The Monkey Dance

"The Monster Dance" is a song performed by The Wiggles since their video in 1994, Yummy Yummy. The song encourages kids to dance like a monster, elephant, and tiger.

1994 Version

 * Music: John Field
 * Lyrics, Arrangement and Producers: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page
 * Engineers and Mixers: Tony Douglass, Steve Promfrett
 * Recording Location: Tracking Station Studios
 * Publisher: EMI Music
 * Copyright: Control

1998 Version

 * Original Music: John Field
 * Lyrics, Arrangement and Producers: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page
 * Musical Arrangements: The Wiggles, Dominic Lindsay
 * Engineer and Mixer: Chris Brooks
 * Recording Location: Electric Avenue Studios
 * Publisher: EMI Music/Wiggly Tunes
 * Copyright: Universal Music Group

Live Hot Potatoes! Version

 * Original Music: John Field
 * Lyrics and Arrangement: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page
 * Musical Arrangement: The Wiggles, Dominic Lindsay
 * Producer: Anthony Field
 * Engineer and Mixer: Robin Gist
 * Recording Location: Sydney Entertainment Centre
 * Publisher: Wiggly Tunes
 * Copyright: Universal Music Group

2006 Karaoke Version

 * Music: John Field
 * Lyrics and Arrangement: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page
 * Musical Arrangements: The Wiggles, Dominic Lindsay
 * Engineer and Mixer: Chris Brooks
 * Recording Location: Electric Avenue Studios
 * Publisher: Wiggly Tunes
 * Copyright: Universal Music Group

DJ Party Jr Version

 * Music: John Field
 * Lyrics: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page
 * Arrangement: DJ Party Jr
 * Publisher: Wiggly Tunes

Celebration! Version

 * Music: John Field
 * Lyrics and Arrangement: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page
 * Producer: Anthony Field
 * Engineer and Mixer: Alex Keller
 * Recording Location: Dublin, Ireland
 * Publisher: Wiggly Tunes
 * Copyright: Universal Music Group

The Wiggles Meet the Orchestra Version

 * Original Music: John Field
 * Lyrics: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page
 * Arrangement: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
 * Producer: Anthony Field
 * Engineer and Mixer: Alex Keller
 * Recording Location: Iwaki Auditorium
 * Publisher: Wiggly Tunes
 * Copyright: Universal Music Group

1994 Version

 * Vocals: Greg Page
 * Animal Sounds - Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page
 * Bass - Murray Cook
 * Acoustic Guitar - Peter Mackie
 * Drums/Percussion - Tony Henry
 * Organ - Jeff Fatt

1998 Version

 * Vocals: Greg Page
 * Animal Sounds - Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page
 * Backing Vocals - Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field
 * Bass - Murray Cook
 * Electric Guitar - Terry Murray
 * Acoustic Guitar: Anthony Field
 * Drums - Tony Henry
 * Organ: Jeff Fatt
 * Trumpet - Dominic Lindsay

The Wiggly Big Show Version

 * Vocals - Greg Page
 * Backing Vocals - Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field
 * Bass - Murray Cook
 * Electric Guitar - Terry Murray
 * Acoustic Guitar - Anthony Field
 * Drums - Tony Henry
 * Organ - Jeff Fatt
 * Trumpet - Dominic Lindsay

Taiwanese Version

 * Vocals: Danny Shao
 * Backing Vocals - Anni Hsu
 * Animal Sounds - Danny Shao, Carlos Chang, James Arthur Chen
 * Bass - Murray Cook
 * Electric Guitar - John Field
 * Acoustic Guitar - Anthony Field
 * Piano/Organ - Jeff Fatt
 * Drums - Tony Henry
 * Trumpet - Dominic Lindsay

Live Hot Potatoes! Version

 * Vocals - Greg Page
 * Backing Vocals - Sam Moran, Greg Truman
 * Bass - John O'Grady
 * Electric Guitar - Rex Goh, Murray Cook
 * Piano - Tony Gardner
 * Drums - Tony Henry
 * Trumpet - Dominic Lindsay
 * Saxophone - Craig Abercrombie

2006 Karaoke Version

 * Backing Vocals - Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field
 * Bass - Murray Cook
 * Electric Guitar - Terry Murray
 * Acoustic Guitar- Anthony Field
 * Drums - Tony Henry
 * Organ - Jeff Fatt
 * Trumpet - Dominic Lindsay

Celebration! Version

 * Vocals - Greg Page
 * Backing Vocals - Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce, Emma Watkins
 * Bass - Paul Paddick
 * Electric Guitar - Murray Cook
 * Keyboard - Jeff Fatt
 * Drums - Blathnaid Conroy-Murphy
 * Cowbell - Simon Pryce
 * Glockenspiel - Lachlan Gillespie

Dorothy the Dinosaur's Beach Party Version

 * Vocals: James Arthur Chen
 * Animal Sounds: Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page
 * Backing Vocals - Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field
 * Bass - Murray Cook
 * Electric Guitar - Terry Murray
 * Acoustic Guitar: Anthony Field
 * Drums - Tony Henry
 * Organ: Jeff Fatt
 * Trumpet - Dominic Lindsay

2013 Version

 * Vocals - Simon Pryce
 * Backing Vocals - Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie
 * Animal Sounds - Anthony Field, Simon Pryce, Emma Watkins
 * Electric Guitar - Terry Murray
 * Acoustic Guitar - Anthony Field
 * Drums - Tony Henry
 * Organ - Jeff Fatt
 * Trumpet - Dominic Lindsay

The Wiggles Meet the Orchestra Version

 * Vocals - Andrew Koblar, Simon Pryce
 * Backing Vocals - Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Emma Watkins
 * First Violins - Peter Edwards, Sarah Curro, Jacqueline Edwards, Peter Fellin, Deborah Goodall, Lorraine Hook, Cameron Jamieson, Kirstin Kenny, Ji Won Kim, Eleanor Mancini, Anne Martonyi, Michelle Ruffolo and Kathryn Taylor
 * Second Violins - Matthew Tomkins, Monica Curro, Isin Cakmakcioglu, Francesca Hiew, Rachel Homburg, Christine Johnson, Isy Wasserman, Philippa West, Patrick Wong and Roger Young
 * Violas - Lauren Brigden, Katharine Brockman, Christopher Cartlidge, Ceridwen Davies, Gabrielle Halloran, Trevor Jones, Simon Oswell and Caleb Wright
 * Cellos - Nicholas Bochner, Miranda Brockman, Rohan de Korte, Keith Johnson, Sarah Morse, Angela Sargeant and Michelle Wood
 * Double Basses - Sylvia Hosking, Rohan Dasika, Benjamin Hanlon, Suzanne Lee and Stephen Newton
 * Horns - Geoff Lierse, Saul Lewis, Abbey Edlin, Trinette McClimont and Rachel Shaw
 * Trumpets - Shane Hooton, Callum G'Froerer and Julie Payne
 * Trombones - Brett Kelly, Kenneth McClimont, Kieran Conrau and Mike Szabo
 * Tuba - Timothy Buzbee
 * Percussion - Robert Clarke, John Arcaro and Robert Cossom
 * Piano/Celeste - Louisa Breen and Amir Farid

25th Anniversary Reunion Show Version

 * Vocals - Greg Page
 * Bass - Alex Keller
 * Electric Guitar - Murray Cook
 * Drums - Jae Nelson
 * Keyboards - Lachlan Gillespie

Song Lyrics and Transcript
Greg: What are you doing, Jeff?

Jeff: I dreamed I was a monster.

Greg: A monster?!?

(Jeff makes a monster sound.)

Greg: Here's some of our favorite animals. Let's move like them. Here we go.

We're gonna do the monster. (Ooh-ooh-ah-ah,  ooh-ooh-ah-ah!)

Do the monster,  (Ooh-ooh-ah-ah,  ooh-ooh-ah-ah!)

Monster, monster,  (Ooh-ooh-ah-ah,  ooh-ooh-ah-ah!)

That's alright.

Do the elephant, (Brrrrrr!)

Do the elephant,  (Brrrrrr!)

Do the elephant,  (Brrrrrr!)

That's alright.

We're gonna jump to the front and back. (Go monster)

Jump to the front and back (go monster )

Jump to the front and back.

That's alright.

Now do the tiger, (Rawwwr!)

do the tiger. (Rawwwr!)

Tiger, tiger,  (Rawwwr!)

that's alright.

We're gonna jump to the front and back. (Go monster )

Jump to the front and back. (Go monster )

Jump to the front and back.

That's alright.

Now do the monster, do the monster.

Do the elephant

the tiger, tiger.

Trivia

 * This song was adapted from a Cockroaches song called Do The Monster.
 * Do The Monster was second animal song to be performed.
 * This song is included in the Just Dance Kids video game by Ubisoft, which was released on November 9, 2010.

Video Performances

 * Yummy Yummy
 * Yummy Yummy (re-recording)
 * The Wiggly Big Show
 * Live Hot Potatoes
 * Wiggledancing! Live in the USA
 * Hot Potatoes: The Best of The Wiggles
 * Dorothy the Dinosaur's Beach Party
 * Furry Tales

Episode Performances

 * Murray's Shirt
 * Dancing (Live)
 * Animals (Live)
 * Play (Live)
 * LCAW: Episode 1
 * LCAW: Episode 9
 * LCAW: Episode 20
 * LCAW: Episode 25
 * Fruity Fun (Live)
 * Kangaroo Dance
 * Paint a Portrait
 * Wash Your Hands
 * A Juicy Story

Album Appearance

 * Yummy Yummy
 * Live Hot Potatoes
 * Hot Potatoes: The Best of The Wiggles
 * ReWiggled - A Tribute To The Wiggles
 * Dorothy the Dinosaur's Beach Party
 * Hit Songs and Rarities
 * Furry Tales
 * Here Comes the Big Red Car (Bonus CD)