Yummy Yummy (album)

"Yummy Yummy" is the fourth Wiggles album which was released on March 12, 1994. The accompanying video was released on October 24, 1994.

Origins
This song is named after the words from The Wiggles' Fruit Salad, which was released on their Wiggle Time video.

Production
It took a couple of weeks to record this album. Fruit Salad is the only song that was recorded for the Wiggle Time video.

Hot Potato

 * Lead Vocals - Greg Page
 * Backing Vocals - Greg Truman
 * Drums - Tony Henry
 * Bass - Murray Cook
 * Acoustic Guitar - Peter Mackie
 * Piano - Jeff Fatt

Shaky Shaky

 * Lead Vocals - Greg Page
 * Bass/Electric Guitar - Murray Cook
 * Acoustic Guitar - Anthony Field
 * Piano - Jeff Fatt
 * Drums/Percussion - Tony Henry

Introduction To Fruit Salad

 * Vocals - Anthony Field

Fruit Salad

 * Lead Vocals - Greg Page
 * Backing Vocals - Greg Truman
 * Bass/Electric Guitar - Murray Cook
 * Drums/Percussion - Tony Henry
 * Organ - Jeff Fatt

Willaby Wallaby Woo

 * Lead Vocals/Acoustic Guitar - Greg Page
 * Backing Vocals - Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field
 * Bass - Murray Cook
 * Electric Guitar/Kazoo - Anthony Field
 * Organ - Jeff Fatt

Come On Let's Jump

 * Lead Vocals - Greg Page
 * Bass - Murray Cook
 * Acoustic Guitar - Anthony Field
 * Accordion - Jeff Fatt
 * Drums - Tony Henry

Walk

 * Lead Vocals - Greg Page
 * Backing Vocals - Greg Truman
 * Drums/Percussion - Tony Henry
 * Bass - Murray Cook
 * Piano - Jeff Fatt

Fais Do Do

 * Lead Vocals - Greg Page
 * Bass - Murray Cook
 * Acoustic Guitar - Anthony Field
 * Accordion - Jeff Fatt
 * Percussion - Tony Henry

Ponies

 * Lead Vocals - Greg Page
 * Bass - Murray Cook
 * Acoustic Guitar - Anthony Field
 * Melodica - Jeff Fatt
 * Drums - Tony Henry

The Monkey Dance

 * 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

D.O.R.O.T.H.Y. (My Favourite Dinosaur)

 * Lead Vocals - Greg Page
 * Children's Vocals - Trina Leigh, Allison O'Brien
 * Bass - Murray Cook
 * Acoustic Guitar - Peter Mackie
 * Drums/Percussion - Tony Henry
 * Organ/Keyboard Flute & Saxophone - Jeff Fatt

Shake Your Sillies Out

 * Lead Vocals/Clapping - Greg Page
 * Bass - Murray Cook
 * Acoustic Guitar - Anthony Field
 * Organ - Jeff Fatt

Numbers Joke

 * Vocals & Laughing - Anthony Field, Greg Page

Numbers Rhumba

 * Lead Vocals - Greg Page
 * Backing Vocals - Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt
 * Bass - Murray Cook
 * Piano/Keyboard Trumpet - Jeff Fatt

Would You Giggle

 * Lead Vocals/Organ - Jeff Fatt
 * Organ - Jeff Fatt
 * Percussion - Tony Henry

The Food Poem

 * Vocals - Anthony Field

Crunchy Munchy Honey Cakes

 * Lead Vocals/Clapping - Greg Page
 * Backing Vocals - Greg Truman
 * Bass - Murray Cook
 * Piano - Jeff Fatt
 * Drums - Tony Henry

Butterflies Flit

 * Lead Vocals - Greg Page
 * Bass - Murray Cook
 * Acoustic Guitar - Greg Page
 * Glockenspiel - Jeff Fatt

Where Is Thumbkin?

 * Lead Vocals - Greg Page
 * Backing Vocals - Trina Leigh, Allison O'Brien
 * Bass - Murray Cook
 * Acoustic Guitar - Anthony Field

Veil

 * Bass - Anthony Field
 * Piano - Jeff Fatt
 * Percussion - Tony Henry

Yawn Yawn Yawn

 * Lead Vocals/Acoustic Guitar - Greg Page
 * Bass - Murray Cook
 * Banjo - Anthony Field
 * Accordion/Glockenspiel - Jeff Fatt
 * Percussion - Tony Henry

Tracklist
(Note: all songs are written by M. Cook, J. Fatt, A. Field and G. Page, except where noted otherwise.)

Australian Version

 * 1) Hot Potato (J. Field, M. Cook, J. Fatt, A. Field, G. Page)
 * 2) Shaky Shaky (M. Cook, J. Fatt, A. Field, G. Page)
 * 3) Introduction To Fruit Salad (Spoken)
 * 4) Fruit Salad (M. Cook, J. Fatt, A. Field, G. Page)
 * 5) Willaby Wallaby Woo (M Miyata, D Lee)
 * 6) Come On Let's Jump (M. Cook, J. Fatt, A. Field, G. Page)
 * 7) Walk (M. Cook, J. Fatt, A. Field, G. Page)
 * 8) Fais Do Do (traditional)
 * 9) Ponies (M. Cook, J. Fatt, A. Field, G. Page)
 * 10) The Monkey Dance (J. Field, M. Cook, J. Fatt, A. Field, G. Page)
 * 11) D.O.R.O.T.H.Y. (My Favourite Dinosaur) (J. Field, M. Cook, J. Fatt, A. Field, G. Page)
 * 12) Shake Your Sillies Out (R Cavoukian, B & B Simpson)
 * 13) Numbers Joke (Spoken)
 * 14) Numbers Rhumba (D Walden Arr. M. Cook, J. Fatt, A. Field, G. Page)
 * 15) Would You Giggle
 * 16) The Food Poem (Spoken)
 * 17) Crunchy Munchy Honey Cakes
 * 18) Butterflies Flit (M. Field, M. Cook, J. Fatt, A. Field, G. Page)
 * 19) Where Is Thumbkin? (traditional)
 * 20) Veil (traditional)
 * 21) Yawn Yawn Yawn

American Version

 * 1) Hot Potato (from Yummy Yummy (re-recording)) (M Cook, J Fatt, A Field, G Page, J Field)
 * 2) Shaky Shaky
 * 3) Introduction To Fruit Salad (Spoken)
 * 4) Fruit Salad
 * 5) Captain Feathersword (from Stories and Songs: The Adventures of Captain Feathersword the Friendly Pirate)
 * 6) Our Boat is Rocking on the Sea (from TV Series 2)
 * 7) We're Dancing with Wags the Dog (from Toot Toot)
 * 8) Willaby Wallaby Woo (M Miyata, D Lee)
 * 9) Come On Let's Jump
 * 10) Walk
 * 11) Fais Do Do (traditional)
 * 12) Ponies
 * 13) The Monkey Dance (from Yummy Yummy (re-recording)) (M Cook, J Fatt, A Field, G Page, J Field)
 * 14) D.O.R.O.T.H.Y. (My Favourite Dinosaur) (from Yummy Yummy (re-recording)) (M Cook, J Fatt, A Field, G Page)
 * 15) Shake Your Sillies Out (R Cavoukian, B & B Simpson)
 * 16) Numbers Joke (Spoken)
 * 17) Numbers Rhumba (D Walden Arr. M Cook, J Fatt, A Field, G Page)
 * 18) Would You Giggle
 * 19) The Food Poem (Spoken)
 * 20) Crunchy Munchy Honey Cakes
 * 21) The Chase (not on an Australian album)
 * 22) Butterflies Flit (M Cook, J Fatt, A Field, G Page, M Field)
 * 23) Where Is Thumbkin? (traditional)
 * 24) Veil (traditional)
 * 25) Yawn Yawn Yawn

Trivia
for the American release they added 4 bonus songs listed:
 * There are some songs added to the American version of the album since it was released for the re-recording rather than the original 1994 video.
 * The title is reported to have inspired the name of the landmark Spring Hill eatery, Yummy Yummy.
 * This is the first Wiggles album to contain real drums and percussion that are played by a musician.
 * Anthony's brother John writes Hot Potato, D.O.R.O.T.H.Y. (My Favourite Dinosaur) & The Monkey Dance.
 * Anthony's mum Marie writes the Lyrics for Butterflies Flit with Greg Page.
 * The music for Hot Potato was Adapted from Hot Tamale by The Cockroaches.
 * The music for The Monkey Dance was Adapted from Do the Monkey by The Cockroaches.
 * this album was the first album to feature Anthony's cousin Greg Truman on Backing Vocals.
 * the American release was first released by Lyrick Studios in 1999 and later rereleased in 2003 by Koch Records.
 * for the American version they had replaced the original 1994 versions of Hot Potato, The Monkey Dance, D.O.R.O.T.H.Y. (My Favourite Dinosaur) and Numbers Rhumba to Their 1998 versions.
 * Captain Feathersword
 * Our Boat is Rocking on the Sea (1999 version)
 * We're Dancing with Wags the Dog
 * The Chase (TV Series 1 version)

Release Dates

 * Australia - ABC Music: March 12, 1994
 * America - Lyrick Studios: October 1999
 * United Kingdom - KOCH Records: June 24, 2003

Australian Release

 * Vocals - Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page, Trina Leigh, Allison O'Brien
 * Backing Vocals - Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Greg Truman, Trina Leigh, Allison O'Brien
 * Drums - Tony Henry
 * Percussion - Tony Henry, Jeff Fatt
 * Piano, Organ, Accordion & Melodica - Jeff Fatt
 * Kazoo & Banjo - Anthony Field
 * Bass - Murray Cook, Anthony Field
 * Guitars - Murray Cook, Anthony Field, Greg Page, Peter Mackie, Terry Murray
 * Hand Claps - Greg Page

American Release

 * Vocals - Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page, Paul Paddick and Carolyn Ferrie
 * Backing Vocals - The Wiggles, Greg Truman, Mark Punch, Trina Leigh and Allison O'Brien
 * Guitars - Murray Cook, Anthony Field, Greg Page and Terry Murray
 * Drums - Tony Henry and Paul Hester
 * Percussion - Tony Henry, Paul Hester, Jeff Fatt and Anthony Field
 * Strings - Maria Schattovits and Margaret Lindsay
 * Trumpet - Dominic Lindsay
 * Piano, Organ, Accordion & Melodica - Jeff Fatt
 * Bass - Murray Cook, Anthony Field
 * Bagpipes, Kazoo & Banjo - Anthony Field
 * Hand Claps - Greg Page

Australian Release

 * Composers - Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, John Field, Lawrence Miyata, Bert Simpson, Bonnie Simpson and David Walden
 * Producer/Arrangers - Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field and Greg Page
 * Song Lyricists - Greg Page, John Field, Dennis Lee and Marie Field
 * Dialogue Lyricists - Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field and Greg Page
 * Engineer - Tony Douglass, Steve Promfrett

American Release

 * Composers - Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, John Field, Lawrence Miyata, Bert Simpson, Bonnie Simpson and David Walden
 * Producer/Arrangers - Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field and Greg Page
 * Song Lyricists - Greg Page, John Field, Dennis Lee and Marie Field
 * Dialogue Lyricists - Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field and Greg Page
 * Engineer - Chris Brooks

Album Booklets
see here