its techno-country dance style is built around a re-recorded sample of "The Infernal Galop" from Act II, Sc ...

" and " Rolling Home", have been released and became moderate hits. A promotional one-off single, the

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cover version " Ein Bisschen Frieden", has been released and labeled as "Collo Rossi" for the release.

1996–1997: Departure of Ljungberg and ''Riding Alone''

In 1996, Rednex were featured on the charity single "Children", as part of the supergroup "Hand in Hand for Children". Later female lead singer Ljungberg was fired, partly due to disagreements with the other band members,"Ongoing Conflicts"
, ''RedNex Music'', 25 July 2014. and went on to pursue a solo career."Annika 'Mary Joe' Ljungberg Solo Career"
''KDJ Eurodance'', 25 July 2014. The rest of the band took a break from live performance and started working on new material."Historien om Rednex"
, ''Magasinet Novell'', 4 June 2009. In 1997, the remaining four men released one more single, "Riding Alone", out of ''Sex & Violins'', two years after the previous release "Rolling Home". Arstrand started a side project that same year called Explode, a progressive power metal band, and released the debut studio album ''Live Forever'' in Sweden.

1998–2000: ''Farm Out'' and controversial lineup changes

In autumn 1998, Whippy (Mia Löfgren) became the new female vocalist. They released their first single "

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" in 1999. Soon after that release, Arstrand left the band, reducing the quintet to a quartet. The second studio album entitled ''

Farm Out ''Farm Out'' (stylized as ''...farm out!'') is the second studio album by Swedish dance group Rednex through Jive Records. It is the first and only album to feature the female lead singer Mia Löfgren, who replaced original singer Annika Ljungberg ...

'' followed in 2000 and found some success in Europe, with the most successful single from the album, the second release "

", peaking #1 in the German Singles Chart. The album spawned a third and final single, the ballad " Hold Me for a While", which became a moderate success. In 2000, in the wake of

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's rising presence in the music industry, co-founder Edenberg outlined a new strategy for Rednex. The group would become an entertainment group rather than just a band, so not to be solely dependent on record sales. As he presented this idea to the performers during the video shoot for "Hold Me For A While" in Kenya, he was met by great scepticism. Nilsson replied: "We will not become a goddamn circus act!". The aftermath of this conflict resulted in the whole band, all four members, Löfgren, Olander, Nilsson and Landgren, being replaced for the first time.

2001–2004: ''The Best of the West'' and more lineup changes

As of January 2001, the group now consisted of the female lead singer Scarlet (Julie-Anne Tulley, formerly known as Jules Tulley from Dreamhouse) from England, alongside the three male members Dagger (

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) from Sweden, Joe Cagg (Roy van der Haagen) and Jay Lee (Jean-Paul Engeln) from the Netherlands. It was the first time the band were not all Swedish. In 2001, the single " The Chase", the first single out of their 2002 first compilation album '' The Best of the West'', has been released and charted in Germany and Switzerland. In 2002, the second and final single out of the album, a reworked 2002 remix of "Cotton Eye Joe", was released and made the Top 30 in Austria. In 2003, the two Dutchmen van der Haagen and Engeln were replaced by Ace Ratclaw (Tor Penten) from Sweden and Boneduster Crock (Björn Scheffler) from Germany. In October 2004, Tulley resigned from the group due to exhaustion.

2005–2006: Return of Ljungberg and Comeback

In 2006, original female vocalist Ljungberg returned as Tulley's replacement in the group, she was assigned exclusive rights to license the Rednex trademark until January 1, 2009. During this period the group's focus shifted towards Scandinavia. In January 2005, Ljungberg fired Scheffler, replacing him with her husband Snake (Jens Sylsjö). In 2006, Sandberg was also fired and replaced by Maverick (

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). Four former members, Scheffler and Sandberg, alongside Tulley and van der Haagen, and later in April 2007 joined by Penten, also a former Rednex member, began to tour under the name "Rednex Tribute". Focusing on live performance in Scandinavia, Rednex appeared at the

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, in

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. On March 11, 2006, Rednex entered the song " Mama, Take Me Home" in Semifinal 4 of the Swedish

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. They qualified for the final via the Second Chance Round, finishing an overall sixth in the final. "Mama, Take Me Home" was subsequently released as the first single in a few European countries. The band's Scandinavian comeback continued as they released the second single " Fe Fi (The Old Man Died)" in November 2006, after having performed it at the

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. The single was surprisingly successful, peaking #4 in the Swedish Single chart.

2009–2011: Second departure of Ljungberg and Singles

On January 1, 2009, after the end of Ljungberg's management licence, control of the Rednex brand returned to the band's founders. The remaining Rednex personnel Ljungberg, Lundström and Sylsjö were fired by the returning management following a dispute, and were replaced by members of the "Rednex Tribute" (Tulley, Sandberg, Penten and van der Haagen), all themselves former official Rednex. It was the second time the whole lineup had been replaced simultaneously.rednexforsale.com (2008-09-26)
''Rednex exchanges the whole band!''
Retrieved on 2008-09-27. In January 2010, Rednex released a new single, "Devil's On The Loose", in a partnership with

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for free and legal download worldwide. A video for the track was recorded in August 2009 in Norrbyggeby, Sweden.Norrtelje Tidning (2009-08-28)
''Rednex video recording of Devil's On The Loose''
. Retrieved on 2009-08-28. The song was released as the first single from the planned album ''Saturday Night Beaver'', which to date remains shelved due low single sales. Tulley soon also left Rednex for a second time, and was replaced by Dakotah (Nadja Flood), former singer in the Swedish

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Nova, making her the fourth official female lead singer of Rednex.

2012–2014: Second departure of Tulley and Singles

In January 2012, Rednex announced that they had dissolved the concept of a permanent band, intending instead to use a larger pool of characters from which one female and three male performers would be chosen for each performance. Rednex claimed that this idea was "totally unproven and unheard of in the music industry". The pool of performers in 2012 included permanent members Flood, Sandberg, van der Haagen and Penten alongside possible replacements Scheffler, new male member Rufus Jones and new female vocalists Abby Hick and Misty Mae. At the time of the dissolution of the permanent Rednex lineup Tulley again left the band. The second single "Racing" was released in May 2012. This was followed in November 2012 by "The End". The video for "The End" was recorded on September 2, 2012, at Garay Utca, the "ghetto of

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", and is a "flowumentary".Press release (2012-11-05)
''Pop band starts franchising''
Retrieved on 2012-11-05. Rednex refuted the notion that "The End" is related to 2012 doomsday theories. The band in these two videos now consisted of Flood, van der Haagen, Sandberg and Penten with Rufus Jones making a cameo appearance in "The End" video.

2015–2017: Return of Löfgren

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In 2015, it was announced that second female singer Löfgren would replace Flood and rejoin the band. Also, Scheffler returned to the group. On New Year's Day, Rednex recorded a music video for "Innit for the Money". The single for "Innit for the Money" followed in 2016. In February performers Cassidy, Rattler, and Pervis the Palergator joined the band. Cassidy left Rednex 3 months later. Rednex made their debut on a North American stage in Carson City, Nevada, to honor fallen Deputy Carl Howell. On New Year's Eve 2017, Rednex played for the fourth time at the

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in Berlin, in front of an audience of more than one million.

2018–present: Manly Man, livestream and performer turbulence

In early 2018, the Rednex performer pool grew to include 17 people, the highest number so far. Added to the pool were Zoe, Moe Lester the Limp and Jiggie McClagganahan. The single and video "Manly Man" was released in July 2018. The video was recorded in Jelcz-Laskowice, Poland. The main characters are Dagger and Misty Mae, though all 25 Rednex performers through history are featured at some point through video flashbacks. During 2018, Rednex started a live streaming channel on Twitch. After a series of tests, the premiere happened on August 10 in connection to a show in Berlin. In the press release they claimed to be the first pop band, with a worldwide hit to their name, to live stream themselves 24/7 in connection to all their shows. During the same weekend, August 10-12th, Rednex performed with three different line-ups in three different territories, totaling 13 performers, which was a new record. Zoe, Moe Lester the Limp, Spades and Pervis the Palergator did shows in Romania and Hungary, while Billy Ray, Ace Ratclaw, Boneduster Crock, Misty Mae and Jiggie McClagganahan did shows in East Germany (Berlin & Schwerin), and Abby Hick, Rattler, Cash and Joe Cagg did shows in West Germany (Bonn & Frankfurt). In September, Abby Hick, Rattler, Boneduster Crock and Joe Cagg left Rednex. Whippy, Billy Ray and BB Stiff became reserves, reducing the pool to 10 performers. The band was still for sale for €2,000,000. On New Year's Eve 2023, the band was sold to Original Boneduster Crock's son Hollerin’ Fox Duster Bonesteak to maintain and preserve the band's legacy for a new generation of fans.

Artistry

Musical style

Rednex is a mix of modern

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and

sounds with classical

and bluegrass elements. Their dance tracks also features Eurodance sounds, which were very famous and popular in Europe, Oceania and South America at that time. Rednex are best known for their dance country songs "Cotton Eye Joe", "Old Pop in an Oak", "The Way I Mate" and "Racing". The style of Eurodance was dance music with a female singer for the refrain and a male rapper for the verses to follow a traditional verse-chorus structure. However Rednex reversed it, with the female singer singing the verses and the male vocalist singing the bridge and the refrain. Although there are also tracks from other genres featured, such as pop ballads like "Wish You Were Here", "Hold Me for a While", "Rolling Home" or " Anyway You Want Me" or classical country driven songs such as "Riding Alone", "Ranger Jack" or "Nowhere In Idaho" with less dance sounds. These tracks are not considered to be europop. While their debut studio album ''Sex & Violins'' has the same amount on dance/country, classic country songs and ballads, their second album ''Farm Out'' is full of their dance/country style songs, except one ballad "Hold Me for a While" and one country song "Ranger Jack". Since 2006, Rednex returned with a more mature country pop sound such in "Mama, Take Me Home", "Fe Fi (The Old Man Died)" or "Football Is Our Religion". The lyrics are of tongue-in-cheek, innuendo and sexual topics.

Public image

Rednex usually perform as personas that parody the "

" stereotype. For events and promotions, but also for music videos and cover arts, the group is styled in the American redneck stereotypes. In live performances and interviews, the members usually appear in a rough, unrefined character. Each member has an individual redneck nickname (see "Members" area to see the nicknames). Since 2000, Rednex have functioned much like an entertainment troupe as like a band, with an ever-shifting lineup of performers representing the band. As of 2015, there have been 16 performers in the permanent band.

Members

Permanent members

*1994: Bobby Sue (Kent Olander), Billy Ray (Jonas Nilsson), Ken Tacky (Anders Arstrand), Mup (Ranis Edenberg), Mary Joe (Annika Ljungberg) *1994–1995: Bobby Sue, Billy Ray, Ken Tacky, Mary Joe, BB Stiff (Urban Landgren) *1996–1997: Bobby Sue, Billy Ray, Ken Tacky, BB Stiff *1998–1999: Whippy (Mia Löfgren), Bobby Sue, Billy Ray, Ken Tacky, BB Stiff *2000: Whippy, Bobby Sue, Billy Ray, BB Stiff *2001–2003: Scarlet (Julie-Anne Tulley), Dagger (

), Joe Cagg (Roy van der Haagen), Jay Lee (Jean-Paul Engeln) *2003–2004: Scarlet, Dagger, Ace Ratclaw (Tor Penten), Boneduster Crock (Björn Scheffler) *2004–2005: Dagger, Ace Ratclaw, Boneduster Crock, Mary Joe *2005–2005: Dagger, Ace Ratclaw, Mary Joe, Snake (Jens Sylsjö) *2006–2006: Maverick (Anders Lundström), Ace Ratclaw, Snake, Mary Joe *2007–2008: Maverick, Snake, Mary Joe *2009–2012: Scarlet, Dagger, Ace Ratclaw, Joe Cagg

Pool member changes

*2012-13: Dakotah (Nadja Flood), Abby Hick, Dagger, Ace Ratclaw, Joe Cagg, Rufus Jones, Mup *2014: Misty Mae joins. *2015: Whippy (Mia Löfgren), Boneduster Crock, Spades, Billy Ray, BB Stiff join. Dakotah leaves. *2017: Pervis the Palergator, Cash, Rattler and Cassidy join. Cassidy leaves. Dagger becomes reserve. *2018: Zoe, Jiggie McClagganahan, Moe Lester the Limp join. Whippy, Abby Hick, Boneduster Crock, Joe Cagg, Rattler leave. Billy Ray, BB Stiff become reserves.

Other members

*Göran Danielsson (Original studio singer of Ken Tacky's vocals); ''died 2021''

Timeline

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Other brand ventures

Spin-offs and franchises

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. Four new performers from

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were recruited to form a second Rednex with a non exclusive license to perform in Australasia. Performers in the NZ/Australian lineup include: Rayanna Randy Payne (Theresa Murphy), Rawtooth Rick (Anthony Sibbald) and Slimboy (Pascal Roggen). A press release accompanying the franchise launch stated: "it's the first time an internationally known pop band has cloned itself". *2003: Rednex Revival Band (Ljungbergs band in 2003, when she wasn't allowed to perform under the Rednex trademark before she rejoined Rednex) *2005: Rednex Tribute (Tulley, Sandberg, van der Haagen, Penten, Scheffler, all former Rednex members, when they weren't allowed to perform under the Rednex trademark) *2009: Cotton Eye Joe Show (Band name, when the Rednex lineup Ljungberg, Lundström and Sylsjö lost the rights to perform under the Rednex trademark) *2012: Rednex NZ (An entire separate created Rednex group to perform in Australia and New Zealand consisting of Murphy, Sibbald and Roggen)

Use in media

"Cotton Eye Joe" is featured in the films ''

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The Ranch ''The Ranch'' is an American sitcom television series created by Don Reo and Jim Patterson. It starred Ashton Kutcher and Danny Masterson (who previously co-starred on ''That '70s Show'') as brothers Colt and Rooster Bennett, respectively, who ...

'' and a season 13 episode of ''

Family Guy ''Family Guy'' is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series premiered on January 31, 1999, following Super Bowl XXXIII, with the rest of the first season airing from April 11, 1999. Th ...

'', and in

TV commercials A television advertisement (also called a commercial, spot, break, advert, or ad) is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization. It conveys a message promoting, and aiming to market, a product, service or idea. ...

by Telia and Telefonica."Rednex on IMDb"
''imdb'', 27 October 2012."Rednex on IMDB series"
''imdbseries'', 27 October 2012."Just Dance 3 Amazon"
''Amazon'', 17 November 2009."Telia TV commercial"
''Telia'', 2008."Carnival Games"
''Carnival'', 2011. "Hittin' The Hay" and "Wild 'N Free" are featured in the film

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. "Ride The Hurricane's Eye" was title track for German TV-series WinneToons."WinneToons"
''WinneToons'', 2003. "Spirit of the Hawk" was title track for the German version of Fort Boyard in 2000.

Games

The '' Inbred With Rednex'' extended play features the interactive multimedia part "Inbred With Rednex" as the first track of the disc, which is a point 'n' click adventure game starring Rednex, playable only for Windows & Mac. The whole release is housed in an 18x23cm game box. "Cotton Eye Joe" has been featured in the video games

Dancing Stage EuroMIX 2 The ''Dance Dance Revolution'' series started in 1998 and has grown to a large set of games in the franchise. This list of ''Dance Dance Revolution'' games documents games released, including systems, formats, and regions for which the games were ...

Just Dance 3 ''Just Dance 3'' is a 2011 dance rhythm game released on the Wii, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 with Kinect and Move support respectively for the latter two. It is part of the '' Just Dance'' video game series published by Ubisoft originally on the ...

for

Nintendo is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto. It develops, publishes, and releases both video games and video game consoles. The history of Nintendo began when craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi ...

Wii The Wii ( ) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released on November 19, 2006, in North America, and in December 2006 for most other regions of the world. It is Nintendo's fifth major home game console, f ...

and

Carnival Games A carnival game is a game of chance or skill that can be seen at a traveling carnival, charity fund raiser, amusement arcade and amusement park, or on a state and county fair midway. They are also commonly played on holidays such as Mardi Gras, ...

. PlayStation's SingStar features the songs "Cotton Eye Joe" and "Old Pop in an Oak"."Rednex on SingStar"
, ''SingStar'', 27 October 2012.

Discography

* ''

'' (1995) * ''

'' (2000) * '' The Best of the West'' (2002)

References

External links

Rednex official website
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