Rock-a-Bye Your Bear

"Rock-a-Bye Your Bear" is one of the Wiggles' favourite songs. They always sing it in live shows and in some of their videos. It made its grand debut in The Wiggles self-titled release, "The Wiggles" back in 1991. The Purple Wiggle often falls asleep at the end of the song, or a teddy bear mascot.

This Wiggly classic was written by Anthony Field and Greg Page.

The Wiggles (album)

 * Written by: G Page/A Field
 * Published by: EMI Music
 * Lead Vocals: Greg Page
 * Vocals: Murray Cook, Anthony Field, Phillip Wilcher
 * Piano: Phillip Wilcher
 * Bass Guitar: Murray Cook
 * Hand Claps: Greg Page
 * Emax: Jeff Fatt
 * Chief Kabasa Player: Anthony Field
 * Produced by: Anthony Field
 * Engineered by: Steve Promfrett
 * Recorded in February 1991 at Tracking Station Recording Studios, Sydney

The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack

 * Written by: A. Field/G. Page
 * Published by: EMI
 * Engineered by: Chris Brooks
 * Mixed by: Chris Brooks, Phil Judd, Anthony McKenzie
 * Assistant Engineer: Matt Varon Bon Acland
 * Vocals: Greg Page
 * Backing Vocals: Greg Truman
 * Guitars: Murray Cook
 * Bass: Murray Cook
 * All Other Keyboards: Jeff Fatt
 * Violin: Maria Schattovits
 * Cello: Margaret Lindsay
 * Drums: Tony Henry

Wiggle Time (1998 video)

 * Written by: A Field, G Page
 * Published by: EMI Music Publishing

Live Hot Potatoes!

 * Written by: A Field, G Page
 * Published by: EMI Music Publishing Australia
 * Produced by: Anthony Field
 * Musical Arrangements: The Wiggles, Dominic Lindsay
 * Vocals: Greg Page
 * Backing Vocals: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Craig Abercrombie, Sam Moran, Greg Truman
 * Guitars: Murray Cook, Rex Goh
 * Bass: John O'Grady
 * Keyboards: Tony Gardner, Dominic Lindsay
 * Drums: Tony Henry
 * Recorded at the Sydney Entertainment Centre by Robin Gist
 * Mixed and Mastered at Electric Avenue Studios, Sydney, Australia by Robin Gist

Wiggledancing!

 * Written by: Anthony Field, Greg Page
 * Published by: Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd
 * Musical Arrangements: The Wiggles, Dominic Lindsay
 * Music Produced by: Anthony Field
 * Audio Post Production: Craig Abercrombie
 * Front of House Engineer: Alex Keller

Play Piano With The Wiggles (sheet music)

 * Written by: Anthony Field, Greg Page
 * Published by Wiggly Tunes Pty. Ltd
 * Music Arrangements by: The Wiggles and Dominic Lindsay

Play Piano With The Wiggles (audio)

 * Written by: Anthony Field, Greg Page
 * Published by Wiggly Tunes Pty. Ltd
 * Arranged by: Tony Celiberti
 * Music Arrangements by: The Wiggles and Dominic Lindsay

Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles!

 * Written by Anthony Field, Greg Page
 * Music Produced by Anthony Field
 * Special Thanks: Chris Brooks, Tony Henry, Phil Judd, Angela Lindsay, Margaret Lindsay, Anthony McKenzie, Margaret Schattovits, Greg Truman

Celebration!

 * Written by: Anthony Field, Greg Page
 * Published by: Wiggly Tunes Pty. Ltd.
 * Live Show Recorded by: Alex Keller
 * Additional Tracking by: Ben Hardie
 * Mixed by: Ben Hardie, Alex Keller
 * Recorded at: Hot Potato Studios, Sydney
 * Mastered by: Don Bartley
 * Vocals: Greg Page
 * Musicians: Blathnaid Conroy-Murphy, Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Tony Henry

Taking Off!

 * Written by: Anthony Field, Greg Page
 * Published by Wiggly Tunes Pty. Ltd
 * Music Produced by: Anthony Field
 * Recorded at: Hot Potato Studios, Sydney
 * Recorded by: Ben Hardie, Alex Keller
 * Mixed by: Alex Keller
 * Mastered by: Don Bartley
 * Vocals: Simon Pryce, Lachlan Gillespie, Emma Watkins, Anthony Field
 * Guitar: Murray Cook
 * Keyboard: Lachlan Gillespie
 * Cello: Alex Keller

The Wiggles Meet the Orchestra

 * Written by: Anthony Field, Greg Page
 * Published by Wiggly Tunes Pty. Ltd
 * Music Produced by: Anthony Field
 * Vocals: Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce, Emma Watkins
 * Orchestrations by Joseph Twist
 * The Wiggles Recorded at Hot Potato Studios
 * Orchestra Recorded at Iwaki Auditorium
 * The Wiggles Recorded by Alex Keller
 * Orchestral Recording Engineered by Nicholas Miernich and Tim Symonds
 * Orchestral Recording Mixed by Christo Curtis
 * Album Mixed and Mastered by Virginia Reed

Wiggle Around Australia

 * Written by: Anthony Field, Greg Page
 * Published by: Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd
 * Music Produced by: Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie
 * Six-String Banjo: Anthony Field
 * Live Show Recorded by: Alex Keller, Jack Richardson
 * Mastered by: Don Bartley

Nursery Rhymes (video)

 * Written by: Anthony Field, Greg Page
 * Published by Wiggly Tunes Pty. Ltd
 * Vocals: Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce, Emma Watkins
 * Acoustic Guitar: Anthony Field
 * Bass Guitar: Jeff McCormack
 * Six-String Banjo: Anthony Field
 * Keyboard: Lachlan Gillespie
 * Music Produced by: Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie
 * Music Recorded at Hot Potato Studios, Sydney
 * Music Recorded and Mixed by: Alex Keller

Songwriter Credit Differences

 * The Wiggly Big Show inlay (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)
 * Wiggle Time album (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)
 * Here Comes the Big Red Car (Bonus CD) (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)
 * Wiggledancing! Live in the USA (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)
 * Karaoke Songs 3 (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page, John Field)
 * Play Piano with The Wiggles (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)
 * Wiggledancing! Live in Concert (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)
 * The Wiggles' Big Big Show! (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)
 * Hot Potatoes The Best of The Wiggles(Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)
 * The Wiggles Show - The Pick of TV Series 4 (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)
 * The Wiggles' Great Adventure (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)
 * Big Birthday (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)
 * Everybody Clap! Everybody Sing! (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)
 * Celebration! (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)
 * Dorothy the Dinosaur's Beach Party (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)
 * Hit Songs and Rarities (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)
 * Taking Off! (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)
 * The Wiggles Meet the Orchestra (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)
 * Hot Potatoes & Cold Spaghetti! (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)
 * The Best of The Wiggles (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)
 * Wiggle Around Australia (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)

Lyrics
Everybody clap

Everybody sing (la la la la la)

Bow to your partner

Then you turn around (Yippee!)

Hands in the air, rock-a-bye your bear

Bears now asleep

Shh shh shh

Bears now asleep

Shh, shh, shh

Everybody clap

Everybody sing (la la la la la)

Bow to your partner

Then you turn around (Yippee!)

Hands in the air, rock-a-bye your bear

Bears now asleep

Shh shh shh

Bears now asleep

Shh, shh, shh

("Bear's now asleep, Shh, shh, shh!" is repeated as the song fades out)

Trivia

 * In the original 1991 album version, Jeff snores at the end and Anthony says "Turn that trumpet down! Bears are trying to sleep!".
 * The 2013 version was actually taped in a live studio with a teddy bear mascot who is sleeping at the end until the Wiggles wake him up. This can be seen in TV Series 7. When it was uploaded on The Wiggles' YouTube channel on July 20th 2017, an intro that was deleted was added. The background music from It's a Wiggly Circus and Circus Cyclists Cycling! is also played.
 * This song is usually one of the first songs performed in their concerts.
 * The instrumental track has three main versions. 1991-1996, a trumpet starts the song, from 1997 onward, an accordion starts the song, and since 2012, sometimes it starts with light piano.
 * The "yippee!" after "Then you turn around" wasn't yet added until 1996.
 * Anthony or Murray have played the guitar in this song.
 * On the Hot Potatoes: The Best of The Wiggles In the bonus features, it says it has the original 1991 music video for this song, but it actually has the 1993 music video for this song.
 * It was the first animal song to be performed.
 * This song is part of the Let's Wiggle book.
 * The song was known as in The Wiggles inner circles as Rocka).
 * Greg Page wrote most of the lyrics for this song in his bathroom.
 * The Wiggle Time 2000 album shows Murray and Jeff's names in the song credits, although they didn't write this song.
 * In the 1997 version, Murray plays the acoustic guitars and Jeff plays the accordion.
 * The Karaoke Songs 3 shows that John Field's name was in the credits, although he didn't write it.
 * On YouTube, The original 1993 version of this song was uploaded on February 14th 2016 and the Nursery Rhymes version was uploaded on May 4th 2017.

Video Performances

 * ABC For Kids: Live In Concert
 * Wiggle Time
 * Wake Up Jeff (Live In Concert Clip)
 * Wiggledance! Live in Concert
 * The Wiggles Movie
 * Wiggle Time (1998 video)
 * The Wiggles: Live at Disneyland
 * The Wiggly Big Show
 * Live Hot Potatoes!
 * Wiggledancing! Live in the USA
 * Wiggledancing! Live in Concert
 * The Wiggles' Big Big Show!
 * Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles
 * Big Birthday
 * Celebration


 * Taking Off!


 * Nursery Rhymes


 * Wiggle Around Australia


 * Happy 15th Birthday!


 * The Wiggles Meet the Orchestra


 * Dorothy the Dinosaur's Beach Party


 * Dorothy the Dinosaur's Memory Book


 * The Best of The Wiggles


 * Everybody Come Wiggle!


 * Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2014 video)

Episode Performances

 * Jeff the Mechanic
 * Your Body
 * Hygiene
 * Fishing Time!
 * Dorothy's Ballet (3-second A-capella)
 * Making Pies
 * A Wiggly Mystery (Concert)
 * S.S Feathersword
 * Fruity Fun
 * The Gorilla Dance (live)
 * We Can Do So Many Things
 * Shh! Shh! Shh!
 * Toot Toot! (Live at Wigglehouse)
 * Professor Simon's Musical Challenge - Arabic
 * Simon Goes Quackers (live)
 * Slow Motion Anthony
 * Apples and Bananas


 * Simon's Brush With Fame


 * Rock-a-Bye Your Bear (episode)


 * Rock-A-Bye Your Bear (Emma! episode)


 * Dorothy Visits the Art Gallery


 * Dancing is So Much Fun


 * Numerals Are Nice


 * Do The Twist!


 * Opera Singing


 * The Train Dance


 * Help Find Jeff


 * Picking Flowers


 * Soccer Fun

Album Tracks

 * The Wiggles
 * The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack
 * Wiggle Time
 * Live Hot Potatoes!
 * Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles
 * The Wiggles' Big Birthday!
 * Celebration
 * Taking Off!


 * Here Comes the Big Red Car (Bonus CD)


 * Hit Songs and Rarities


 * Hot Potatoes & Cold Spaghetti!


 * The Best of The Wiggles on Vinyl


 * The Best of The Wiggles


 * Wiggly Party and Other Kiddy Hits


 * ReWiggled - A Tribute To The Wiggles


 * Karaoke Songs 3


 * The Wiggles Meet the Orchestra


 * Dorothy the Dinosaur's Beach Party


 * Let's Wiggle


 * Everybody Come Wiggle!