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The Best of The Wiggles (album)
Released	May 27th, 2016
Recorded	2013-2016
Genre	Children's music
Label	ABC
Producer	Anthony Field
Length	59:19
Previousalbum	Wiggle Town! (2016)
Nextalbum	Carnival of the Animals (2016)

(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 current generation.

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 line up.

Tracklist

1. Hot Potato from Ready, Steady, Wiggle! - 1:20
2. Do the Propeller! from Taking Off! (original release)/Dance Dance! (later versions) - 2:01
3. Ready, Steady, Wiggle! from Furry Tales - 0:34
4. Rock-A-Bye Your Bear from Taking Off! (original release)/The Wiggles Meet The Orchestra! (later versions) - 1:26
5. Who's in the Wiggle House? from Wiggle House - 1:32
6. Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car from Ready, Steady, Wiggle! - 2:23
7. Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?) from Ready, Steady, Wiggle! (original release)/exclusive track (later versions) - 1:32
8. Emma's Theme from Emma! - 0:22
9. Apples and Bananas from Apples & Bananas (original release)/exclusive track (later versions) - 1:47
10. The Wonder of Wiggle Town from Wiggle Town! - 2:47
11. Fruit Salad from Ready, Steady, Wiggle! (original release)/exclusive track (later versions) - 2:09
12. Follow The Leader from The Wiggles Meet The Orchestra! - 2:12
13. Rock & Roll Preschool from Rock & Roll Preschool - 2:35
14. Say the Dance, Do the Dance from Furry Tales - 1:55
15. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star from Pumpkin Face (original release)/CinderEmma! Fairytale (later versions) - 2:47
16. Emma's Christmas Bow from Go Santa Go! (original release)/Emma's Special Bow from Wiggle Town! TV Series (later versions) - 1:30
17. Dorothy Pas De Deux from Wiggle Town! - 1:31
18. I've Got My Glasses On! from Taking Off! - 2:40
19. Lachy! from Lachy! - 0:19
20. Do The Pretzel from Wiggle Town! - 2:14
21. Simon Says from Taking Off! - 1:06
22. Come on Down to Wiggle Town from Wiggle Town! - 1:59
23. Michael Finnegan from Apples & Bananas (original release)/The Wiggles Meet The Orchestra! (later versions) - 1:13
24. Do the Skeleton Scat! from Pumpkin Face (original release)/Dance Dance! (later versions) - 1:21
25. When I Hear the Music of the Orchestra from The Wiggles Meet The Orchestra! - 3:29
26. Henry Likes Water from Rock & Roll Preschool - 2:10
27. Pappadum from Wiggle House - 1:26
28. The Shimmie Shake! from Taking Off! (original release)/Dance Dance! (later versions) - 1:23
29. Wags the Dog, He Likes to Tango from The Wiggles Meet The Orchestra! - 1:25
30. Dressing Up from Wiggle House - 2:17
31. Simon's Cold Water Blues from Taking Off! - 1:23
32. D-I-N-G-O from Wiggle Town! - 2:03
33. Dance With Emma from Rock & Roll Preschool - 2:14

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.
• The album later released in 2018 as a video called The Best of The Wiggles.

Goofs

• Murray Cook and Jeff Fatt's names are listed in the song credits of Rock-A-Bye Your Bear.
• In later Australian copies, on the back of the cover, Track 16 is still titled Emma's Christmas Bow despite being replaced.

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) 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) 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) Anthony, Lachy, Tsehay and Simon (2022-present) Super Wiggles (featuring the Fruit Salad TV Wiggles) (2022) Digital-Exclusive Albums & EPs Wiggly Nursery Rhymes (2022) 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, Caterina, 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) • Apple Crumble (2022) 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 with Mott's (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) • Artist Karaoke, Vol. 164: The Wiggles (2010) • Greatest Ever! Kids' Favourites (2010) • World of Karaoke, Vol. 93 (2010) • My Favourite Mini Disco Songs (2011) • Karaoke Playbacks, Vol. 207 (2011) • Karaoke Playbacks, Vol. 222 (2011) • My Favourite Party Songs (2012) • Music From The Home Front (2020)