The Monkey Dance

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

1994 Version

 * Music: John Field
 * Lyrics & Arrangement: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page
 * Publisher: EMI Music

1998 Version

 * Music: John Field
 * Lyrics & Arrangement: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page
 * Publisher: EMI Music/Wiggly Tunes

1994 Version

 * Lead Vocals/Elephant Sound - Greg Page
 * Tiger Sound - Anthony Field
 * Monkey Sound - Jeff Fatt
 * Bass - Murray Cook
 * Acoustic Guitar - Peter Mackie
 * Drums/Percussion - Tony Henry
 * Organ - Jeff Fatt

1998 Version

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

The Wiggly Big Show Version

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

Taiwanese Version

 * Lead Vocals/Monkey Sound - Danny Shao
 * Backing Vocals - Anni Hsu
 * Elephant Sound - Carlos Chang
 * Tiger Sound - 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

 * Lead 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

Celebration! Version

 * Lead 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

2013 Version

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

25th Anniversary Reunion Show Version

 * Lead Vocals - Greg Page
 * Bass - Alex Keller
 * 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 monkey.

Greg: A monkey?!?

(Jeff makes a monkey sound.)

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

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

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

Monkey, monkey,  (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 monkey)

Jump to the front and back (go monkey )

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 monkey )

Jump to the front and back. (Go monkey )

Jump to the front and back.

That's alright.

Now do the monkey, do the monkey.

Do the elephant

the tiger, tiger.

Trivia

 * This song was adapted from a Cockroaches song called Do The Monkey.
 * Do The Monkey was second animal song to be performed.

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 (video)
 * Dorothy the Dinosaur's Beach Party (video)
 * 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 (album)
 * 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)