Gegagedigedagedago Cotton Eye Joe TikTok Remixes depicting the Roblox man face chicken nugget meme.

Gegagedigedagedago "Cotton Eye Joe" TikTok Remixes

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About

Gegagedigedagedago "Cotton Eye Joe" TikTok Remixes refers to a gibberish-laden cover of the song "Cotton Eye Joe" by Rednex. The cover, sung by TikToker @razioff, started to trend on TikTok in January and February 2024. TikTokers shared videos of characters singing the song, often paired with the Roblox Male Face and the misheard lyrics speech bubble template, with some users calling the cover "Indian Cotton Eye Joe." The 2024 resurgence of the meme can be credited to the Roblox Chicken Nugget account on TikTok. The meme's popularity helped skyrocket Rednex's song in popularity, reportedly achieving over 3 billion total views on YouTube in 26 days and becoming the most played artist in the world in April 2024.

Origin

On July 15th, 2023, TikToker[1] @razioff posted a cover of the song "Cotton Eye Joe" by Rednex, replacing many of the words with nonsensical gibberish phrases. The post gathered over 28 million plays and 2 million likes in seven months (seen below).

@razioff Cotton Eye Joe #cottoneyejoe ♬ original sound – RAZI

The earliest known use of this version of the song in a TikTok meme was a January 21st, 2024, post by TikToker[2] @wenonugget, who gathered over 8 million plays and 21 million likes in three weeks (seen below).

@wenonugget COTTON JOE idea by @OmegaPumpkin #omeganugget #burpingnugget #nugget #cottonjoe #western #collab #omegakitchen ♬ Gegagedigedagedago – OmegaPumpkin🤠

Spread

On January 24th, 2024, TikToker[3] @officialomegahamster posted a remix of the cover, combining it with the song "Crank That" by Soulja Boy. The post gathered over 5 million plays and 690,000 likes in two weeks (seen below, left). A video posted by TikToker[4] @kellanbigmoney on January 28th gathered over 3 million plays and 300,000 likes in two weeks (seen below, right).

@officialomegahamster Cotton eye Joe beat 🏆💪🤠 Idea from : @OmegaPumpkin #omega #pro #meme #fypシ #makethisviral #roblox #sigma #hamster #manface #fyp #coems #omega_hamster #omegahamster #omegaverse #funny ♬ original sound – paramind

@kellanbigmoney #fyp #viral #funny #coems🤑 #coems #coemsdollars🤑💵 #roblox #omega #CapCut #omeganugget #omegapumpkin #munamintip ♬ original sound – [⭐️] Kellanbigmoney

On January 29th, 2024, TikToker[5] @imthebestchairbro posted a misspelled lyrics speech bubble meme that gathered over 10 million plays and 1 million likes in a week (seen below, left). On February 1st, Duolingo's official TikTok[6] account posted a similar meme using the "Cotton Eye Joe" song, gathering over 27 million plays and 3 million likes in a week (seen below, right)

@imthebestchairbro gadigedagedagidego#chair #gadigedadedigego #omg #fyp ♬ original sound – The real bill collector

@duolingo Fix bugs and add something new ❌ Make gegagedigedagedago ✔️ #duolingo #gegagedigegagedado #languagelearning ♬ original sound – The real bill collector

Memes using the song, particularly ones pairing it with the Roblox Man Face chicken nugget and food items, became notably popular throughout 2024, particularly among children (example videos shown below).



Impact

On April 15th, 2024, Rednex, the ban behind "Cotton Eye Joe," posted a press release on their website announcing that their YouTube[8] video for "Cotton Eye Joe" achieved over 3.3 billion views in 26 days thanks to the virality of the "Gegagedigedagedago" memes.

On April 18th, Rednex published a video to YouTube[7] where they show the analytics for the "Cotton Eye Joe" music video on YouTube boasting 3.3 billion views in the 28 days prior (shown below). Captions on the video claim that the song has been listened to by 12% of all YouTube users, achieved over 20 million minutes of time viewed and that it broke a YouTube record with over 3 billion views in 26 days. Several music publications reported on the achievement over the following days, including NME.[9]



Roblox Chicken Nugget

Roblox Chicken Nugget refers to a series of videos in which a chicken nugget with the Roblox man face sings and dances along to a variety of songs, including a rendition of "Cotton Eye Joe." The meme, which is similar to the 'Feliz Navidad' Among Us meme, first started appearing on TikTok around August 2023, becoming increasingly viral leading into 2024.

@wenonugget #ifeelgood #coems🤑 #roblox #phonk #amongus #amogus #coems🤑🤑🤑 #coemsdollars🤑💵 ♬ son original – Leader Omega Nugget™

Various Examples

@acmilan Gegagedigedagedago 🕺🪩💃 #meme #gegagedigegagedado #acmilan #frosinonemilan #tiktokcalcio #football ♬ original sound – The real bill collector

@wenonugget Gedagedigedagedago bah oe oe #omeganugget #burpingnugget #yamê #nugget #texas #western #cottoneyejoe ♬ son original – Leader Omega Nugget™
@banjovamp its just reverberating in my head on repeat thanks @Duolingo#greenscreenvideo ♬ original sound – 🍂☆⋆🦇。.vera.𖦹🪐°‧★🐌

@getallfun I hope it will work to keep you awake 😊 #gegagedigedagedago #dancingcat #dancingcatmeme #catmeme #relationshipmemes #relationshiphumor🤣 #keepyouawake #funny #fyp #virał ♬ original sound – The real bill collector

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External References

[1] TikTok – razioff

[2] TikTok – wenonugget

[3] TikTok – officialomegahamster

[4]  TikTok – kellanbigmoney

[5] TikTok – imthebestchairbro

[6] TikTok – duolingo

[7] Youtube – Rednex Videos

[8] YouTube – Rednex Videos

[9] NME – smashes Youtube record

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