"Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas" is the seventh Wiggles album. It was the first Wiggles Christmas album. The accompanying video was released on October 13, 1997.
Tracklist
All songs are written by M Cook/J Fatt/A Field/G Page and owned by EMI except where noted.
- Have a Very Merry Christmas (J Field) - 0.31
- Wiggly Wiggly Christmas (M Cook/J Fatt/A Field/G Page/P Paddick) - 2.14
- With a Shiny Red Nose - 0.07
- Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer (Marks, Warner Chappell - 1.56
- If You See Santa - 0.11
- Go Santa Go (J Field) - 1.51
- Ding Dong Merrily on High - 1.29
- Shepherds - 0.11
- Christmas Star - 0:28
- Unto Us, This Holy Night (J Field) - 2:05
- Felice Navidad (J Feliciano, BMG) - 2:20
- Peace and Joy to Everyone - 0:05
- Jingle Bells - 1:53
- Christmas Picnic - 2:21
- Lets Clap Hands for Santa Claus - 1:32
- Breebop Poem - 0:08
- Henrys Christmas Dance - 1:36
- Jeffs Christmas Tune - 2:00
- Pirate Food Poem - 0:11
- It's a Christmas Party, On The Goodship Feathersword - 1:56
- Away in a Manger - 1:03
- Wags Ate the Rags - 0:07
- Wags is Bouncing Around the Christmas Tree - 1:28
- Reindeer Express - 2:03
- Silent Night - 3:00
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas - 0:26
Release Dates
- Australia: September 6, 1996
- Australia (re-release): 1999
- America (original): October 24, 2000
- America (re-release): October 7, 2003
- United Kingdom (Special Edition): October 20, 2009
Personnel
- Produced by The Wiggles
- The Wiggles are Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Greg Page and Anthony Field.
- Vocals: Greg Page
- Backing Vocals: Paul Paddick, The Wiggles
- Trumpet, Piccolo Trumpet, Fluglehorn: Dom Lindsay
- Cello: Margaret Lindsay
- Viola: Angela Lindsay
- Violin: Maria Schattovits
- Engineered by Chris Brooks, Alex Keller, Roy Mollace, Aaron Ruig
- Recorded at The Tracking Station Studios, Sydney
- Drums: Tony Henry, Peter Iacono
- Guitars: Terry Murray, Rex Kelleher, Murray Cook, Anthony Field, Greg Page
- Bass: Murray Cook
- Organs: Piano, Accordion: Jeff Fatt
- Photography: Gary Johnson
- Design: Blow-Up Pty Ltd
Trivia
- This is the last album to have the 1991 variant Classic Wiggles logo.
- The Wiggles filmed some video promos on ABC to the promote the album such as Go Santa Go and It's a Christmas Party, On The Goodship Feathersword.
- During the recording of the album, Anthony played Captain Feathersword on Pirate Food Poem and It's a Christmas Party, On The Goodship Feathersword while Paul Paddick played him on Christmas Picnic.
- During the Christmas Picnic song, Murray Cook performed Dorothy the Dinosaur's voice as he did in 1991-1994.
- Dominic Lindsay is credited as Dom Lindsay on this album.
- Drummer Peter Iacono debuts on this album.
- This is the only album where Rex Kelleher plays the guitar.
- Reindeer Express is the only song not featured in the video, or any other since.
- On the flipside, Here Comes Santa Claus, which was featured in the video, was not in the album.
- The US version of the album booklet adds transcripts for the spoken tracks.
- The UK release is a "Special Edition" containing the Australian compilation album Christmas Classics as bonus tracks at the end (the only difference is Noche De Paz (Silent Night) being moved to the last track).
- To accommodate, Felice Navidad, Jingle Bells and We Wish You a Merry Christmas (which appear on both) are skipped as part of the main album and don't appear until the bonus tracks. However, for unknown reasons Unto Us, This Holy Night was not skipped, thus it appears twice as both tracks 10 and 25, as do Away in a Manger (with its version from Santa's Rockin'!) and Silent Night (as Noche De Paz). When released on Spotify, Unto Us, This Holy Night only appears as track 10 (the cover art was changed to reflect this, stating 9 bonus tracks instead of 10), and to differentiate the two Away in a Manger tracks, the Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas version was called the "Acoustic" version, and the Santa's Rockin'! version was called the "Long" version.
- On the Australian version, Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer used the German name while the US and UK releases it was reverted back to the English name.
- This is the last album to be engineered by Aaron Ruig.
- This is the first album to be engineered by Alex Keller.
- This is the only album to be engineered by Roy Mollace.
- This is the first album that Paul Paddick writes songs.
- Commas we're added to the Wiggly Wiggly Christmas in the US and UK versions.
- The word "Instrumental" was added to Ding Dong Merrily on High and Jeff's Christmas Tune in the US booklet.
- The word "spoken" was added to With a Shiny Red Nose, If You See Santa, Shepherds, Peace and Joy to Everyone, Breebop Poem, Pirate Food Poem and Wags Ate the Rags in the US version.
- The comma for Unto Us, This Holy Night was removed from the US booklet.
- In the US booklet, instead of using the short word "Trad" they used the full word "Traditional".
- In the US and UK booklets for the song credits, Slashs we're replaced with commas.
- In the US and UK booklets, A slash was added to Warner to split Chappell for Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer.
- Though unconfirmed, it is believed that Anthony Field voiced Santa Claus on the tracks that he appears.
- Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt and Anthony Field are uncredited for the vocals, although they are for the backing vocals.
Goofs
- For some reason in the Australian release, Let's Clap Hands for Santa Claus, Henry's Christmas Dance, and Jeff's Christmas Tune remove the apostrophes, though it was later fixed in the US and UK versions.
- On the Australian version under Dom Lindsay's credit, Flugelhorn was misspelled as Fluglehorn.
- On the AUS 1996 CD and the US cassette, Rex Kelleher's name was misspelled as Rex Kellehr.
- On the AUS 1999 CD, Rex Kelleher's name was misspelled as Rex Kellaher.
- On the Australian version under Jeff Fatt's credit, a comma wasn't added to the word "Organs" instead a colon was added.
- Anthony Field's dog Fergus was credited on We Wish You a Merry Christmas in the Australian version.
- Away in a Manger wasn't credited as a traditional arrangement in the Australian version.
- On the UK CD, Dominic Lindsay was credited for arranging The Little Drummer Boy.
- In the US cassette, On the song credits for Wiggly Wiggly Christmas, A comma wasn't added in after Greg Page's name.
- In the Australian song lyrics booklet, The word "Christmas" was absent from the Wags is Bouncing Around the Christmas Tree title.
- The letter "d" wasn't added to the Nose on Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer in the US CD booklet but was fixed on the cassette.
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The Wiggles albums
Murray, Jeff, Anthony, Greg and Phillip (1991) |
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The Wiggles (1991) |
Murray, Jeff, Anthony and Greg (1992-2006, 2012) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 | |
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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 |
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The Kingdom Of Paramithi (2009) • ReWiggled: A Tribute To The Wiggles (2011) • Och Aye the G'Nu! (2017) |