(Not to be confused with Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles or The Best of The Wiggles on Vinyl)
The Best of The Wiggles is a Wiggles album released on May 27th, 2016. Unlike previous "Best of" compilations, it includes only tracks from the Emma lineup. The video of the same name was released two years later.
An updated version was released in 2023, featuring the current line-up, with up to 80 songs.
Description[]
The most successful children's entertainment group in the world has released a collection of their most loved songs, The Best of The Wiggles. The New York Times have called The Wiggles "the band that rocks the cradle" and this is certainly true. They have set records for their sold-out performances. Their songs are instantly memorable and will get you wiggling in seconds! Emma, Lachy, Simon, Anthony, Greg, Jeff, Murray and Sam have picked the best for you to listen to but snap it up as this CD will go like... HOT POTATOES! Featuring 33 of the best Wiggles songs performed by the current lineup.
Tracklist[]
- Hot Potato
from Ready, Steady, Wiggle! TV Series - Do the Propeller!
from Taking Off! (original release)/Dance Dance! (later versions) - Ready, Steady, Wiggle!
from Furry Tales - Rock-A-Bye Your Bear
from Taking Off! (original release)/The Wiggles Meet The Orchestra! (later versions) - Who's in the Wiggle House?
from Wiggle House - Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car
from Ready, Steady, Wiggle! - Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?)
from Ready, Steady, Wiggle! (original release)/exclusive track (later versions) - Emma's Theme
from Emma! - Apples and Bananas
from Apples & Bananas (original release)/exclusive track (later versions) - The Wonder of Wiggle Town
from Wiggle Town! - Fruit Salad
from Ready, Steady, Wiggle! (original release)/exclusive track (later versions) - Follow The Leader
from The Wiggles Meet The Orchestra! - Rock & Roll Preschool
from Rock & Roll Preschool - Say the Dance, Do the Dance
from Furry Tales - Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
from Pumpkin Face (original release)/CinderEmma! Fairytale (later versions) - Emma's Christmas Bow
from Go Santa Go! (original release)- Emma's Special Bow
from Wiggle Town! TV Series (later versions)
- Emma's Special Bow
- Dorothy Pas De Deux
from Wiggle Town! - I've Got My Glasses On!
from Taking Off! - Lachy!
from Lachy! - Do The Pretzel
from Wiggle Town! - Simon Says
from Taking Off! - Come on Down to Wiggle Town
from Wiggle Town! - Michael Finnegan
from Apples & Bananas (original release)/The Wiggles Meet The Orchestra! (later versions) - Do the Skeleton Scat!
from Pumpkin Face (original release)/Dance Dance! (later versions) - When I Hear the Music of the Orchestra
from The Wiggles Meet The Orchestra! - Henry Likes Water
from Rock & Roll Preschool - Pappadum
from Wiggle House - The Shimmie Shake!
from Taking Off! (original release)/Dance Dance! (later versions) - Wags the Dog, He Likes to Tango
from The Wiggles Meet The Orchestra! - Dressing Up
from Wiggle House - Simon's Cold Water Blues
from Taking Off! - D-I-N-G-O
from Wiggle Town! - Dance With Emma
from Rock & Roll Preschool
Release Dates[]
US & Australia: May 27, 2016
Trivia[]
- This is the second Wiggles "Best of" compilation to focus on one era, the first being The Best of The Wiggles on Vinyl, which only features tracks from the original generation.
- Early pressings contain the 2013 recordings of Hot Potato, Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car, Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?) and Fruit Salad, which make their album debuts.
- Do the Propeller!, Rock-A-Bye Your Bear, Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?), Apples and Bananas, Fruit Salad, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, Michael Finnegan, Do the Skeleton Scat! and The Shimmie Shake! are all replaced with newer recordings in later pressings. Likewise, Emma's Christmas Bow was replaced by Emma's Yellow Bow.
- Of these new versions, Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?), Apples and Bananas, Fruit Salad and Emma's Yellow Bow make their album debuts.
Goofs[]
- In later Australian copies, on the back of the cover, Track 16 is still titled Emma's Christmas Bow despite being replaced.