Redneck 12 Days of Christmas

"Redneck 12 Days of Christmas"
Single by Jeff Foxworthy
from the album Crank It Up: The Music Album
B-side	"'Twas the Night After Christmas" [1]
Released	December 1995
Genre	Comedy, country
Length	2:21
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Songwriters	Jeff Foxworthy Tim Wilson
Producers	Doug Grau Scott Rouse
Jeff Foxworthy singles chronology
"Party All Night" (1995) "Redneck 12 Days of Christmas" (1995) "Redneck Games" (1996)

"Redneck 12 Days of Christmas" is a redneck parody of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" written by Jeff Foxworthy and Tim Wilson and recorded by Foxworthy on his 1996 album Crank It Up: The Music Album . The song reached number 18 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 1996, becoming the highest-charting seasonal title of the SoundScan era, a record that has since been tied by Jimmy Wayne's "Paper Angels." ^[2] It subsequently peaked at number 39 in January 1997, number 39 in January 1998, number 37 in January 1999 and number 35 in January 2000. ^[1]

The song's B-side, "'Twas the Night After Christmas", peaked at number 67 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 1997. ^[1]

Plot

The song features Foxworthy talking to an unnamed sidekick about his Walmart haul, replacing the traditional list of gifts with stereotypical redneck gifts: Budweiser, rasslin' tickets, Copenhagen (a tin of it instead of ten cans, ^[3] playing on Appalachian English vowel shift), nine years' probation (for the sidekick's mama in prison), table dancers, Red Man, Spam, flannel shirts, mud tires, shotgun shells, hunting dogs, and car parts. ^[4] Only the fifth and twelfth verses (the latter three times) are sung in full, and the bridge consists of Christmas jokes from Foxworthy's "You Might Be a Redneck" stand-up comedy routine. ^[5]

Music video,

The music video was directed by Michael McNamara and premiered in November 1996. ^[6]

Chart performance

Chart (1995–1996)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	18
Chart (1996–1997)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	39
Chart (1997–1998)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	39
Chart (1999)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	37
Chart (1999–2000)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	35

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 150. ISBN   978-0-89820-177-2.
2. "Download 'Dreams' for Green Day". Billboard . January 8, 2005. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
3. "The Actual Cost Of The Redneck 12 Days Of Christmas". 101.3 KFDI. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
4. "From the Archives: KETK staff remakes Jeff Foxworthy's 'Redneck 12 Days of Christmas'". KETK.com | FOX51.com. 2023-12-21. Archived from the original on 2023-12-23. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
5. "Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck 12 Day of Christmas". WFMS. Retrieved 2026-01-05.
6. "CMT : Videos : Jeff Foxworthy : Redneck 12 Days of Christmas". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on October 23, 2007. Retrieved June 6, 2012.