Cotton‐Eyed Joe

~ Recording by The Chieftains feat. Ricky Skaggs

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.8Cotton‐Eyed Joe2:44The ChieftainsAnother CountryThe ChieftainsAlbum
RCA Victor09026-60939-2
1.9Cotton-Eyed Joe2:44The Chieftains & Ricky SkaggsBolt Your Speakers to the FloorVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
RCA VictorRCDJ-68407-2
1.4Cotton‐Eyed Joe2:46The Chieftains feat. Ricky SkaggsThe Wide World Over (A 40 Year Celebration)The ChieftainsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2002-03-11
BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), RCA Victor09026-63917-2
1.4Cotton‐Eyed Joe2:46The Chieftains feat. Ricky SkaggsThe Wide World OverThe ChieftainsAlbum + Compilation
RCA Victor09026-63917-2
1.4Cotton‐Eyed Joe2:46The Chieftains with Ricky SkaggsThe Wide World OverThe ChieftainsAlbum + Compilation
RCA Victor09026-63917-2
1.4Cotton‐Eyed Joe2:46The Chieftains feat. Ricky SkaggsThe Wide World OverThe ChieftainsAlbum + Compilation
RCA Victor09026-63917-2
1.4Cotton‐Eyed Joe2:46The Chieftains feat. Ricky SkaggsThe Wide World OverThe ChieftainsAlbum + Compilation
2.11Cotton‐Eyed Joe2:43The Chieftains feat. Ricky SkaggsThe Essential ChieftainsThe ChieftainsAlbum + Compilation
RCA Victor, Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)82876 75398 2
2.11Cotton‐Eyed Joe2:43The Chieftains feat. Ricky SkaggsThe Essential ChieftainsThe ChieftainsAlbum + Compilation
RCA Victor82876 83674 2
2.11Cotton‐Eyed Joe2:43The Chieftains feat. Ricky SkaggsThe Essential ChieftainsThe ChieftainsAlbum + Compilation
82876 81288 2
2.11Cotton‐Eyed Joe2:42The Chieftains feat. Ricky SkaggsThe Essential ChieftainsThe ChieftainsAlbum + Compilation
2.11Cotton‐Eyed Joe?:??The Chieftains feat. Ricky SkaggsThe Essential ChieftainsThe ChieftainsAlbum + Compilation
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), RCA Victor82876753982
1.4Cotton‐Eyed Joe2:45The Chieftains with Ricky SkaggsThe Wide World Over: A 40 Year CelebrationThe ChieftainsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2007-10-01
RCA Victor, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)09026 63917 2, 88697142912
1.8Cotton‐Eyed Joe2:43The ChieftainsAnother CountryThe ChieftainsAlbumRCA Victor09026-60939-2
1.8Cotton‐Eyed Joe2:46The Chieftains with Ricky SkaggsAnother CountryThe ChieftainsAlbumRCA Victor

Relationships

engineer:Warren Peterson
producer and mixer:Paddy Moloney
banjo:Billy Joe Foster (US bluegrass fiddler/multi-instrumentalist)
bass guitar [bass]:Jason Sellars
drums (drum set) [drums]:Keith Edwards (drummer, percussionist)
guitar:Keith Little
Ricky Skaggs
keyboard [keyboards]:Randy Harper
lap steel guitar and pedal steel guitar [ped-a-bro]:Tim Sargent (bluegrass dobro player)
mandolin:Ricky Skaggs
vocals and performer:Ricky Skaggs
recorded at:Javelina Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
mixed at:Windmill Lane Studios (2nd/current location, since 1990) in Dublin, County Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
recording of:Cotton‐Eyed Joe (traditional song)

Cotton‐Eyed Joe (traditional song)

lyricist and composer:[traditional] (special purpose artist)
later versions:Cotton-Eye Joe (Rednex version)
is the basis for:Prodigal Daughter (Cotton Eyed Joe)