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
You Make Me Feel Like DancingOoh 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 Shimmy Shimmy Shake. Oh yeah the Shimmy Shake Oooohhh, The Shimmy Shake. Come on, let's all do the Shimmy, Shimmy, shimmy, shimmy, shimmy, shimmy, shimmy, shimmy shake. Oh yeah the Shimmy shimmy shake. Come on and do the Shimmy Shake. Dance Dance!Shimmie Shake. Let's all do the Shimmie Shake. Shake it on way down low. Shake it on high. Shimmie, shimmie, shimmie, shimmie, shimmie, shimmie Shimmie, shimmie, shimmie, shimmie, shimmie, shimmie. Hear the drumbeat, hear the guitar. When you dance this way, you do the Shimmie Shake Twistin' break Let's all take a twistin break. Really take a twistin break. We're twisting wide. Shimmie, shimmie, shimmie, shimmie, shimmie, shimmie Shimmie, shimmie, shimmie, shimmie, shimmie, shimmie. Hear the drumbeat, hear the guitar. When you dance this way, you do the Shimmie Shake! |
Song Credits
John Field, Paul Field (Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd) You Make Me Feel Like DancingMusic Produced By: Anthony Field Dorothy the Dinosaur's Traveling Show!Dorothy the Dinosaur Vocals: Emma Pask Big Birthday!Music Produced by Anthony Field Taking Off!Music Produced by Anthony Field Dance Dance!Vocals: Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce, Emma Watkins Wiggle Around AustraliaMusic Produced by Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie |
Trivia
- The 2008 CD version has a longer fade-out.
- In a 2013 live version, Greg, Murray and Jeff 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.
