Rednex

Rednex
Rednex during a video recording in Berlin, New Year's Day 2015. Whippy, Dagger, Joe Cagg, Ace Ratclaw and Boneduster Crock.
Background information
Also known as	Collo Rossi
Origin	Sweden
Genres	Eurotronica pop electronic country
Years active	1994–2002 2006–present
Labels	Zomba Jive Battery
Associated acts	C.E.J. Merrygold Dreamhouse Sideburn
Website	rednexmusic.com
Members	Mia Löfgren Anders Sandberg Tor Penten Roy van der Haagen Björn Scheffler Rednex NZ Cecilia Karlsson Christine van de Ven Jan Blumentrath Jonas Nilsson Urban Landgren
Past members	Annika Ljungberg Kent Olander Arne Arstrand Patrick Edenberg Nadja Flood Julie-Anne Tulley Jens Sylsjö Anders Lundström Jean-Paul Engeln

Rednex is a Swedish musical group, known for their unique sound comprising modern dance, pop and Eurodance sounds mixed with classical country music, folk, and bluegrass elements. 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). The group enjoyed success throughout the 1990s with novelty hits such as "Cotton Eye Joe", "Old Pop in an Oak", "The Spirit of the Hawk" and "Wish You Were Here". Pat Reiniz (Patrick Edenberg) also served as the band's producer.

Rednex was initially the brainchild of Swedish producers Janne Ericsson, Örjan "Öban" Öberg, and Patrick Edenberg, who decided to try mixing American country and folk with modern dance and pop music. The name "Rednex" was chosen as a deliberate misspelling of the word "rednecks". 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 "Cotton-Eyed Joe", retitled "Cotton Eye Joe", as a dance 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 Sex & Violins followed, spawning several more hit singles including "Old Pop in an Oak" and the ballad "Wish You Were Here". However, "Cotton Eye Joe" remains the group's only U.S. hit as of 2013 (#25 on the Billboard charts in March 1995). Two more tracks of the album, "Wild 'N Free" and "Rolling Home", have been released and became moderate hits. A promotional one-off single, the Nicole cover version "Ein Bisschen Frieden", has been released and labeled as "Collo Rossi" for the release.