Country and Western Irish showband Country and Irish
Years active
2007–present
Members
Mary Murray-Burke Dervla Burke Derek Burke
Website
crystalswing.com
Crystal Swing are a new wave Country and Western, and Country and Irish showband, from Lisgoold, County Cork, Ireland. The family group is made up of mother Mary Murray-Burke and her children Dervla Burke and Derek Burke.[1]
The group rose to national fame in February 2010 when a video of "He Drinks Tequila" became a viral 'sensation'[2] after their video was posted by several well-known bloggers including Irish drag performer Panti[3] and comedy writers Robert Popper and Graham Linehan.[4] A few days later the video was posted by Sean Moncrieff on the website of Irish radio station Newstalk.[5] The video achieved 80,000 hits in four days and as of 2 April 2010 the group's video have collectively received over 1,000,000 hits on YouTube. "He Drinks Tequila" gained international recognition on 3 March when American chat show host and American Idol judge Ellen DeGeneres[6] sent a link to the YouTube video on her official Twitter page. Despite being offered to perform on Newstalk, Crystal Swing opted to perform on the RTÉ flagship show The Late Late Show.
On 17 March 2010 (Saint Patrick's Day), US TV host Ellen DeGeneres showed a clip of Crystal Swing on her show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show.[7]
On 18 March 2010, the single "He Drinks Tequila" entered the Irish Singles Chart at number 18.[8]
^"About Crystal Swing". Crystalswing.com. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
^Una Mullally (7 March 2010). "Pocket Profile: Crystal Swing". Tribune.ie. Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
^"Panti's Blog Job". PantiBar. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
^"You think you know wrong? You don't know wrong". Whythatsdelightful.wordpress.com. 19 February 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
^"Crystal Swing- He drinks Tequila | Newstalk – Ireland's National Independent Talk Radio Broadcaster". Newstalk.ie. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
^"DeGeneres keeps internet momentum going for Crystal Swing". BreakingNews.ie. 5 March 2010. Archived from the original on 23 March 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
^"Video of the Day: Ellen Celebrates St. Patrick's Day – The Ellen DeGeneres Show". Ellen.warnerbros.com. 17 March 2010. Archived from the original on 22 March 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
^"2fm Chart Blog". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Archived from the original on 27 March 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
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