Hot Potato

Hot Potato
Song Information
Album	Yummy Yummy LIVE Hot Potatoes! Karaoke Songs 1 Hot Potatoes! The Best Of The Wiggles ITunes LIVE Dorothy the Dinosaur's Travelling Show! Hits And Rarities Dorothy the Dinosaur's Beach Party! The Wiggles Meet The Orchestra! Hot Potatoes & Cold Spaghetti! The Best Of The Wiggles The Best Of The Wiggles On Vinyl
Songwriter(s)	Murray Cook Jeff Fatt Anthony Field Greg Page John Field
Singer	Greg (1994-2006; 2012) Sam (2006-2011) Lachy (2013-present)
Yummy YummyLIVE Hot Potatoes!Karaoke Songs 1Hot Potatoes! The Best Of The WigglesITunes LIVEDorothy the Dinosaur's Travelling Show!Hits And RaritiesDorothy the Dinosaur's Beach Party!The Wiggles Meet The Orchestra!Hot Potatoes & Cold Spaghetti!The Best Of The WigglesThe Best Of The Wiggles On Vinyl Chronology
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"Hot Potato" is a song from Yummy Yummy.

It was originally written by John Field during the busking years of The Wiggles. The song was originally called "Hot Tamale" in 1991, but it was re-written as "Hot Potato" once it got a studio release.

This song has been performed at almost every Wiggles concert known since its creation, and has been one of the most recognizable and iconic Wiggles songs since the 90s.

Song Credits

Yummy Yummy (1994) Written by J. Field, M. Cook, J. Fatt, A. Field and G. Page (EMI Music) Produced by M. Cook, J. Fatt, A. Field and G. Page Engineered by Tony Douglass and Steve Pomfrett Recorded at Tracking Station Studios 1994. M. Cook: bass guitar, vocal • A. Field: vocal J. Fatt: piano, vocal • G. Page: vocal Yummy Yummy (1999 album) Music and Lyrics by Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page, John Field Vocals: Greg Page Backing Vocals: The Wiggles Guitars: Murray Cook Drums: Tony Henry Recorded and Mixed in Sydney, Australia by Chris Brooks Produced by The Wiggles Mastered by Don Bartley, Studio 301, Sydney, Australia LIVE Hot Potatoes! M. Cook, J. Fatt, A. Field, G. Page, J. Field (EMI Music Publishing Australia/Wiggly Tunes) Produced By: Anthony Field Musical Arrangements: The Wiggles, Dominic Lindsay Vocals: Greg Page Backing Vocals: The Wiggles, Craig Abercrombie, Sam Moran, Greg Truman Guitars: Murray Cook, Rex Goh Bass: John O'Grady Keyboards: Tony Gardner Brass: Dominic Lindsay Drums: Tony Henry Recorded at the Sydney Entertainment Centre by Robin Gist. Mixed and mastered at Electric Avenue Studios, Sydney, Australia by Robin Gist Wiggledancing! Live in Concert Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page, John Field (Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd) Music Produced By: Anthony Field Musical Arrangements: The Wiggles and Dominic Lindsay Recorded by Alex Keller Mixed by Craig Abercrombie 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) Words & Music by Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page and John Field © 1994 Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page, John Field (Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd) Music Produced by Anthony Field Dorothy the Dinosaur's Traveling Show! Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page, John Field (Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd) Music Produced by Anthony Field Captain Feathersword Vocals: Lachlan Gillespie Dorothy the Dinosaur Vocals: Emma Pask Voice of Fairy Clare: Clare Field Voice of Fairy Larissa: Emma Watkins John the Cook Vocals: Nat Jobe Dorothy the Dinosaur's Beach Party! Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page, John Field (Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd) Music Produced by: Anthony Field Music Mixed by Ben Hardie, Alex Keller Music Mastered by Don Bartley Captain Feathersword Vocals: Paul Paddick Dorothy the Dinosaur Vocals: Bláthnaid Conroy Murphy Additional Vocals: James Arthur Chen, Paul Paddick, Chloe Zuel The Wiggles Meet The Orchestra! Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, John Field, Greg Page (Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd) Music Produced by Anthony Field Orchestrations by Joseph Twist The Wiggles Recorded at Hot Potato Studios Orchestra Recorded at Iwaki Auditorium, ABC, Southbank, Melbourne The Wiggles Recorded by Alex Keller Orchestral Recording Engineered by Nicholas Miernich & Tim Symonds Orchestral Recording Mixed by Christo Curtis Album Mixed and Mastered by Virginia Read Vocals: Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce, Emma Watkins Nursery Rhymes (video) Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, John Field, Greg Page (Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd) Vocals: Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce, Emma Watkins Acoustic Guitar: Anthony Field Bass Guitar: Alex Keller Piano: Lachlan Gillespie Drums: Jackie Barnes Music Produced By Anthony Field & Lachlan Gillespie Music Recorded at Hot Potato Studios, Sydney Music Recorded & Mixed by Alex Keller

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Song Lyrics

Yummy Yummy (album) Hot potato, hot potato Hot potato, hot potato Hot potato, hot potato, Potato, Potato, potato, potato Cold spaghetti, cold spaghetti (Cold spaghetti, cold spaghetti) Cold spaghetti, cold spaghetti (Cold spaghetti, cold spaghetti) Cold spaghetti, cold spaghetti (Spaghetti) Spaghetti (Spaghetti), Spaghetti, spaghetti, spaghetti Chorus Ooh, jiggy, jiggy, jiggy, ooh, jiggy, jiggy, jiggy Gimmie that, gimmie that, gimmie that food Ooh, jiggy, jiggy, jiggy, ooh, jiggy, jiggy, jiggy Gimmie that, gimmie that, gimmie that food Mashed banana, mashed banana (Mashed banana, mashed banana) Mashed banana, mashed banana (Mashed banana, mashed banana) Mashed banana, mashed banana (Banana) Banana (Banana), Banana, (banana), banana, banana, banana Chorus Yummy Yummy (US album) Hot potato, hot potato Hot potato, hot potato Hot potato, hot potato Potato Potato, potato, potato Cold spaghetti, cold spaghetti (Cold spaghetti, cold spaghetti) Cold spaghetti, cold spaghetti (Cold spaghetti, cold spaghetti) Cold spaghetti, cold spaghetti (Spaghetti) Spaghetti (Spaghetti) Spaghetti, spaghetti, spaghetti Chorus Wow wiggy wiggy wiggy, wow wiggy wiggy wiggy Gimmie that, gimmie that, gimmie that food Wow wiggy wiggy wiggy, wow wiggy wiggy wiggy Gimmie that, gimmie that Mashed banana, mashed banana (Mashed banana, mashed banana) Mashed banana, mashed banana (Mashed banana, mashed banana) Mashed banana, mashed banana (Banana) Banana (Banana) Banana, banana, banana CHORUS Hot potato, hot potato (Hot potato, hot potato) Hot potato, hot potato (Hot potato, hot potato) Hot potato, hot potato (Potato) Potato (Potato) Potato, potato, potato Whoo! The Best of The Wiggles Hot potato, hot potato (Hot potato, hot potato) Hot potato, hot potato (Hot potato, hot potato) Hot potato, hot potato (Potato) Potato (Potato) Potato, potato, potato Cold spaghetti, cold spaghetti (Cold spaghetti, cold spaghetti) Cold spaghetti, cold spaghetti (Cold spaghetti, cold spaghetti) Cold spaghetti, cold spaghetti (Spaghetti) Spaghetti (Spaghetti) Spaghetti, spaghetti, spaghetti Ah, wow wiggy wiggy wiggy, wow wiggy wiggy wiggy Gimmie that, gimmie that, gimmie that food Wow wiggy wiggy wiggy, wow wiggy wiggy wiggy Gimmie that, gimmie that Mashed banana, mashed banana (Mashed banana, mashed banana) Mashed banana, mashed banana (Mashed banana, mashed banana) Mashed banana, mashed banana (Banana) Banana (Banana) Banana, banana, banana Ah, wow wiggy wiggy wiggy, wow wiggy wiggy wiggy Gimmie that, gimmie that, gimmie that food Wow wiggy wiggy wiggy, wow wiggy wiggy wiggy Gimmie that, gimmie that Hot potato, hot potato (Hot potato, hot potato) Hot potato, hot potato (Hot potato, hot potato) Hot potato, hot potato (Potato) Potato (Potato) Potato, potato, potato Whoo!

Trivia

In late 1996, The Wiggles put in a different instrumental track for the song. The Taiwanese version is called Sweet Corn because potatoes are not eaten as commonly in Taiwan. The song was written on the spot by John Field when he and the four Wiggles would busk in the early days. The song was intended as a response to the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons' Rag Doll, and was originally called Hot Tamale. According to Murray, the Wiggles believed that many children would not know what a tamale is, so they changed it to the more universal Hot Potato. The music that uses this song was originally written by John Field who was in The Cockroaches in the 80s. Most instrumental versions such as the one on Play Piano with... The Wiggles sound the same as the one in the 1994 version. Musical director from "Barney the Dinosaur" Joseph Phillips did the music for the US trailer of The Wiggles. The Wigglemania version of the song is played on the game Dance to the Wiggly Radio. On The Wiggles' YouTube channel, the Nursery Rhymes version was uploaded on June 1st 2017 and the Meet the Orchestra version was uploaded on March 22nd 2018. The "Whoo!" at the very end wasn't added until 1996. The 1994 version is played on the Big Red Car Kiddie Ride. Jeff Fatt is uncredited for playing the keyboards in the 1998 version. On Xuxa's Aka The Fake Brazil Wiggles album and video "Xuxa Só Para Baixinhos", the Brazilian version is called Batatinha Bem Quentinha  The English version plays in C whereas the Brazillian version plays in G

Appearances

Video Performances Yummy Yummy Wiggledance! Yummy Yummy (1998 video) The Wiggly Big Show Dorothy the Dinosaur Goes to Hospital LIVE Hot Potatoes! Splish Splash Big Red Boat in a rock'n'roll style Wiggledancing! Live in the USA Wiggledancing! Live in Concert The Wiggles' Big Big Show! Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2014 video) The Wiggles Meet the Orchestra! Nursery Rhymes The Best of The Wiggles The Wiggles Reunion Show Dorothy the Dinosaur's Memory Book Dorothy the Dinosaur's Travelling Show! Dorothy the Dinosaur's Beach Party! Happy 15th Birthday! On the Road with The Wiggles Episode Appearances Foodman Funny Greg (Live) Wiggle Food Play (a.k.a. At Play) (Live) Work Hygiene Garden Fun Hot Potato (episode) Dorothy's Ballet Prehistoric Party S.S Feathersword The Gorilla Dance (Live) Watch, Learn, Dance, Sing (Live) A Lot of Camelot! Clean Your Teeth! (episode) (Live) Let's Go Driving in the Big Red Car! We Like Fruit The Glass Is Half Full! (Concert) Is That Simon? Irish Dancing! (Ready, Steady, Wiggle! episode) (Live) Emma, the Firefighter (Live) Hot Potato (Wiggle Town! episode) Hot Potato (Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle! episode) The Wiggly Plane (Live) Album Appearances Yummy Yummy LVE Hot Potatoes! Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles Hits And Rarities Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles Hot Potatoes & Cold Spaghetti! The Best Of The Wiggles On Vinyl The Best Of The Wiggles Dorothy the Dinosaur's Travelling Show! ITunes LIVE Dorothy the Dinosaur's Beach Party! Karaoke Songs 1 Other Media The Wiggles: Live at Disneyland (TV Special) Foodman (PVD Version) (Live) The Wiggles' Big Birthday! (TV special) Medley Performances Wiggly Medley-third song The Wiggle Owl Medley-second song Wiggly Medley-third song Wiggly Medley-second song

Videos

The Wiggles Hot Potato

The Wiggles Meet the Orchestra! version

The Wiggles Nursery Rhymes - Hot Potato

Nursery Rhymes version

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