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The Wiggles Go Bananas! (album)
Released	March 24, 2009
Recorded	2008-2009
Genre	Children's music
Label	ABC
Producer	Anthony Field
Length	41:00
Previousalbum	Sing a Song of Wiggles (2008)
Nextalbum	Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2009)

"The Wiggles Go Bananas!" is a Wiggles' album released on March 24, 2009. It won at the 2009 ARIA Music Awards for Best Children's Album.

Tracklist

1. Intro - 0:29
2. Monkey Man (Featuring Kylie Minogue) - 2:34
3. The Chicken Walk - 2:12
4. Kangaroo Jumping - 1:37
5. Bless You, Bless You, Bonnie Bee - 0:39
6. The Unicorn (Featuring Morgan Crowley) - 3:02
7. The Monkey, The Bird And The Bear - 2:38
8. Little Robin Redbreast - 0:33
9. The Dingle Puck Goat - 2:02
10. One Monkey Who - 1:32
11. Wags The Dog Is Chasing His Tail - 1:16
12. Cock-A-Doodle-Doo - 1:25
13. The Lion Is King - 1:40
14. Rusty The Cowboy (Featuring John Waters) - 2:42
15. Sing, Sing! - 0:52
16. The Poor King - 1:03
17. Here Comes A Camel - 1:55
18. Dickory, Dickory, Dare - 0:32
19. Frankie The Blue-Eyed Koala - 2:41
20. I'm A Scary Tiger - 2:00
21. Hodley Podley - 0:29
22. Standing Like A Statue - 1:48
23. Kangaroo, Kangaroo, What Do You See? - 1:22
24. Tassie Devil - 1:59
25. Once I Saw A Little Bird - 0:21
26. Hippo, Hippo! - 1:31

Personnel

• The Wiggles are Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field and Sam Moran
• Music Produced By: Anthony Field
• Musical Arrangements: Anthony Field
• Recorded At: Hot Potato Studios
• Vocals: Sam Moran, Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Morgan Crowley, Kylie Minogue, Paul Paddick and John Waters

Musicians:

• Manzillas / Backing Vocals: Paul Field, Paul Paddick, Simon Pryce
• Piano: Jeff Fatt
• Electric, Acoustic and Bass Guitar / Dobro / Mandolin / Electric Sitar / Weisseinborn: Murray Cook
• Drums: Steve Pace
• Recorded and Engineered by Alex Keller
• Mastered by Robin Gist

Release Dates

• Australia: March 24, 2009
• America: July 14, 2009
• UK: March 23, 2009

Trivia

• All of the donations from royalties of the song Monkey Man went to UNICEF Australia.
• This is the first album to be released following Koch Records' renaming to E1 Entertainment.
• Kylie Minogue guest stars on Monkey Man, Morgan Crowley guest stars on The Unicorn, and John Waters guest stars on Rusty The Cowboy.
• The album's title is not to be confused with the Play Along with Sam song: "Go Bananas!".
• This is the first album since Wiggle Bay where Paul Paddick provides the vocals besides The Manzillas on the musician cast list.
• This is the first Wiggles album to have the 2008-2018 ABC Music Logo.
• This was the first album that Dominic Lindsay was writing songs since Getting Strong!.
• This is the first album since "Cold Spaghetti Western" where Simon Pryce provides the backing vocals.

Goofs

• The US release contains song credit mistakes as listed.
  • Wags The Dog Is Chasing His Tail (Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Sam Moran, John Field, Paul Paddick)
  • Dickory, Dickory, Dare (Traditional)
  • Once I Saw A Little Bird (Traditional)

The Wiggles Discography Murray, Jeff, Anthony and Greg (1991-2006, 2012) Studio Albums The Wiggles (1991) • 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) • 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) Live Albums LIVE Hot Potatoes! (2005) • 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 & EPs Eagle Rock! (2003) • Christmas Single (2004) • "Beep! Beep! Buckle Up!" (2012) Murray, Jeff, Anthony and Sam (2007-2011) Studio Albums 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) • It's Always Christmas With You! (2011) Live Albums The Wiggles' Big Birthday! (2011) Singles & EPs "Monkey Man" (2009) • ITunes LIVE (2011) Anthony, Lachy, Simon and Emma (2013-2021) Studio Albums 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) • 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) Live Albums 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) Digital-Exclusive Albums & EPs Wiggly Barbershop (2020) • Emma's Bowtiful Ballet Studio (2020) • Le James Café (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 (2021-present) Studio Albums Super Wiggles (2022) • Ready, Steady, Wiggle! (2023) • The Sound of Halloween (2023) • The Sound of Christmas (2023) Digital-Exclusive Albums & EPs Wiggly Nursery Rhymes (2022) • Apple Music Home Session: The Wiggles (2022) • Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Theme (2023) • The Wiggles Sound System: Rave of Innocence (2024) Singles "Hey Tsehay!" (2021) • "Around the World" (2022) • "Water is My Favourite Drink" (2023) • "The Monkey Dance" (2023) Spinoffs Dorothy the Dinosaur 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) Emma!/Lachy! Emma! (2015) • Dial E For Emma! (2016) • Lachy! (2016) • The Emma! & Lachy! Show (2018) • Emma! 2 (2019) Fruit Salad TV Fruit Salad TV (2021) • Fruit Salad TV Christmas (2021) More from The Wiggles The Kingdom Of Paramithi (2009) • ReWiggled: A Tribute to The Wiggles (2011) • Carnival of the Animals (2016) • Och Aye the G'Nu! (2017) • Sweet Dreams: White Noise Sleep Aid for Baby (2021) • Calm & Quiet: Soothing Sounds for Relaxing Baby (2021) • 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) • Hot Potato! The Best Of The OG Wiggles (2023) • The Best Of The Wiggles (2023) 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) • Karicare CD Sampler (2005) • 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) • The Wiggles Summer 2011 Sampler (2011) • The Wiggles Summer 2012 Sampler (2012) 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) • Roar Like a Dinosaur (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 Music For Kids (2012) • 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 Christmas Party Album (2009) • 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) • Koch Entertainment September 2003 Sampler CD (2003) • Pop Jr 2 - The Beginners Guide To Pop (2006) • Are We There Yet? Songs for a Great Car Ride (2007) • Hey! Hey! - Big Songs For Little People (2007) • 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) • My Favourite TV Themes (2011) • Karaoke Playbacks, Vol. 207 (2011) • Karaoke Playbacks, Vol. 222 (2011) • All My Favourite Songs (2012) • My Favourite Party Songs (2012) • My Favourite Playtime Songs (2012) • Music From The Home Front (2020)