Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles

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"Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles" is The Wiggles' greatest hits album, first released in 2009.

An updated version was released in 2013, replacing some songs from this version with new tracks from that year.

Tracklist

Hot Potato - 1:19
Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?) - 1:36
Fruit Salad - 2:28
Rock-a-Bye Your Bear - 1:25
Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car - 2:23
Wake Up Jeff! - 1:24
Wiggly Party - 1:59
Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship (Quack Quack) - 1:56
Wiggle Bay - 2:02
The Monkey Dance - 1:43
Get Ready To Wiggle - 2:05
Go Santa Go - 1:51
Dorothy (Would You Like To Dance?) - 1:38
Ooh It's Captain Feathersword - 2:37
Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport (featuring Rolf Harris) - 1:40
Dressing Up - 2:06
Move Your Arms Like Henry (featuring Paul Hester on drums) - 1:50
Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! - 1:45
Do The Owl (featuring Steve Irwin) - 2:28
The Zeezap Song - 2:02
Play Your Guitar With Murray - 1:47
Rockin' Santa! (featuring John Fogerty) - 2:25
To Have A Tea Party - 1:42
Here Come The Chicken (featuring James Burton on guitar) - 2:05
Getting Strong! - 1:23
Murray Had A Turtle - 1:58
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star - 2:15
I'm Dorothy the Dinosaur! - 1:20
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (featuring Leo Sayer) - 3:32
Dr Knickerbocker - 2:16
The Shimmie Shake! - 2:48
Over In The Meadow - 1:46
Wags The Dog Is Chasing His Tail - 1:16
Monkey Man (featuring Kylie Minogue) - 2:34

Video Releases

The video of "Hot Potatoes! The Best Of The Wiggles" was released on DVD in 2010 with the clips of all of the songs from the CD, plus a 35th song, Hot Poppin' Popcorn. A video was also made based off of the 2013 version of the album.

Bonus DVD

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The disc

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DVD menu

In the United States, a Target exclusive version of the 2009 album came with a bonus DVD that had clips from Toot Toot! and Wiggledancing! Live in Concert, as well as a storybook and the song Wash Your Hands.

Hot Potato (Live song from Wiggledancing! Live in Concert)
Fruit Salad (Live song from Wiggledancing! Live in Concert)
Go Captain Feathersword, Ahoy! (song from Toot Toot!)
Head, Shoulders, Knees And Toes (song from Toot Toot!)
Wash Your Hands (song clip for UNICEF)
Wags in New York (electronic storybook from Wiggledancing! Live in Concert)

Personnel

The Wiggles are. Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page, Sam Moran
Music Produced by: Anthony Field
Musical Arrangements by: Anthony Field and Dominic Lindsay
String Arrangements by: Dominic Lindsay

Release Dates

Australia: May 7th 2009
America (original): December 21st 2009
America (re-release): October 19th 2010
United Kingdom: June 7th 2010

Trivia

Both versions show Murray and Jeff's names in the song credits of Rock-a-Bye Your Bear, though they didn't write this song. Likewise, Anthony is credited for Get Ready To Wiggle although he didn't write it.
Greg sings Ooh It's Captain Feathersword on both versions of this album, while the clip featured in both video versions are from Wiggledancing! Live In Concert with Sam.
Rolf Harris guest stars in Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport, John Fogerty guest stars in Rockin' Santa!, Leo Sayer guest stars in You Make Me Feel Like Dancing, and Jamie Redfern guest stars in Hot Poppin' Popcorn.
Move Your Arms Like Henry featues Paul Hester on drums.
Here Come The Chicken features James Burton on guitar.
Hot Poppin' Popcorn does not appear on this album, as the song wasn't released yet.

Goofs

Murray and Jeff's names are listed in the song credits of Rock-a-Bye Your Bear.
Anthony's name is listed in the song credits of Get Ready To Wiggle.
On page 29 in the US booklet, It says that Wags The Dog Is Chasing His Tail is from Pop Go The Wiggles! though it didn't appear on that album.

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The Wiggles albums

Murray, Jeff, Anthony, Greg and Phillip (1991)

The Wiggles (1991)

Murray, Jeff, Anthony and Greg (1992-2006, 2012)

Here Comes a Song (1992) • The Adventures Of Captain Feathersword, The Friendly Pirate (1993) • Yummy Yummy (1994) • Big Red Car (1995) • Wake Up Jeff! (1996) • Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas (1996) • The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack (1997) • Toot Toot! (1998) • It's a Wiggly Wiggly World! (2000) • Wiggle Time! (2000) • Yule Be Wiggling (2000) • Hoop-Dee-Doo It's a Wiggly Party (2001) • Wiggly Safari (2002) • Wiggle Bay (2002) • Go To Sleep Jeff! (2003) • Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins! (2003) • Top of the Tots (2003) • Cold Spaghetti Western (2004) • Santa's Rockin'! (2004) • LIVE Hot Potatoes! (2005) • Sailing Around the World (2005) • Here Comes The Big Red Car (2006) • It's Time to Wake Up Jeff! (2006) • Racing to the Rainbow (2006) • Surfer Jeff (2012) • Celebration! (2012)

Karaoke Albums	Karaoke Songs 1 (2005) • Karaoke Christmas Songs (2005) • Karaoke Songs 2 (2006) • Karaoke Songs 3 (2006)
US-exclusive	Splish Splash Big Red Boat (2006)
Singles	Eagle Rock! (feat. Ross Wilson) (2003) • Christmas Single (2004) • Beep! Beep! Buckle Up! (2012)

Murray, Jeff, Anthony and Sam (2007-2011)

Getting Strong! Wiggle and Learn (2007) • Pop Go The Wiggles! (2007) • You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (2008) • Sing a Song of Wiggles (2008) • The Wiggles Go Bananas! (2009) • Hot Poppin' Popcorn (2009) • Let's Eat! (2010) • Ukulele Baby! (2011) • The Wiggles' Big Birthday! (2011) • It's Always Christmas With You! (2011)

Anthony, Lachy, Simon and Emma (2013-present)

Taking Off! (2013) • Furry Tales (2013) • Pumpkin Face (2013) • Go Santa Go! (2013) • Apples & Bananas (2014) • Wiggle House (2014) • Rock & Roll Preschool (2015) • The Wiggles Meet the Orchestra! (2015) • Wiggle Town! (2016) • CinderEmma! Fairytale (2016) • Dance Dance! (2016) • Nursery Rhymes (2017) • Duets (2017) • Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas! (2017) • Nursery Rhymes 2 (2018) • Wiggle Pop! (2018) • The Wiggles' Big Ballet Day! (2019) • Party Time! (2019) • Fun and Games (2020) • Choo Choo Trains, Propeller Planes & Toot Toot Chugga Chugga Big Red Car! (2020) • We're All Fruit Salad (2021)

Spin-off Albums	Emma! (2015) • Carnival of the Animals (2016) • Dial E For Emma! (2016) • Lachy! (2016) • The Emma! & Lachy! Show (2018) • Emma! 2 (2019)
Singles	Power Through the Day (2013) • Rise For Alex (2014) • NSW Blues Song! (2017) • The Toilet Song (2019) • The Alphabet Ballet (2019) • My Ballet Goat (2019) • I Am A Fine Musician (2019) • The Ants Go Marching (2019) • What's the Time, Mr Wolf? (2019)

Dorothy the Dinosaur (2007-2012)

Dorothy the Dinosaur (2007) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Memory Book (2008) • Dorothy the Dinosaur Meets Santa Claus (2009) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Rockin' Christmas (2010) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Travelling Show! (2011) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Beach Party! (2012)

Compilations

Christmas Classics (2006) • Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2009) • Hits And Rarities (2012) • Christmas Crackers! (2012) • Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2013) • Hot Potatoes & Cold Spaghetti! (2015) • The Best of The Wiggles on Vinyl (2016) • The Best of The Wiggles (2016)

Samplers

The Wiggles (1999) • Celebrating The Wiggles' 10th Birthday! (2001) • Compliments of Brach's and The Wiggles (2003) • A Wiggly Music Sampler (2003) • Wiggle Bay (2003) • Toot Toot! 3 Bonus Songs (2004) • Magical Adventure! A Wiggly Movie: 3 Bonus Songs (2004) • Wake Up Jeff!: 3 Bonus Songs (2004) • Wiggle Into Apple-Healthy Snack Time (2005) • Snack Time is Wiggle Time With Mott's (2006) • 4 Song CD (2006) • Omo Colourlock Limited Edition CD Sampler (2006)

Books w/ CDs

Sing-along CD (2006) • We're All Friends (2007) • Play Piano with... The Wiggles (2007) • A Wiggly Sing-Along Box Set (2012) • Super Singalong Slipcase (2015) • Singalong Slipcase (2018)

Other Compilations featuring The Wiggles
ABC Kids	ABC For Kids: Greatest Hits (1991) • A Menagerie Of Songs All About Animals (1992) • More ABC For Kids Greatest Hits (1992) • Rock 'N' Roll Kids (1992) • ABC For Kids Live (1993) • Lots And Lots Of Great Music For Kids (1994) • ABC For Kids Dance Party (1995) • Hottest Hits (2003) • ABC For Kids Hits (2004) • Best of ABC for Kids (2006) • The Best of ABC for Kids (2013) • ABC for Kids TV Themes (2014) • The Best of ABC for Kids Volume 2 (2014) • ABC For Kids Christmas (2014) • The Best of ABC Kids Volume 3 (2015) • ABC Kids Christmas - Volume 2 (2015) • The Best of ABC Kids Volume 4 (2016) • ABC Kids Christmas Volume 3 (2016) • Sing and Learn (2017) • The Best of ABC Kids Volume 5 (2017) • ABC Kids Christmas Volume 4 (2017) • ABC Kids Let's Play! Holiday Fun with Friends! (2017) • ABC KIDS Listen (2018) • ABC Kids Hits (2018) • Christmas With ABC Kids (2018) • ABC KIDS Favourites (2019)
Playhouse Disney	Playhouse Disney 2 (2003) • Playhouse Disney: Imagine and Learn With Music (2005) • Disney Music Block Party (2008)
Christmas compilations	The Spirit of Christmas 1998 (1998) • The Spirit of Christmas 2003 (2003) • So Fresh: Songs For Christmas 2005 (2005) • The Spirit Of Christmas 06 (2006) • Carols in the Domain: 25th Anniversary (2007) • So Fresh Songs for Christmas 2008 (2008) • My Favourite Christmas Songs (2010) • Greatest Ever! Christmas: The Definitive Collection (2010) • The Spirit of Christmas 2011 (2011) • My Christmas Album (2012) • So Fresh Songs for Christmas 2012 (2012) • Making Spirits Bright Christmas Charity Collection (2013) • The Spirit of Christmas 2014 (2014) • Making Spirits Bright 2014 Christmas Charity Collection (2014) • 101 Christmas Classics (2017)

More from The Wiggles

The Kingdom Of Paramithi (2009) • ReWiggled: A Tribute To The Wiggles (2011) • Och Aye the G'Nu! (2017)