The Shimmie Shake!

The Wiggles dressing up as The Beatles

The Shimmie Shake! is a Wiggles song from the You Make Me Feel Like Dancing video and album. It later appeared in the Taking Off! video and album.

Lyrics

Ooh ooh,

Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, ooh ooh

Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, ooh ooh.

Shimmie Shake.

Let's all do the Shimmie Shake.

Shaking all way down low,

Shaking all high.

[Chorus]

Shimmie, shimmie, shimmie, shimmie shimmie,

Shimmie, shimmie, shimmie, shimmie shimmie.

Hear the drum beat, hear the guitar,

When you dance this way, you do the Shimmie Shake.

Ooh ooh,

Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, ooh ooh

Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, ooh ooh

I can shake, I can do the Shimmie Shake.

I can shake way down low, I can shake high.

[Chorus]

Let's all shake (we can shake),

Let's all move our arms about (do the Shimmie shake).

Really move our arms around.

Shimmie shake shake.

[Chorus]

Twist and shake, let's all take a twisting break.

Really take a twisting break.

We're twisting wide!

[Chorus]

(Ooh ooh)

(Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo, ooh ooh) Repeats 8x while bottom part is sang.

Oh yeah the Shimmie Shimmie Shake.

Oh yeah the Shimmie Shake

Oooohhh, The Shimmie Shake.

Come on, let's all do the Shimmie,

Shimmie, shimmie, shimmie, shimmie, shimmie, shimmie, shimmie shake.

Oh yeah the Shimmie shimmie shake.

Come on and do the Shimmie Shake.

Song Credits

John Field, Paul Field (Wiggly Tunes Pty. Ltd.)

Dance Dance!

Vocals: Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce, Emma Watkins
Drums: Jackie Barnes
Bass Guitar: Alex Keller
Acoustic Guitar: Anthony Field
Electric Guitar: Oliver Brian
Organ: Lachlan Gillespie

Trivia

• The 2008 CD version has a longer fade-out.
• In a 2013 live version, Greg Page, Murray Cook and Jeff Fatt make cameos, playing the bass, guitar, and keyboard respectively.
• The 2008 version of the instrumental track for this song is played over the opening and closing credits of the You Make Me Feel Like Dancing DVD, the closing credits of the Big Birthday DVD and the photo gallery of the Dorothy the Dinosaur's Wonderful World! DVD.
• The 2008 version plays in D whereas the current version since 2012 plays in C.
• On June 3rd 2018, the Dance Dance! version was uploaded on The Wiggles' YouTube Page.
• The 2008 video of the song is a reference to The Beatles’ famous February 7, 1964 performance on The Ed Sullivan Show. Paul Paddick appears in the introduction as a Sullivan-esque host and mentions Topo Gigio, a frequent guest on the show. He also mentions Borce Damcevski, long-time cinematographer for The Wiggles.

Performances/Appearances

Video Performances

• You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
• On The Road With The Wiggles
• The Wiggles Big, Big Show!
• Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2010)
• Dorothy the Dinosaur's Travelling Show!
• The Wiggles' Big Birthday!
• Dorothy the Dinosaur's Wonderful World!
• Taking Off!
• Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2014)
• Dance, Dance!
• Wiggle Around Australia
• The Best of The Wiggles

Album Appearances

• You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
• Hits for Kids Pop Party 4
• Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2009)
• Dorothy the Dinosaur's Travelling Show!
• The Wiggles' Big Birthday!
• Hits And Rarities
• Taking Off!
• Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2013)
• The Best of ABC for Kids Volume 2
• Hot Potatoes & Cold Spaghetti!
• Dance, Dance!
• The Best of The Wiggles
• ReWiggled (perfromed by Luca Brasi)

Episode Performances

Wiggle and Learn

11-minute versions

• The Shimmie Shake

22-minute versions

• Musical Landscape
• The Bobby Bounce
• Hear the Drumbeat
• Dance This Way

Ready, Steady, Wiggle! (Season 1)

• A Lot of Camelot! (Live)
• Let's All Shake! (Live at Wigglehouse)
• We Like Fruit (Live)
• Slow Motion Anthony (Live)
• A Juicy Story (Live)

Ready, Steady, Wiggle! (Season 2)

• Riding in the Big Red Car (Live at Wigglehouse)

Wiggle, Wiggle, Wiggle!

• Bow Mobile To The Rescue!
• Clap Your Hands (The Little Wiggles)

TV Specials

• The Wiggles Big, Big Show In The Round

Video

The Wiggles The Shimmie Shake