Getting Strong! is the twenty-eighth album released by The Wiggles. The album's tie-in video special was released in Australia on May 16th, 2007.
This was the group's first album to feature Sam Moran as the yellow Wiggle following the departure of founding member Greg Page. The album is focused on two areas of child education: Health and Physical Development & Language and Literacy.
Tracklist[]
Health and Physical Development[]
- Wiggle and Learn - 1:11
- Hello, We're The Wiggles - 1:11
- To Have A Tea Party - 1:40
- Let's Take Turns Skipping Rope - 1:06
- Follow The Leader - 2:12
- Swinging On A Swing - 1:20
- When The Music Stops, Everybody Hop - 0:18
- When The Music Stops, Everybody Skip - 0:18
- When The Music Stops, Everybody Jump - 0:18
- The Five Senses - 0:39
- Fingers Standing Very Tall - 1:03
- Hands On Your Ears - 1:21
- A Bird Flew Around On A Bright Sunny Day - 0:48
- Smell Your Way Through The Day - 1:18
- The Sporting Salsa - 1:12
- Getting Strong! - 1:22
- Goodbye From The Wiggles - 0:44
- Dorothy's Introduction - 0:18
Language and Literacy[]
- Hello, We're The Wiggles - 1:11
- A Frog Went A Walking - 1:22
- The Biggest Smile Of All - 0:50
- D Is For Dorothy - 1:12
- Konnichi Wa Everybody - 0:14
- Ciao Everybody - 0:16
- Hola Everybody - 0:12
- Yiasou Everybody - 0:13
- I Spy - 0:45
- This One Is Different - 1:27
- One, Two, Three, Four Rhymes - 0:39
- First In Line - 2:09
- Beach, Beach, Sandy Beach - 1:00
- We're All Friends - 1:52
- Goodbye From The Wiggles - 0:44
Personnel[]
The Wiggles are Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Sam Moran
- Music Produced By: Anthony Field
- Musical Arrangements: The Wiggles and Dominic Lindsay
- Vocals: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Sam Moran, Paul Paddick, Carolyn Ferrie, Mic Conway
- Manzillas and Backing Vocals: Brett Clarke, Ryan Desaulnier, Craig Abercrombie, Paul Field
- Trumpet, Accordion: Dominic Lindsay
- Piano: Jeff Fatt, Dominic Lindsay, Mike Gubb (on track 31)
- Bouzouki: George Tseros
- Drums: Anthony Howe, Tony Henry
- Bass Guitar: Chris Lupton, Murray Cook
- Guitar: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, John Field
- Clarinet, Bass Clarinet: Anita Thomas
- Saw, Bird Whistle: Mic Conway
- Recorded by: Alex Keller and Tim Gurner at Hot Potato Studios
- Mixed by Alex Keller and Mastered by Robin Gist
Trivia[]
- All of the songs on the album were written and partially recorded with Greg Page before his departure from the group, with the sole exception of "A Frog Went A Walking". It is one of two songs that appeared on a prior Wiggles album that were re-recorded for Getting Strong!, the other one being "We're All Friends".
- This album was:
- The last to feature Tony Henry as a musician until Choo Choo Trains, Propeller Planes & Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car!, and the first to feature Mic Conway as a musician.
- The last where Jeff Fatt is credited for playing an instrument besides the keyboards, piano, or accordion.
- The first to be recorded at Hot Potato Studios.
- The songs "Let's Take Turns Skipping Rope", "To Have A Tea Party", "Follow The Leader", "Swinging On A Swing", "First In Line", and "We're All Friends" do not appear on the album's tie-in video special. With the exception of the former (which was never filmed for a video clip), all of these songs would later appear in the You Make Me Feel Like Dancing video.
- To distinguish the two versions of "Hello, We're The Wiggles" on the North American streaming release of the album, the Health and Physical Development had its comma removed from the title.