Och Aye the G'Nu! (album)

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Och Aye the G'Nu! is an collaboration album was a released by Jimmy Barnes and The Wiggles on the March 31st 2017. It won the 2017 ARIA Music Award for Best Children's Album.

Description

Jimmy Barnes and The Wiggles present a new album for the whole family to enjoy: "Och Ae the G’Nu!"

Och Aye the G'Nu is a charming little G'Nu who loves haggis, stew and shortbread too! He also loves to sing and dance!

Created by legendary entertainer Jimmy Barnes, Och Aye the G'Nu was inspired by Jimmy's cheeky red-haired, blue-eyed grandson. The album was produced by The Wiggles' creator and blue Wiggle Anthony Field. Anthony and Jimmy formed their own musical dynamic duo with their love of infectious melodies and music that makes you want to dance. Lachy Wiggle sings beautifully throughout the album, while Jimmy is the voice of his cheeky character Och Aye the G’Nu. Jackie Barnes and Jeff Fatt add to the exciting musical merriment, while Emma and Simon Wiggle are joined by most of the Barnes clan with the latest star of children's music, Och Aye the G'Nu.

Join Och Aye and march around to "I'm a G'Nu". Move just like a wildebeest dancing to "Shake Your Shaggy, Shaggy Mane!" Purse your lips and play along with "My G'Nu Kazoo" or stomp around with "I Got New Shoes". You'll find so many animals roaming around in a magical Glasgow zoo, but Och Aye’s special friend is Kangaroo, who plays the didgeridoo!

It's music for children and for the child in you!

Tracklist

Musicians

Vocals: Elly May Barnes, Jane Barnes, Jimmy Barnes, Mahalia Barnes, Maria Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Emma Watkins
Backing Vocals: Elly May Barnes, Jackie Barnes, Jane Barnes, Jimmy Barnes, Mahalia Barnes, John Field, Paul Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Emma Watkins
Acoustic Guitar: Oliver Brian, Anthony Field, John Field
Bass Guitar: Jeff McCormack
Piano: Jackie Barnes, Jeff Fatt, Lachlan Gillespie
Jaw Harp: Jackie Barnes
Glockenspiel: Jackie Barnes
Drums: Jackie Barnes, Ian Bentley, Anthony Field, Kenny Holmes
Bagpipes: Anthony Field, Michael McDaniel, Robert Pearce
Organ: Jackie Barnes, Jeff Fatt, Lachlan Gillespie
Six-String Banjo: Oliver Brian, Anthony Field
Tambourine: Jackie Barnes
Electric Guitar: Oliver Brian, Anthony Field
Elephant: Simon Pryce
Didgeridoo: Anthony Field
Marching Drums: Ian Bentley, Kenny Holmes
Percussion: Jackie Barnes, Oliver Brian, Anthony Field
Electric Bagpipes: Anthony Field
Ukulele: John Field
Nylon Guitar: Oliver Brian
Tin Whistle: Anthony Field
Bells: Jackie Barnes
Kazoo: Jackie Barnes, Lachlan Gillespie

Staff

CREATED AND PERFORMED BY Jimmy Barnes
MUSIC PRODUCED BY Anthony Field
Music Recorded at Hot Potato Studios, Sydney
Music Recorded by Alex Keller and Jeff McCormack
Mixed by Alex Keller
Executive Producer: Paul Field
Production Managers: Kate Chiodo and Ivy Gaymer
Graphic Design: Daniel Attard
Stills Photographers: Daniel Attard and Paul Field

Trivia

The album was recorded throughout 2016. In fact, more than 50 photos were taken during production.
The album was first mentioned by Anthony Field during The Wiggles' 25th Anniversary interview.
The album was never made into a DVD, although one of the songs, I'm a G'Nu, was made into a cartoon music video for YouTube.
The booklet shows pictures that are actually from The Recorded Poems of Och Aye the G'Nu.

The Wiggles Discography

Murray, Jeff, Anthony, Greg and Phillip (1991)
The Wiggles (1991)
Murray, Jeff, Anthony and Greg (1992-2006, 2012)
Here Comes a Song (1992) • The Adventures Of Captain Feathersword, The Friendly Pirate (1993) • Yummy Yummy (1994) • Big Red Car (1995) • Wake Up Jeff! (1996) • Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas (1996) • The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack (1997) • Toot Toot! (1998) • It's a Wiggly Wiggly World! (2000) • Wiggle Time! (2000) • Yule Be Wiggling (2000) • Hoop-Dee-Doo it's a Wiggly Party (2001) • Wiggly Safari (2002) • Wiggle Bay (2002) • Go To Sleep Jeff! (2003) • Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins! (2003) • Top of the Tots (2003) • Cold Spaghetti Western (2004) • Santa's Rockin'! (2004) • LIVE Hot Potatoes! (2005) • Sailing Around the World (2005) • Here Comes The Big Red Car (2006) • It's Time to Wake Up Jeff! (2006) • Racing to the Rainbow (2006) • Surfer Jeff (2012) • Celebration! (2012)
Karaoke Albums	Karaoke Songs 1 (2005) • Karaoke Christmas Songs (2005) • Karaoke Songs 2 (2006) • Karaoke Songs 3 (2006)
International	Splish Splash Big Red Boat (USA/Canada, 2006)
Singles	Eagle Rock! (2003) • Christmas Single (2004) • Beep! Beep! Buckle Up! (2012)
Murray, Jeff, Anthony and Sam (2007-2011)
Getting Strong! (2007) • Pop Go The Wiggles! (2007) • You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (2008) • Sing a Song of Wiggles (2008) • The Wiggles Go Bananas! (2009) • Hot Poppin' Popcorn (2009) • Let's Eat! (2010) • Ukulele Baby! (2011) • The Wiggles' Big Birthday! (2011) • It's Always Christmas With You! (2011)
Singles	Monkey Man (2009)
Anthony, Lachy, Simon and Emma (2013-2021)
Taking Off! (2013) • Furry Tales (2013) • Pumpkin Face (2013) • Go Santa Go! (2013) • Apples & Bananas (2014) • Wiggle House (2014) • Rock & Roll Preschool (2015) • The Wiggles Meet The Orchestra! (2015) • Wiggle Town! (2016) • CinderEmma! Fairytale (2016) • Dance Dance! (2016) • Nursery Rhymes (2017) • Duets (2017) • Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas! (2017) • Nursery Rhymes 2 (2018) • Wiggle Pop! (2018) • The Wiggles' Big Ballet Day! (2019) • Party Time! (2019) • Fun and Games (2020) • Choo Choo Trains, Propeller Planes & Toot Toot Chugga Chugga Big Red Car! (2020) • Lullabies with Love (2021) • Halloween Party (2021)
Spin-off Albums	Emma! (2015) • Carnival of the Animals (2016) • Dial E For Emma! (2016) • Lachy! (2016) • The Emma! & Lachy! Show (2018) • Emma! 2 (2019)
Digital-Exclusive Albums & EPs	Wiggly Barbershop (2020) • Emma's Bowtiful Ballet Studio (2020) • Le James Café (2020) • Sweet Dreams: White Noise Sleep Aid for Baby (2021) • Calm & Quiet: Soothing Sounds for Relaxing Baby (2021)
Digital-Exclusive Albums & EPs	Live from Hot Potato Studios Soundtracks	Let There Be Rock-a-Bye Your Bear (2020) • Wash Your Hands (2020) • How Are You Today Friend? (2020) • Tiny Play Time (2020) • It's a Galloping Day! (2020) • Come & See the Animals! (2020)
Singles	Power Through the Day (2013) • Rise For Alex (2014) • NSW Blues Song! (2017) • The Toilet Song (2019) • Drum Chronology (feat. Kye Smith) (2019) • Big4 Wiggly Song (2019) • Singing Like A Rock Singer (2019) • Handwashing Song (2019) • Anthony Ant (2019) • Social Distancing (2020) • Brush Your Teeth (2020) • Little Wiggles Theme Song (2020) • Do the Propeller! (feat. Sesame Street) (2020) • Digital Party! (2020) • Click Go the Shears (2020) • The Twins Song - Double Happy (2020) • We're All Fruit Salad! (2021) • The ABC New Zealand Alphabet Song (feat. Robert Rakete) (2021) • Humpty Dumpty Sat On A Wall (2021) • The Wellerman (2021) • The Before You Go to Bed Song (2021) • We're All Fruit Salad! (Korean & English version) (2021)
Singles	Album Pre-release Tracks	The Alphabet Ballet (2019) • My Ballet Goat (2019) • I Am A Fine Musician (2019) • The Ants Go Marching (2019) • What's the Time, Mr Wolf? (2019) • E-M-M-A Theme Song (2019) • Emma's Hello Song (2019) • Here Come The Wiggles (2020) • Baby Shark (2020) • When I'm Painting (2020) • Skinnamarink (2020) • Trains, Planes and the Big Red Car (2020) • Rocket Ship (2020) • Emma's Bowmobile, Beep Beep! (2020) • Lullabies with Love (2021) • Googy, Googy, Baby Dorothy (2021) • Halloween Party (2021) • Toilet Paper Mummy (2021)
Fruit Salad TV (2021-present)
First Lineup (2021) Evie, Anthony, Lachy, Kelly, Tsehay, John, Simon and Emma	Digital-Exclusive Albums	Fruit Salad TV (2021)
Second Lineup (2021-present) Evie, Anthony, Lachy, Kelly, Tsehay, John and Simon	Digital-Exclusive Albums	Fruit Salad TV Christmas (2021)
	Singles	Hey Tsehay! (2021)
Dorothy the Dinosaur (2007-2012)
Dorothy the Dinosaur (2007) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Memory Book (2008) • Dorothy the Dinosaur Meets Santa Claus (2009) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Rockin' Christmas (2010) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Travelling Show! (2011) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Beach Party! (2012)
More from The Wiggles
The Kingdom Of Paramithi (2009) • ReWiggled: A Tribute to The Wiggles (2011) • Och Aye the G'Nu! (2017) • ReWiggled (2022)
Singles & EPs	Elephant (triple j Like A Version) (2021) • We're All Fruit Salad (triple j Live Recording 2021) (2021) • ReWiggled (EP) (2021)
Compilations
Christmas Classics (2006) • Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2009) • Hits And Rarities (2012) • Christmas Crackers! (2012) • Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2013) • Hot Potatoes & Cold Spaghetti! (2015) • The Best of The Wiggles on Vinyl (2016) • The Best of The Wiggles (2016) • We're All Fruit Salad!: The Wiggles' Greatest Hits (2021)
Samplers	The Wiggles (1999) • Celebrating The Wiggles' 10th Birthday! (2001) • Compliments of Brach's and The Wiggles (2003) • A Wiggly Music Sampler (2003) • Wiggle Bay (2003) • Milky, Milky, Milky (2003) • Toot Toot! 3 Bonus Songs (2004) • Magical Adventure! A Wiggly Movie: 3 Bonus Songs (2004) • Wake Up Jeff!: 3 Bonus Songs (2004) • Wiggle Into Apple-Healthy Snack Time (2005) • Snack Time is Wiggle Time With Mott's (2006) • 4 Song CD (2006) • Omo Colourlock Limited Edition CD Sampler (2006) • Getting Strong! & Dorothy the Dinosaur (2007) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Memory Book (2008)
Books w/ CDs	Sing-a-long CD (2006) • We're All Friends (2007) • Play Piano with... The Wiggles (2007) • A Wiggly Sing-Along Box Set (2012) • Super Singalong Slipcase (2015) • Singalong Slipcase (2018)
Other Compilations featuring The Wiggles	ABC Kids	ABC For Kids: Greatest Hits (1991) • A Menagerie Of Songs All About Animals (1992) • More ABC For Kids Greatest Hits (1992) • Rock 'N' Roll Kids (1992) • ABC For Kids Live (1993) • Lots And Lots Of Great Music For Kids (1994) • Rock Roll Rap! (1994) • ABC For Kids Dance Party (1995) • Hottest Hits (2003) • ABC For Kids Hits (2004) • Best of ABC for Kids (2006) • ABC For Kids Favourites (2009) • ABC For Kids Favourites 2 (2010) • The Best of ABC for Kids (2013) • ABC for Kids TV Themes (2014) • The Best of ABC for Kids Volume 2 (2014) • ABC For Kids Christmas (2014) • The Best of ABC Kids Volume 3 (2015) • ABC Kids Christmas - Volume 2 (2015) • The Best of ABC Kids Volume 4 (2016) • ABC Kids Christmas Volume 3 (2016) • Sing and Learn (2017) • The Best of ABC Kids Volume 5 (2017) • ABC Kids Christmas Volume 4 (2017) • ABC Kids Let's Play! Holiday Fun with Friends! (2017) • ABC KIDS Listen (2018) • ABC Kids Hits (2018) • Christmas With ABC Kids (2018) • ABC KIDS Favourites (2019)
	Playhouse Disney	Playhouse Disney 2 (2003) • Playhouse Disney: Imagine and Learn With Music (2005) • Disney Music Block Party (2008)
	Christmas compilations	The Spirit of Christmas 1998 (1998) • The Spirit of Christmas 2003 (2003) • So Fresh Songs For Christmas 2005 (2005) • The Spirit Of Christmas 06 (2006) • Carols in the Domain: 25th Anniversary (2007) • So Fresh Songs for Christmas 2008 (2008) • My Favourite Christmas Songs (2010) • Greatest Ever! Christmas: The Definitive Collection (2010) • So Fresh Songs for Christmas 2011 (2011) • The Spirit of Christmas 2011 (2011) • My Christmas Album (2012) • So Fresh Songs for Christmas 2012 (2012) • Making Spirits Bright Christmas Charity Collection (2013) • The Spirit of Christmas 2014 (2014) • Making Spirits Bright 2014 Christmas Charity Collection (2014) • Superstar Christmas (2014) • Pop for Tots Christmas (2016) • 101 Christmas Classics (2017) • The Spirit of Christmas 2017 (2017)
	Other compilations	Advance Australia Fair (1997) • Anthem - Celebration of Australia (1997) • The Andrew Denton Breakfast Show Musical Challenge (2000) • Andrew Denton's Musical Challenge 2: Even More Challenged! (2001) • Triple M Musical Challenge 3 – Third Time Lucky! (2002) • Pop Jr 2 - The Beginners Guide To Pop (2006) • Are We There Yet? Songs for a Great Car Ride (2007) • Pop Jr TV Songs (2008) • Koch Records March 2008 New Release Sampler (2008) • Hits for Kids Pop Party 4 (2008) • Ultimate Pop Jr. (2010) • Greatest Ever! Kids' Favourites (2010) • My Favourite Mini Disco Songs (2011) • My Favourite Party Songs (2012) • Music From The Home Front (2020)