Everybody Gonfi-Gon

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"Everybody Gonfi-Gon"
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Single by Two Cowboys
Released27 June 1994 (1994-06-27) [1]
Genre House [2]
Length
  • 4:32 (original version)
  • 3:06 (New New Atlantic Edit)
Label Ffrr
Songwriter(s)
  • Maurizio Braccagni
  • Roberto Gallo Salsotto
Producer(s)
  • Maurizio Braccagni
  • Roberto Gallo Salsotto
Two Cowboys singles chronology
"Everybody Gonfi-Gon"
(1994)		"Get Up"
(1994)
Music video
"Everybody Gonfi-Gon" on YouTube

"Everybody Gonfi-Gon" is a song by Italian Eurodance project Two Cowboys. It was released in June 1994 by FFRR Records as the project's debut single. Both written and produced by Maurizio Braccagni and Roberto Gallo Salsotto, it drew comparisons to other string-driven country-dance hits at the time, including The Grid's "Swamp Thing" and "Cotton Eye Joe" by Rednex, [2] "Everybody Gonfi-Gon" became a hit single as well, reaching number two in Finland and Iceland and peaking within the top 10 in Austria, Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.

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Critical reception

Andy Beevers from Music Week gave the song four out of five, writing, "This irritating house hoe-down from Italy is threatening to be the next Doop. It has a Western flavour similar to The Grid's 'Banjo' and Bravado's 'Harmonica Man' but is far more cheesy. It was initially snapped up for UK releases by 3-Beat, although it has been sub-licensed to ffrr to make the most of its chart potential." [3] Tim Jeffery from the Record Mirror Dance Update commented, "Cheesy record alert! This unashamedly commercial track is to barn dancing what 'Doop' was to the charleston, with fiddles, banjos and lots of whopping cowboy noises. You'll either love or hate it and it will no doubt divide the nation in the same way 'Doop' did. Mecca clubs will embrace it as a great party record, others will have their hands over their ears." [4] James Hamilton from Dance Update named it a "madly happy fiddle and banjo prodded galloping square dance/disco hybrid" in his weekly RM dance column. [5] Emma Cochrane from Smash Hits wrote, "Imagine you're stuck in a barn with a mad fiddler, a drum machine and a few hundred over-enthusiastic good ol' boys who want you to join their party. This is what it would sound like. The next 'Doop', allegedly." [6]

Track listings

  1. "Everybody Gonfi-Gon" (New New Atlantic Edit) – 3:06
  2. "Everybody Gonfi-Gon" (New New Atlantic Mix) – 5:55
  3. "Everybody Gonfi-Gon" – 4:32
  4. "Everybody Gonfi-Gon" (Valencia Mix) – 5:13
  1. "Everybody Gonfi-Gon" (Video Version) – 3:02
  2. "Everybody Gonfi-Gon" (Costa del Sol Mix) – 4:44
  3. "Everybody Gonfi-Gon" (New Atlantic Mix) – 6:04
  4. "Everybody Gonfi-Gon" (Bailamos Mix) – 5:12
  5. "Everybody Gonfi-Gon" (Valencia Version) – 4:44
  1. "Everybody Gonfi-Gon" (Costa del Sol Radio Mix) – 3:56
  2. "Everybody Gonfi-Gon" (Costa del Sol Dance Version) – 4:46
  3. "Everybody Gonfi-Gon" (Valencia Radio Edit) – 3:56
  4. "Everybody Gonfi-Gon" (Valencia Dance Version) – 4:46

Charts

References

  1. ↑ "Single Releases" (PDF). Music Week . 25 June 1994. p. 27. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Eurochart – Breakin' & Entering" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 11, no. 37. 10 September 1994. p. 12. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  3. ↑ Beevers, Andy (25 June 1994). "Market Preview: Dance" (PDF). Music Week. p. 18. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  4. ↑ Jeffery, Tim (14 May 1994). "Hot Vinyl" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 6. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  5. ↑ Hamilton, James (11 June 1994). "Dj directory" (PDF). Music Week. p. 7. Retrieved 17 April 2021– via Record Mirror .
  6. ↑ Cochrane, Emma (22 June 1994). "New Singles". Smash Hits . p. 56. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  7. ↑ "Everybody gonfi gon [cd-single]" (in Dutch). Muziekweb . Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  8. 1 2 3 "Two Cowboys – Everybody Gonfi-Gon" (in French). Le classement de singles. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  9. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 287.
  10. ↑ "Two Cowboys – Everybody Gonfi-Gon" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  11. ↑ "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 11, no. 41. 8 October 1994. p. 16. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  12. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 11, no. 38. 17 September 1994. p. 13. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  13. ↑ "European Dance Radio Top 25" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 11, no. 39. 24 September 1994. p. 24. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  14. ↑ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN   951-31-2503-3.
  15. ↑ "Two Cowboys – Everybody Gonfi-Gon" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  16. ↑ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (25.8.–31.8. '94)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 25 August 1994. p. 16. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  17. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Everybody Gonfi-Gon". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  18. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 37, 1994" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  19. ↑ "Two Cowboys – Everybody Gonfi-Gon" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  20. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  21. ↑ "Two Cowboys – Everybody Gonfi-Gon". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  22. ↑ "Two Cowboys – Everybody Gonfi-Gon". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  23. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  24. ↑ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  25. ↑ "The RM Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). 4 June 1994. p. 4. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  26. ↑ "1994 in Review Sales Charts – Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 11, no. 52. 24 December 1994. p. 12. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  27. ↑ "Árslistinn 1994". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 2 January 1995. p. 16. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  28. ↑ "Top 100 Singles 1994". Music Week . 14 January 1995. p. 9.
  29. ↑ "The RM Club Chart of the Year" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). 24 December 1994. p. 10. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
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