"Numbers Rhumba" is a children's song written by David Walden and made popular by Raffi. The Wiggles covered this song on the Yummy Yummy album and video.
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Lyrics[]
Yummy Yummy (album)[]
Chorus
Let's do the Numbers Rumba
Let's do the Numbers Rumba
Let's do the Numbers Rumba
Numbers Rumba all day long
Number 1, Number 1
Number 1 is straight but fun
Number 1, Number 1
Number 1 all day long
Chorus
Number 2, Number 2
2 big paws on a kangaroo
Number 2, Number 2
Number 2 all day long
Number 3, Number 3
3 bananas on banana tree
Number 3, Number 3
Number 3 all day long
Chorus
Yummy Yummy (US album)[]
CHORUS
Let's do the Numbers Rumba
Let's do the Numbers Rumba
Let's do the Numbers Rumba
Numbers Rumba all day long
Number 1, Number 1
Number 1 is straight but fun
Number 1, Number 1
Number 1 all day long
Number 2, Number 2
2 big paws on a kangaroo
Number 2, Number 2
Number 2 all day long
CHORUS
Number 3, Number 3
3 bananas on banana tree
Number 3, Number 3
Number 3 all day long
CHORUS
The Wiggles Reunion Show (Melbourne)[]
CHORUS
Let's do the Numbers Rumba
Let's do the Numbers Rumba
Let's do the Numbers Rumba
Numbers Rumba all day long
Number 1, Number 1
Number 1 is straight but fun
Number 1, Number 1
Number 1 all day long
Number 2, Number 2
2 big paws on a kangaroo
Number 2, Number 2
Number 2 all day long
CHORUS
Number 3, Number 3
3 bananas on banana tree
Number 3, Number 3
Number 3 all day long
CHORUS
Number 4, Number 4
Many people on the dance floor
Number 4, Number 4
Number 4 all day long
Number 5, Number 5
I can't believe Jeff is still alive
Number 5, Number 5
Number 5 all day long
CHORUS
Number 6, Number 6
Oh, I love to eat Wheaty Bits
Number 6, Number 6
Wheaty Bits all day long
CHORUS
Song Credits[]
Written by David Walden. Arranged by Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field and Greg Page. Published by C&C Music/EMI Music.
Trivia[]
- The song was originally called "Let's Do the Numbers Rhumba".
- The 1994 and 2002 versions play in G; the 1998 version plays in D and the 2016 reunion show version plays in E.
- The piano and trumpet heard in the 1994 version were played on Jeff's Korg M1.
- In the 1994 version, the second verse is sung after the chorus whereas in the 1998 version, it's sung before.
- The 2002 instrumental was used as a backing track for The Latin American Wiggles version (under the Spanish title “Numeros”) and also used as background music in the Series 6 episodes "Oranges and Lemons" (11-minute version) and "Bailar y Cantar" (22-minute version). However, that version never appeared in any episodes of the Latin American version of The Wiggles Show!.
- This song was cut from the 2023 full-length YouTube uploads of both the 1994 and 1998 versions of Yummy Yummy due to licensing reasons. This was also the case for the TV Series 1 Boxset DVD.
Performances/Appearances[]
Album Tracks[]
Video Performances[]
TV Series' Episodes Appearances[]
The Wiggles (TV Series 1)[]
12-minute versions (Sprout exclusive)[]
22-minute versions[]
Wiggle and Learn (TV Series)[]
11-minute versions[]
- Oranges and Lemons (background music)
22-minute versions[]
- Bailar y Cantar (background music)