You Make Me Feel Like Dancing is the thirtieth album released by The Wiggles. The album's accompanying video was released in Australia on June 5th, 2008, and the album itself won the 2008 ARIA Music Award for Best Children's Album.
The album features guest appearances from British singer Leo Sayer and Australian singer/guitarist Troy Cassar-Daley.
Tracklist[]
- Introduction - 0:21
- You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - 3:32
- Dr Knickerbocker - 2:15
- A Sailor Went To Sea/Hornpipe - 2:08
- Old Dan Tucker - 2:42
- One Finger, One Thumb - 1:48
- The Shimmie Shake! - 2:48
- Two Little Dickie Birds - 1:10
- The Turkey In The Straw - 1:53
- The Mooche - 3:48
- The Fairy Dance - 1:17
- I Drive The Big Red Car - 1:37
- (Are You Ready?) Do The Bus Stop - 2:57
- Tales Of The Vienna Woods - 1:24
- Day-O (aka The Banana Boat Song) - 3:13
- La Bamba - 3:25
- Country Garden - 2:37
- The Story Of Thomas The Turkey - 3:28
- Swedish Rhapsody - 2:31
Personnel[]
The Wiggles are: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field and Sam Moran
- Music Produced By: Anthony Field
- Musical Arrangements: Anthony Field
- String Arrangements: Dominic Lindsay
- Recorded At: Hot Potato Studios
- Vocals: Sam Moran, Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Paul Paddick, Troy Cassar-Daley, Fernando Jorge Moguel, Fernando Moguel, Leo Sayer
- Dorothy the Dinosaur Vocals: Carolyn Ferrie
- Manzillas/Backing Vocals: Craig Abercrombie, Brett Clarke, Paul Field
Musicians:
- Flugelhorn/Piccolo Trumpet/Accordion: Dominic Lindsay
- Bouzouki: George Tseros
- Piano: Jeff Fatt, Dominic Lindsay
- Violin: Maria Lindsay
- Viola: Angela Lindsay, Anne-Louise Comerford
- Cello: Margaret Lindsay, Alex Keller
- Electric, Acoustic and Bass Guitar/Dobro/Mandolin: Murray Cook
- Other Guitar Work: Anthony Field, Troy Cassar-Daley, John Field
- Bass on "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing": John O'Grady
- Mexican Style Guitar: Fernando Moguel
- Drums: Steve Pace and Anthony Howe
- Recorded and Engineered By: Alex Keller
- Mastered By: Robin Gist
Trivia[]
- This was the first Wiggles album to feature drummer Steve Pace as a musician, and the first to have Murray Cook play additional stringed instruments such as the dobro and mandolin in addition to various guitars.
- "Two Little Dickie Birds", "The Turkey In The Straw", and "The Story Of Thomas The Turkey" were not included in the album's accompanying video. The former two songs would later appear in the succeeding video, Sing a Song of Wiggles, while the latter song did not get filmed for a video clip at all.
- The music videos for "One Finger, One Thumb" and "The Shimmie Shake!" were featured as bonus content on the United Kingdom release of the album. along with the music video for "Come On Let's Jump" taken from the Dorothy the Dinosaur's Party video.
Mistakes and Errors[]
- John O'Grady was not credited for playing bass on the North American and United Kingdom releases of the album.