PRESS RELEASE 2024-04-16
“Cotton Eye Joe” Helps Set New YouTube World Record of Three Billion Views in 26 Days
Rednex’s 1994 Hit Inspired the Viral Event Gedagedigedagedago which is Taking Over Social Media
BRUNKEFLO, Idaho (April 16, 2024) — The classic party hit “Cotton Eye Joe” by Rednex is the inspiration behind a groundbreaking new record. The viral event Gedagedigedagedago, which is based on the song, has already achieved a record three billion views in just 26 days. The count is 28 times as high as the top music video on YouTube, 13 times greater than the leading hit on Spotify, and twice as high as the most viewed artist in the world, Alka Yagnik.
Reaching one billion views within only eight days, Rednex precedes Adele’s “Hello” which generated the same number in 87 days. In the wake of YouTube Shorts’s explosive growth, this latest virality has generated 20 million hours of listening time in the 26-day period. That’s equivalent to 700 million traditional views, and enough to make a statement that Rednex is currently the most played artist in the world. By comparison, “Hello” had reached 500 million views within 34 days.
“A paradigm shift is happening where we’re asking: how is music success best measured?”, said Pat Reiniz, Rednex’s co-founder and producer of “Cotton Eye Joe.” “This event was created thanks to millions of video creators generating billions of fragmented plays of Rednex’s music, as opposed to the traditional way of listening. It will be a challenge for the music industry to reflect these various counts into charts and measurements and even leads to the question of ‘Is the basic use and concept of music itself changing?”.
Initially kicking off the frenzy was Danish singer Razi Irawani whose warped lyrics of “Cotton Eye Joe” earned 28 million views on TikTok. Shortly thereafter, a singing chicken nugget was added whereupon the phenomenon developed into millions of versions, including 500 videos on You Tube with more than one million views each, which is another example of how organic growth topples financial marketing power.
This year, the song has been heard by 12% of all You Tube viewers and 4% of the world population giving Rednex performer Pervis the Palergator a reason to brag: “With 3 billion views in 26 days, we claim a world record! Do you want to beat us? Share stats.” Fans of Rednex can also look forward to the group’s newest party song, “Another Round”, which was released today and features a music video of 80-year-old seniors getting barbarously drunk. With sample friendly catchphrases, it’s released with the Shorts audience in mind. To watch the video for “Another Round,” visit https://youtu.be/7JKDIlX2yIE
Pre-save links – https://rednex.ffm.to/anotherroundandgedagedigedagedagoep
Videos on statistics from Rednex YouTube analytics page:
https://youtu.be/bP1nRt26twQ (April 24)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_8oEdFYlVQ (April 18)
UPDATE 2024-04-21: The world record is now 3 Billion Views in 25 Days. 8 times faster than the world No.1 Despacito, 13 times faster than the World No.2 Shape of You, and 34 times faster than the world No.3 See You Again. One billion views was made in 7 days.
(source: https://kworb.net/youtube/milestones_3000.html )
Rednex chronicle from 1992-2020 – https://drive.google.com/file/d/12zkBg7bJJqrafoFtGHUUBmiP8kBoju85/view?usp=sharing
Media Contact: Kristen Skladd, https://kmsgroup.co/
Contact Rednex: head (o) rednexmusic.com
FOR MORE INFORMATION, STATISTICS & PICTURES, follow these links:
The ALL INFO pdf binder can be downloaded here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wPsp77KJ-n6StVZmcxRbCMLfSBp5f0nr/view?usp=sharing
All documents, as separate files, can be downloaded here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18WOQ4DnjaPdKWGmK-G8UUTUNRK52DWKW
If media wants a personal video introduction, or custom-made screen shots, to the Rednex YouTube analytics page, we will probably do so.
Press photos of Rednex, Razi irawani, Another Round Stills & Pat Reiniz are here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VTMPXdgMrgKBoSpqCXCt43RCitbtzRON?usp=sharing
Download an individual file from the links below:
INDEX
page 1 – All info binder pages 1-26
page 2-5 – Rednex YouTube analytics pages
page 6-11 – YouTube & Spotify comparisons & references:
page 12 – Links to better understand the origin of the meme & Rednex Links
page 13 – Press release text
page 14-21 – 500 videos with more than 1M views (8 pages) / Raw analytics pages
page 22-26 – Five pages: Without highlight / First day / Peak day / Last day / Total count (Raw)
1-_-ALL-INFO-1-page-1-4-BINDER-Rednex-3-billion-in-26-days.pdf
1-_-ALL-INFO-1-page-5-21-BINDER-Rednex-3-billion-in-26-days.pdf
1-_-ALL-INFO-1-page-22-24-BINDER-Rednex-3-billion-in-26-days.pdf
1-_-ALL-INFO-1-page-25-26-BINDER-Rednex-3-billion-in-26-days.pdf
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4-Unique-Viewers-12-YT-accounts-4-world-population.jpg
5-Time-20-Million-Hours-in-26-Days-Mar19-Apr13.jpg
6-YouTube-Most-viewed-artist-Alka-Yagnik-240411.jpg
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https://rednexmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/11-Fastest-YouTube-video-to-3-Billion-stats.jpg
12-Index-Links.pdf
https://rednexmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/12-Index-Links.pdf
13-Press-Release.pdf
https://rednexmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/13-Press-Release.pdf
14-Top-500-Geda-videos-1M-count-YouTube-Rednex-stats-90-days-240414-.pdf
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24-First-Days.jpg
https://rednexmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/24-First-Days.jpg
25-Peak-Day.jpg
https://rednexmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/25-Peak-Day.jpg
26-Last-Day.jpg
https://rednexmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/26-Last-Day.jpg
“2b MAIN IMAGE” was taken on April 15th 2024 at 10.00 am EST. “2 MAIN IMAGE” was taken on April 16th 2024 at 01.00 am EST. “2b” was attached to the press release on the wire of April 16th. “2” was included in the batch the day after to clarify the calculations.
Social media links:
Razi Irawani
– TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@razioff?_t=8a6LmtjWX8X&_r=1
– Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raziirawani/?hl=en
– Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Raziirawani
– YouTube: https://youtube.com/@Razioff
Rednex
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/22Zqu1yyebVnbve8FxbJ2g
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLjwRB4r2aZOAo-ftaWvP5A
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rednexofficial/
X: https://twitter.com/RednexMusic
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rednexmusic
Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/rednex-official
Tour schedule – http://www.bandsintown.com/Rednex
Booking – https://rednexmusic.com/
SoundCloud – https://soundcloud.com/rednex