“We're Dancing With Wags The Dog" (also known as "Shake Your Hips with Wags the Dog") is a Wiggles song from the Toot Toot! album and video. It has become the signature song for Wags the Dog.
Lyrics[]
Let's shake our hips with Wags the Dog,
Turn your head and groove along,
Shake your hands and move your knees,
We're dancing with Wags the Dog
Now put your hands up in the air,
Point them down once you've got them there,
Skip along like Wags would do,
We're dancing with Wags the Dog
(Wags barks) A-roo, doggie,
Now we're singing it too,
You can sing it too,
Ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff,
Now Wags is digging,
we're all digging too.
Shake your hips with Wags the Dog,
Turn your head and groove along,
Shake your hands and move your knees,
We're dancing with Wags the Dog
(Wags barks) A-roo, doggie,
Now we're singing it too,
You can sing it too,
Ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff, ruff,
Now Wags is digging,
we're all digging too.
He's Wags the Dog!
Song Credits[]
Toot Toot![]
Written by Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, and Greg Page, published by Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd.
Dance Dance![]
Vocals: Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce, Emma Watkins
Drums: Jackie Barnes
Bass Guitar: Anthony Field
Acoustic/Electric Guitar: Anthony Field
Glockenspiel/Keyboard: Lachlan Gillespie
Trivia[]
- In the current era, Lachy used to sing this song but now Simon does.
- In LIVE Hot Potatoes!, Greg is shown playing Murray's red Maton electric guitar.
- The 1998 version is used on the A Day with the Wiggles PC game.
- The song was played during a trailer for Here Comes The Big Red Car.
- The Dance Dance! version of the song was uploaded to The Wiggles' YouTube channel on January 28th, 2018.
- On Xuxa's album and video Só Para Baixinhos 2, the Brazilian version is "Dançando Com O Txutxucão".
- On Panda Vai à Escola, Vol. 2 album and video, the Portuguese version is "O Esconde Esconde Do Panda".
- In the US, the song was first released on the Yummy Yummy album.
- The English version plays in C whereas the Brazilian and Portuguese version plays in A.
- This song was nominated for Most Performed Children's Work at the 1999 APRA Awards, losing to "Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship".
- A clip from the unused 2023 version can be seen in the promo of the Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Series 4 trailer.
Performances/Appearances[]
Album Tracks[]
- Toot Toot! (1998)
- Yummy Yummy (American Version) (1999, 2003 and 2007)
- LIVE Hot Potatoes! (2005)
- Karaoke Songs 2 (2006)
- Celebration! (2012)
- Hot Potato! The Best Of The OG Wiggles (2023)
Video Performances[]
- Toot Toot!
- The Wiggly Big Show
- Wiggly TV
- LIVE Hot Potatoes!
- Wiggledancing! Live In Concert
- Celebration!
- Dance Dance!
- Wiggle Around Australia
- The Wiggles Reunion Show
TV Series' Episodes Appearances[]
The Wiggles (TV Series 2)[]
Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles![]
11-minute versions[]
22-minute versions[]
The Wiggles Show! (TV Series 1)[]
11-minute versions[]
- Episode 9 (LIVE)
- Episode 23 (Little Wiggles)
- Episode 40 (Live)
22-minute versions[]
- Kangaroo Dance (LIVE)
- Bow Wow Wow (Little Wiggles)
- Fruit Salad (LIVE)
The Wiggles Show! (TV Series 2)[]
11-minute versions[]
- Episode 5 (LIVE)
- Episode 26 (LIVE)
- Episode 45 (LIVE)
22-minute versions[]
- The Wiggle Way (LIVE)
- Shalom Everybody! (LIVE)
- Swish, Swish, Swish (LIVE)
Ready, Steady, Wiggle! (TV Series 1)[]
- Miss Polly Had a Dolly (Live)
- Toot Toot!
- Yummy, Yummy! (Live)
- Is That Captain Feathersword?
- Is That Wags? (Live)
- Lounge Room Symphony (Live at Wigglehouse)
- Professor Simon's Musical Challenge (Live)
Ready, Steady, Wiggle! (TV Series 2)[]
- King Simon (LIVE)
- Dorothy's Baking (LIVE)
Wiggle Time![]
The Wiggles' World[]
- Put the Pop in the Popcorn (LIVE)
YouTube/TV Specials[]
- The Wiggles in Disneyland
- The Wiggles Take on the World
- Sailing Around the World Live! (LIVE in San Diego, California, USA: April 28, 2006)
Live in Concert Performances[]
- The Wiggles 1998 Tour (1998)
- The Wiggles: Live at Disneyland Park (1998)
- Toot Toot Show! (1998)
- The Wiggles 1999 Tour (1999)
- Easter Tour 1999 (1999)
- The Wiggly Big Show Tour (1999)
- The Wiggles 2000 USA Tour (Rumored)
- It's a Wiggly Wiggly World Tour (2000-2001)
- The Wiggles at Wonderland, Sydney (2001)
- The Wiggles' 10th Birthday Tour (2001-2002) (Rumored)
- Wiggly Party: Live in Concert (2001)
- The Wiggles 2002 Tour (2002)
- North American Tour (2002-2003)
- Wiggly Safari Show (2002)
- The Wiggles Asia Tour (2003)
- Lights, Camera, Action, Show! (2003)
- The Wiggles In Concert! (2004)
- The Wiggles 2004 UK Tour (2004)
- United States Tour 2004 (2004)
- Santa's Rockin'! Live In Concert (2004)
- The Wiggles LIVE in Concert Tsunami Relief Benefit Concert! (2005)
- The Wiggles Live In Concert! (2005 tour) (2005)
- 2005 New Zealand Tour (2005) (Rumored)
- Sailing Around the World Live! (2006)
- LIVE Hot Potatoes! (2005-2006 tour) (2005)
- The Wiggles Live in Concert (2006 tour) (2006)
- Wiggledancing! Live On Stage (2006)
- The Wiggles: Live at Disney World (2006)
- The Wiggles 15th Birthday Concert (2006)
- Racing to the Rainbow Show (2006)
- Racing to the Rainbow Live! (2007)
- Wiggledancing! Live In Concert (UK tour) (2007)
- The Wiggles Live In Concert! (2007 tour) (2007)
- Pop Go The Wiggles Show! (2007)
- Pop Go The Wiggles Live! (2008)
- The Wiggles' Concert for UNICEF (2008)
- LIVE Hot Potatoes! (2008 tour) (2008)
- The Celebration Tour! (2012)
- The Wiggles Meet The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (2012)
- Christmas Celebration Tour! (2012)
- Australia Day Concerts in Hyde Park (2013)
- Taking Off!: Live in Concert (2013)
- Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Tour (2013-2014 tour) (2013)
- The Wiggles' 25th Anniversary Reunion Show (2016)
- Wiggle Town Tour! (2016)
- DANCE DANCE! The Wiggles BIG SHOW! (2016)
- Wiggle Around Australia Tour (2017)
- Wiggle Around New Zealand Tour (2017)
- Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle! Tour (2018)
- Wiggle Pop! Big Show (2018)
- The Original Wiggles Reunion Show For Bush Fire Relief (2020)
- Wiggly Christmas Show (2020)
- We're All Fruit Salad! (Tour) (2021)
- The OG Wiggles Reunion Tour! (2022)
- The OG Wiggles Reunion for Heart of the Nation (2023)
- Wiggle Groove Tour (2024)
- Wiggle & Learn Big Show (2024)
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