You Make Me Feel Like Dancing

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Released	June 5, 2008 (DVD) July 29, 2008 (DVD) December 4, 2008 (Blu-ray) June 15, 2009 (DVD) 2010 (exact date unknown) March 2010 (as a television special) February 7, 2012 (DVD re-release) December 25, 2012 (DVD re-release with Bonus Disc)
Written by	The Wiggles
Directed by	Paul Field
Video Special Guide
Previous	Pop Go The Wiggles! (2007)
Next	Sing a Song of Wiggles (2008)

You Make Me Feel Like Dancing is the twenty-ninth Wiggles video special by The Wiggles. It was released on June 5, 2008.

Overview

"We sincerely hope this new music from us to you makes you feel like dancing! Putting the songs together wasn't so hard, criteria...well, the music had to make you start tapping your feet, start nodding your head and make you smiling like you had just eaten your grandmother's homemade biscuits, you know what I mean...joy! So let's get dancing, everyone. Happy wiggling!" - Anthony Field

Songs

1. You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (featuring Leo Sayer)
2. Dr Knickerbocker
3. A Sailor Went To Sea/Hornpipe
4. Old Dan Tucker (featuring Troy Cassar-Daley)
5. One Finger, One Thumb
6. The Shimmie Shake!
7. The Fairy Dance
8. Day-O (aka The Banana Boat Song)
9. Swedish Rhapsody
10. La Bamba
11. I Drive The Big Red Car
12. (Are You Ready?) Do The Bus Stop
13. Follow The Leader
14. Tales Of The Vienna Woods
15. To Have A Tea Party
16. The Mooche (cut from the FilmRise print due to music licensing issues )
17. First In Line
18. Swinging On A Swing
19. Country Garden (Instrumental)
20. We're All Friends

Plot

The Wiggles introduce themselves. Ready to sing? Dance? Dress up? Here are some songs from different times and different places.

Song #1: You Make Me Feel Like Dancing

Leo and Sam take turns singing, then they switch to Greek halfway through on the main verse.

Song #2: Dr Knickerbocker

Dr. Knickerbocker Knickerbocker Number Nine. Sam is dressed up as the doctor, while Murray, Anthony and Jeff dance along.

Anthony introduces the next song.

Song #3: A Sailor Went To Sea/Hornpipe

Megan, Emily, and Clare dance an Irish jig for the second half of the song.

Murray introduces Troy Cassar-Daley, a guitarist and singer.

Song #4: Old Dan Tucker

Troy and Captain Feathersword sing alternate verses while Anthony is dressed as Old Dan Tucker.

The Wiggly Dancers do one of those poses where they lift one of their legs.

Song #5: One Finger, One Thumb

The Wiggles take turns singing these verses where they add another body part or action each time around. Then Captain Feathersword sings, then Captain and Sam sing the longest verse.

Paul Paddick is dressed as an Ed Sullivan-esque talk show host on a black and white TV. He introduces The Wiggles, who are dressed up like the Beatles, complete with go-go dancers! Then it turns to color as the song begins.

Song #6: The Shimmie Shake!

Sam greets Dorothy the Dinosaur and compliments her on her tutu, and notices something on her back. He asks what, and Dorothy replies there are fairy wings as she is ready to perform a fairy dance. Sam goes off to get his wings too.

Song #7: The Fairy Dance

Dorothy narrates this counting song.

More Wiggly Dancer antics.

Song #8: Day-O (aka The Banana Boat Song)

Everyone's dressed up in sailor uniforms. Wags plays the tally man. Sam sings this song, and Murray, Jeff and Anthony plays the skippers. Antonio sings with someone else's lips.

Murray is dressed in a suit. He is getting ready to go to the ball. It's Achilla the Mouse's ball. Come on and dance.

Song #9: Swedish Rhapsody

Lots of dancing on the ballroom as Jeff and Murray play accordion and guitar up in the balcony.

Anthony and Fernando introduce the next song. Anthony plays a guitar riff, and Fernando recognizes the song as La Bamba.

Song #10: La Bamba - featuring Fernando Sr. and Fernando Jorge Moguel

Mario and Caterina dance, while the Moguels and The Wiggles are up on balconies. This is done entirely in Spanish. Later on Mario and Caterina tie a ribbon with just their feet.

Song #11: I Drive The Big Red Car

Dorothy teaches a disco dance move called the Bus Stop.

Song #12: (Are You Ready?) Do The Bus Stop

Antonio is the bus driver.

Song #13: Follow The Leader

Sam, Dorothy, and Captain take turns being the leader.

Anthony tells everyone to get a partner and let's do the waltz together.

Song #14: Tales Of The Vienna Woods

The second part of the song has dancing in a big ballroom with computer duplicated images of the dancers.

Song #15: To Have A Tea Party

The Wiggles and Dorothy sing this one.

Jeff introduces Duke Ellington's The Mooche.

Song #16: The Mooche (Cover)

The Wiggles are dressed in cool zoot suits, and they sport cat ears and noses, while the dancers are dressed up in fuller cat costumes.

Song #17: First In Line

Anthony introduces the next song where Sam is on a swing and Anthony needs some help pushing him. At the count of three, he calls out for Wags. He tries again. Wags arrives and Anthony gives him the instructions.

Song #18: Swinging On A Swing

Murray introduces George who has a bouzouki.

Song #19: Country Garden (Instrumental)

They take turns strumming their guitar and bouzouki. Then Kristy and Caterina do some ballet. Some of the guys dance as bees and the girls dance in country dresses.

Song #20: We're All Friends

The Wiggles get ready to say goodbye, but there's one problem: Jeff's asleep! They wake him up and say goodbye.

Closing Credits

During the credits, each Wiggle tells the viewer their favourite part of making the CD & DVD:

For Anthony, it was working with his son, Antonio.

For Murray, it was playing his multiple guitars, including the Dobro.

For Jeff, it was got to dress up in costumes and learning new dance steps.

And for Sam, it was singing, and playing his trumpet. He then proceeds to play a short part of "Get Ready To Wiggle" on his trumpet.

CD Songs

• Two Little Dickie Birds (later appeared on Sing a Song of Wiggles)
• The Turkey In The Straw (later appeared on Sing a Song of Wiggles)
• The Story Of Thomas The Turkey

Trivia

• This video marked:
  • The first video to be released on Blu-ray, the next being Let's Eat!.
  • The first video to be choreographed by Caterina Mete. 
  • The first video to feature Murray, Jeff and Anthony as the executive producers, due to them planning the whole video, minus the songs written with Greg.
• Greg Page wrote I Drive The Big Red Car, Follow The Leader, To Have A Tea Party, First In Line, Swinging On A Swing and We're All Friends before he left due to Orthostatic Intolerance.
• This video was most likely filmed from June to July 2007.
• I Drive The Big Red Car and To Have A Tea Party were filmed in early 2007 (around the same time as Getting Strong!). The evidence supporting this is that Dorothy's 7th costume was used, Wags' 6th costume was also used and The Wiggles' hairstyles (particularly Sam and Murray's) are the same as they were in said video.
• Some instrumental songs from Racing to the Rainbow are heard briefly in the song intros.
• In The Mooche, posters of King Mondo can be seen in the background.
• Songs from this video can be seen in Wiggle and Learn.
• In the song Follow The Leader, Jeff Fatt is one of Captain Feathersword's Pirate Crew
• The American DVD was pressed on May 19, 2008, just a month before its Australian release and two months before its American release.
• The Shimmie Shake, reference both The Beatles on Ed Sullivan and Conrad Birdie’s introduction by Ed Sullivan and his performance in the 1963 film Bye Bye Birdie.
• The Dayo (aka Banana Boat Song) references the 1988 film Beetlejuice.
• The La Bamba song references the movie and song of the same, and the song from the dance scene in the 1978 film Grease.
• In the FilmRise print of this video special, “The Mooche” was cut out due to music licensing issues.

Release date

• The American DVD was released after Jeff Fatt's fifty-fifth birthday.

References

The Wiggles Videography Murray, Jeff, Anthony and Greg (1993-2006, 2012, 2018) Wiggle Time! (1993) • Yummy Yummy (1994) • Big Red Car (1995) • Wake Up Jeff! (1996) • Wiggledance! (1997) • Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas (1997) • Wiggle Time! (remake, 1998) • Yummy Yummy (remake, 1998) • Toot Toot! (1998) • The Wiggly Big Show (1999) • It's a Wiggly Wiggly World! (2000) • Hoop-Dee-Doo it's a Wiggly Party (2001) • Yule Be Wiggling (2001) • Wiggly Safari (2002) • Wiggle Bay (2002) • Space Dancing! (2003) • Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins! (2003) • Top of the Tots (2004) • Cold Spaghetti Western (2004) • Santa's Rockin'! (2004) • LIVE Hot Potatoes! (2005) • Sailing Around the World (2005) • Here Comes The Big Red Car (2006) • It's Time to Wake Up Jeff! (2006) • Splish Splash Big Red Boat (2006) • Wiggledancing! Live In The U.S.A. (2006) • Racing to the Rainbow (2006) • Surfer Jeff (2012) • Celebration! (2012) • The Wiggles Reunion Show (2018) Feature Film The Wiggles Movie (1997) Spin-Offs The Dorothy the Dinosaur and Friends Video (1999) • Captain Feathersword the Friendly Pirate (2000) Other Dorothy the Dinosaur Goes to Hospital (Promo video, 1999) • Bonus Sampler Video (Promo video, 2004) • 15 Years of Wiggly Fun! (Documentary, 2006) Murray, Jeff, Anthony and Sam (2007-2011) Wiggledancing! Live In Concert (2007) • 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) • The Wiggles Big, Big Show! (2009) • Hot Poppin' Popcorn (2009) • Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2010) • Let's Eat! (2010) • Ukulele Baby! (2011) • The Wiggles' Big Birthday! (2011) • It's Always Christmas With You! (2011) Other On The Road With The Wiggles (Documentary, 2008) • Wiggle Treats! (Promo video, 2011) • Everybody Clap! Everybody Sing! (Documentary, 2011) Anthony, Lachy, Simon and Emma (2013-2021) Taking Off! (2013) • Furry Tales (2013) • Pumpkin Face (2013) • Go Santa Go! (2013) • Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (new version, 2014) • Apples & Bananas (2014) • Wiggle House (2014) • Rock & Roll Preschool (2015) • The Wiggles Meet The Orchestra! (2015) • Wiggle Town! (2016) • Dance Dance! (2016) • Wiggle Around Australia (2017) • Duets (2017) • Nursery Rhymes featuring CinderEmma! A Musical Fairytale! (2017) • Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas! (2017) • The Best of The Wiggles (2018) • 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) • We're All Fruit Salad!: The Wiggles' Greatest Hits (2021) • Lullabies with Love (2021) • Halloween Party (2021) YouTube videos Nursery Rhymes (2016) • Emma's Bowtiful Ballet Studio (2017) • Nursery Rhymes 2 (2018) Spin-Offs Dial E For Emma! (2016) • Lachy! (2017) • The Emma! & Lachy! Show (2018) Anthony, Lachy, Tsehay and Simon (2022-present) Super Wiggles (2022) • Wiggly Nursery Rhymes (2022) • Fruit Salad Big Show (2022) • The Sound of Halloween (2023) • The Sound of Christmas (2023) Dorothy the Dinosaur (2007-2012) Dorothy the Dinosaur's Party (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) More from The Wiggles ABC For Kids Video Hits (1991) • Video Hits Volume 2 (1992) • Live In Concert (1993) • Featuring Banana Holiday and Lots of Other Great Songs (1994) The Kingdom of Paramithi Cinderella Pantomime (2011)