Get Ready To Wiggle

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"Get Ready To Wiggle" is a song that was originally written for The Cockroaches by John Field, but that version was never released to the public. In 1991, this song was officially recorded and rewritten for The Wiggles for their debut album. Its re-recording first appeared in Wiggle Time! in 1998.

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Song Lyrics

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-ba-da
Ba-da-ba-ba
Ba-da-ba-da
Ba-da-ba-ba
Ba-da-ba-da
"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-ba-ba
"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!"

Song Credits

Written by Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page and John Field, initially published by Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd.

On The Wiggles' debut album, this song wasn't originally credited to Anthony and the publishing rights used to be owned by EMI Music and Control.

Play Piano with... The Wiggles

Music Arrangements by The Wiggles and Dominic Lindsay
Transcriptions by Tony Celiberti (Scarlet Music)
CD Backing track by Sean Peter (Autopilot Productions)

ReWiggled: A Tribute To The Wiggles

© 2011 Liberation Music
Recorded at Birdland Studios. Adalita appears courtesy of Liberation Music

Trivia

The 1991 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.
Anthony speaks in the 1991, 1993 and 2013 versions, as well as live.
Some episodes from The Wiggles (TV Series 2), have a few different shots/angles for this song.
The 1991 version is played in A Day with the Wiggles and The Wiggly Circus PC game. It also plays on The Wiggles' 20th anniversary game: The Wiggles Trivia Quiz.
Since Wiggle Time! (1993), they added Anthony Field's name into the song credits but he was not credited originally for writing this song, that means he did not write it.
The Sam Moran version is played on the game Matching Instruments.
This, Rock-A-Bye Your Bear, and Dorothy the Dinosaur are Greg's favourite songs on the very first album.
One version of the instrumental track is partially heard in the opening of Wiggledance!.
Dorothy sings this song in the Wiggle and Learn TV Series episode: Murray Had a Turtle (11 minute version) & The King of Swing (22 minute version).
Sam plays the opening horn line during the end credits of You Make Me Feel Like Dancing.
The song's video first appeared in ABC For Kids Video Hits.
The only way to find the 1998 concert version is on the PVD version of the episode Wiggle Opera.
Since 1999, Wiggly Tunes had the publishing rights in the US and the following year, they got the publishing rights for Australia & New Zealand.
This was the first song The Wiggles ever did.

Performances/Appearances

Video Appearances

ABC For Kids Video Hits (1991)
ABC For Kids: Live In Concert (1993)
Wiggle Time! (1993)
Wiggledance! (1997)
Wiggle Time! (1998)
The Dorothy the Dinosaur and Friends Video (1999) (The Wiggles Puppets)
Wiggly TV (2000)
LIVE Hot Potatoes! (cameo)
Lights, Camera, Action! (2005)
Splish Splash Big Red Boat (2006)
Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2010)
Taking Off! (2013)
Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2014)

TV Series Episodes

Album Appearances

The Wiggles (1991)
ABC For Kids: Greatest Hits (1991)
Rock 'N' Roll Kids (1992)
ABC For Kids Live (1993)
Wiggle Time! (2000)
Compliments of Brach's and The Wiggles (2003)
Karaoke Songs 1 (2005)
4 Song CD (2006)
Sing-a-long CD (2006)
Play Piano with... The Wiggles (2007)
Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2009)
ReWiggled: A Tribute To The Wiggles (2011)
Taking Off! (2013)
Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2013)
The Best of The Wiggles on Vinyl (2016)

Minor

The Wiggles (TV Series 1) Theme Song
Dorothy the Dinosaur Goes to Hospital (Intro)
A Day with the Wiggles
The Wiggly Circus
It's Wiggle Time! (game)