Get Ready To Wiggle

"Get Ready To Wiggle" is The Wiggles' debut song. It first appeared in their 1991 self-titled debut album. Its re-recording appeared on Wiggle Time! (1998 video) in 1998. Its music was allegedly adapted from The Cockroaches Song "Everybody Wiggle!".

The Wiggles (album)
vocals chief Kabasa player Recorded in February 1991 at Tracking Station Recording Studios, Sydney.
 * J Field/M Cook/J Fatt/G Page
 * Published by EMI Music/Control
 * Phillip Wilcher: Piano
 * Gregory Page: Lead vocals
 * Murray Cook: Bass guitar
 * Jeff Fatt: Emax
 * Anthony Field: Vocals,
 * Produced by Anthony Field
 * Engineered by Steve Promfrett

ABC For Kids: Live in Concert (video)

 * A Field, M Cook, J Fatt, G Page, J Field

Wiggle Time! (1993 video)

 * Written by: J Field, A Field, J Fatt, M Cook, G Page
 * Copyrighted by EMI Music

Wiggledance!
(EMI Music)
 * J Field, M Cook, J Fatt, A Field, G Page
 * Sound Recording by Chris Brooks
 * Audio Mixing by Alex Ferguson

Wiggle Time! (1998 video)
(EMI Music Publishing)
 * J Field, A Field, J Fatt, M Cook, G Page

The Dorothy the Dinosaur and Friends Video (Puppets version)
(EMI Music/Control)
 * J Field, M Cook, J Fatt, A Field, G Page

Let's Wiggle

 * Music and Lyrics by John Field, Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Greg Page
 * Vocals: Greg Page
 * Backing Vocals: Greg Truman
 * Guitars: Murray Cook
 * Piano: Jeff Fatt
 * Drums: Tony Henry
 * Trumpet: Dominic Lindsay
 * Recorded and mixed in Sydney Australia by Chris Brooks
 * Produced by The Wiggles

Wiggle Time! (2000 album)
(EMI/Wiggly Tunes)
 * M Cook, J Fatt, A Field, G Page, J Field
 * Produced by The Wiggles
 * Musicians: The Wiggles
 * Recorded and mixed by Chris Brooks
 * Additional musicians Dominic Lindsay and Tony Henry

Wiggly TV
(Wiggly Tunes)
 * Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page, John Field

Karaoke Songs 1 / Sing Along: Crunchy Munchy Music
(Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd)
 * Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page, John Field

Splish Splash Big Red Boat (video)
(Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd)
 * Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page, John Field

The Wiggles (2006 Bonus CD)
(Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd)
 * Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page

Play Piano with... The Wiggles (sheet music)

 * Words & Music by Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Greg Page and John Field
 * © 1991 Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd
 * Music Arrangements by: The Wiggles and Dominic Lindsay

Play Piano with... The Wiggles (audio)

 * Music Arrangements by The Wiggles and Dominic Lindsay
 * Transcriptions by Tony Celiberti (Scarlet Music)
 * CD Backing track by Sean Peter (Autopilot Productions)
 * Words & Music by Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Greg Page and John Field
 * © 1991 Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd

Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2009 and 2013 versions)
(Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd)
 * Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page, John Field
 * Music Produced By: Anthony Field

Taking Off!
(Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd) Anthony Field Hot Potato Studios, Sydney Ben Hardie, Alex Keller Alex Keller Don Bartley Simon Pryce, Lachlan Gillespie, Emma Watkins, Anthony Field Blathnaid Conroy-Murphy Guitar: Murray Cook Keyboard: Jeff Fatt
 * Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page, John Field
 * Music Produced By
 * Recorded at
 * Recorded by
 * Mixed by
 * Mastered by
 * Vocals:
 * Backing Vocals:
 * Musicians:

Song Credit Differences

 * ABC For Kids: Live In Concert (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)
 * Wiggle Time! (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)
 * Wiggledance! Live in Concert (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)


 * A Day With The Wiggles (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page, John Field)


 * The Dorothy the Dinosaur and Friends Video (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)


 * Wiggle Time! (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)


 * Wiggly Party (game) (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)


 * Compliments Of Brach's And The Wiggles (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page, John Field)


 * Karaoke Songs 1 (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)


 * The Wiggles (2006 Bonus CD) (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)


 * Splish Splash Big Red Boat (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)


 * Play Piano with... The Wiggles (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page, John Field)


 * Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2010 video) (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)


 * Taking Off! (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page)


 * Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2014 video) (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page, John Field)

Wiggle Time! (album)
Get ready to wiggle, We've been ready for so long.

Get ready to wiggle, When you wiggle, you can't go wrong.

Get ready to wiggle, Wiggle will make you big and strong.

Get ready to wiggle, c'mon wiggle to this song, Wiggle to this song

CHORUS

We're ready to wiggle, Wiggle your fingers high in the sky

We're ready to wiggle, Wiggle your ears and wiggle your eyes

We're ready to wiggle, Wiggle your hair and wiggle your nose

We're ready to wiggle, c'mon wiggle all ten toes, Wiggle all ten toes

We can wiggle and wiggle, Wiggle at home without a care

Wiggle and wiggle, Wiggle on your own or with teddy bear

Wiggle and wiggle, Wiggle at breakfast, lunch or tea

Wiggle and wiggle, wiggle along with me, wiggle along with me

Taking Off!
"Okay, everybody, get ready to wiggle! It's wiggle time! Let's see you dancing, wiggle!"

Get ready to wiggle (Shooby-dooby-doo)

We've been ready for so long.

Get ready to wiggle. (Shooby-dooby-doo)

When you wiggle, you can't go wrong.

Get ready to wiggle. (Shooby-dooby-doo)

Wiggle will make you big and strong.

Get ready to wiggle. (Shooby-dooby-doo)

"C'mon!"

Wiggle to this song

Wiggle to this song

Let's all sing!

Ba-da-ba-ba

Ba-da-bada

Ba-da-ba-ba

Ba-da-bada

Ba-da-ba-ba

Ba-da-bada

"Gee, c'mon!"

We're ready to wiggle (Whoo!) (Shooby-dooby-doo)

Wiggle your fingers high in the sky.

We're ready to wiggle (Shooby-dooby-doo)

Wiggle your ears and wiggle your eyes.

We're ready to wiggle. (Yeah!) (Shooby-dooby-doo)

Wiggle your hair and wiggle your nose.

We're ready to wiggle. (Shooby-dooby-doo)

"Wiggle your toes!"

Wiggle all ten toes

"Gee, cmon!"

Wiggle all ten toes

"Big jumps, everybody, c'mon."

Ba-da-ba-ba-bada

"Big jump, c'mon!"

Ba-da-ba-ba-bada

"Gee, c'mon!"

Ba-da-ba-ba-bada

"Big jump now!"

We can wiggle (Whoo!)

And wiggle (Whoo!)

Wiggle at home without a care.

(Shooby-dooby-doo)

Wiggle (Whoo!)

And wiggle (Whoo!)

Wiggle on your own or with teddy bear.

(Shooby-dooby-doo)

Wiggle (Whoo!)

And wiggle (Whoo!)

Wiggle at breakfast, lunch or tea.

(Shooby-dooby-doo)

Wiggle (Whoo!) and wiggle. (Whoo!)

Wiggle along with me

"That's right!"

Wiggle along with me

"Yeah!"

Ba-da-ba-ba

Ba-da-bada

"Everybody, keep wiggling now!"

Ba-da-ba-ba, ba-da-bada

"Gee, c'mon!"

Ba-da-ba-ba, ba-da-bada

"Wiggle! Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle!"

(Whoo!)

"Wiggle!"

"Yeah!"

Trivia

 * The Wiggles got the idea for this song at Macquarie University.
 * It was originally going to be a Cockroaches Song called Mr. Wiggles Back in Town. Then in 1991 the song was Changed to Get Ready to Wiggle with lots of changes to the Lyrics.
 * A clip of Murray from Big Red Car is shown during the TV Series theme version.
 * In TV Series 1, There are two opening titles featuring Captain Feathersword. One shows a clip from Murray's Shirt while another is done in chroma key. This is actually an unused title of the title as it's shown for a brief second.
 * The 1993 version of the instrumental track is played over the opening and closing credits of the Wiggle Time! 1993 video.
 * This song made a cameo appearance in the 1994 version of Yummy Yummy.
 * This song is part of the Let's Wiggle book.
 * The music that uses this song was originally written by John Field who were in The Cockroaches in the 80s.
 * Anthony speaks in the 1991 and 2013 versions.
 * The 1991 version is played in A Day With The Wiggles and The Wiggly Circus PC game.
 * According to Greg Page, on his Wiggly Questions part 2 video, said that the song that Get Ready to Wiggle adapted from was actually called Get Ready to Wiggle, but the lyrics were different not for children for adults.
 * The Wiggle Time! 2000 album shows Anthony's name in the song credits, although he didn't write this song.
 * The Sam Moran version is played on the game Matching Instruments and Wigglemania version is played on the game Dance to the Wiggly Radio.
 * This and Dorothy the Dinosaur are Greg's favorite songs on this album.

Videos

 * ABC for Kids Video Hits
 * ABC for Kids: Live In Concert
 * Wiggle Time! (1993)
 * Wiggledance! Live in Concert
 * Wiggle Time! (1998)
 * The Dorothy the Dinosaur and Friends Video (The Wiggles Puppets)
 * Splish Splash Big Red Boat
 * Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2010)
 * Taking Off!
 * Everybody Come Wiggle!
 * Wiggly TV
 * Wiggly Play Time
 * Lights, Camera, Action!
 * Lights, Camera, Action!
 * Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2014)

TV Series Episodes

 * Zardo Zap
 * Dancing
 * Wiggly History (Little Wiggles Version)
 * Family
 * Manners
 * Cooking Pizza
 * We Can Do So Many Things
 * Murray Had A Turtle
 * Sound Stories
 * Animal Fun
 * The Wiggle Way
 * Musical Instruments

Albums

 * The Wiggles (1991)
 * ABC For Kids: Greatest Hits
 * Rock 'N' Roll Kids
 * ABC For Kids: Live In Concert
 * Let's Wiggle
 * Wiggle Time!
 * Compliments Of Brach's And The Wiggles
 * Everybody Come Wiggle!
 * Karaoke Songs 1
 * The Wiggles (2006)
 * Play Piano with... The Wiggles
 * Sing-a-long CD
 * Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles
 * ReWiggled - A Tribute To The Wiggles
 * Taking Off!
 * The Best of The Wiggles on Vinyl

Minor

 * Hey, Hey, It's Saturday
 * The Wiggles (TV Series 1) Theme Song
 * Dorothy the Dinosaur Goes to Hospital (Intro)
 * A Day With The Wiggles
 * The Wiggly Circus
 * V-Smile Game

Concert Appearance

 * The Wiggles: Live in New Zealand
 * Wigglemania Live in Concert
 * Wiggles World Live
 * The Wiggles' 25th Anniversary Reunion Show

Gallery
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