A man who released a record more than 20 years ago and now works in a bar has become an overnight sensation thanks to an army of line-dancing fans . Ethan Allen , 41 , from Aughton , Lancashire , released Somethin ' In The Water with his band Cheap Seats back in 1996 , a track from their album , Call It What You Will . However , now , thanks to its new following , it is now number 20 in the Country Music Chart . Ethan Allen , 41 of Lancashire , has become a sensation from his song that was released in 1996 . The song has long been a staple at line-dancing events but when a video of the performance taken at the 19th Crystal Boot Awards in Blackpool in February and posted to Ethan Allen 's Facebook page , it went wild . Mr Allen , who works as music director at Eric 's on Liverpool 's Mathew Street , was busy at work when he heard the news . ' I was doing the stock take of the bar when I got a text that said one of my songs from 20 years ago had three million hits online in the last week , ' he said . ' I thought it was a wind up , but I looked and there it was . Every day we get hundreds of thousands more so it 's already topped 4 million , ' he told the Mirror . In only three days , the clip had 3,602,445 views and is growing at around 100,000 a day , with shares from hundreds of thousands of line-dance fans and US Country Radio Stations 99.1 WQIL Jacksonville and 93.1 The Wolf Greensboro . Ethan Allen , left and Raul Malo lead singer of The Mavericks , right , performing at a party in 2000 . Cheap Seats with Ethan Allen , pictured , won CMT International Video Artist of The Year in 1996 and 1997 . Ethan worked in Nashville when he was younger and completed a tour of the States after being signed at just 19 years old . But things did n't work out , Ethan was dropped from his label and when he was dropped , he returned to Liverpool and started playing in bars and clubs , reports the Liverpool Echo . ' I had a residency in New Brighton and I met John Pettifer . We set up the Cheap Seats and paid for ourselves to go over and make a record . It went mad , ' he says . The group won CMT International Video Artist of The Year in 1996 and 1997 , BCMA Rising Star and Best Group in 1997 and the video for 'Somethin ' In The Water was Number One in the CMT Video Chart in 1996 . With the current success of Country and new bands such as The Shires and Ward Thomas play-listed it looks like The Cheap Seats were indeed 20 years ahead of their time . Cheap Seat 's Ethan Allen , left , with David Essex , right , at The Royal Albert Hall in 2000 . Ethan Allen , left , pictured with great friend Raul Malo lead singer of The Mavericks , right , in February 2015 . Ethan said : ' I 've been amazed by the phenomenal response to this and it is great to be back in the public eye after such a long time . It would be great to do a re-union tour to mark 20 years of The Cheap Seats . ' Somethin ’ In The Water was released through Mondo Recordings on Monday and is available on iTunes . Ethan Allen 's album Call It What You Will is released on Mondo Recordings on April 6 .
Ethan Allen had more than four million hits with Somethin ' In the Water . Song released 20 years and has gathered a line dancing fan base . Received text telling him about comeback : ' I thought it was a wind up '