Friday, March 11, 2022

When The ORIGINALS Work On A COVERS ALBUM - The Wiggles Drop ReWiggled II

 To cap off an incredible 30th year, The Wiggles, the electric eight of edutainment for preschoolers, released their brand new covers album ReWiggled II, a sequel to the original Wiggles Tribute album released for their 20th anniversary in 2011.

Like the previous album, it includes some of today's biggest Australian rock and popstars putting their own renditions on classic songs from The Wiggles' over 1,000+ archive of Wiggly Tunes. But this time, The Wiggles THEMSELVES are involved on the project with disc 2 featuring the preschool powerhouse putting their own twist on some of the greatest pop culture songs of our generation, including last year's successful cover of "Elephants" by Tame Impalas collaborated with Triple J's Like A Version campaign which recently reached the top of the charts for the organization's New Years Eve chart rundown of the top 100 songs of the past 12 months, along with new covers of Queen, AC/DC, The Chats and more.

Track listing
DISC 1: Artists Cover Wiggles Songs
01. Hot Potatoes (1994) - DZ Deathrays
02. D.O.R.O.T.H.Y My Favorite Dinosaur (1994) - Spacey Jane
03. H.O.L.I.D.A.Y (2018) - San Cisco
04. Apples & Bananas (2014) - The Poland Clubs
05. The Shimmie Shake! (2008) - Lisa Brasi
06. We're ALL Fruit Salad (2021 30th anniversary song) - Melbourne Ska Orchestra
07. Ba Ba Da Bicycles Ride - Stella Donnelly
08. Dressing Up in Style (2002/2003) - Emily Wurramara
09. Say the Dance! Do the Dance! (2014) - The Putbacks ft. Emma Donovan
10. Do the Propellers! (2013) - Custard
11. Can You Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist? (1995) - The Chats
12. Sicily, Italy I Want to Go (2005) - Donny Bennett
13. Big Red Car (1995) - Dani Im

DISC 2: The Wiggles Cover Other Artists Songs
14. Elephants by Tame Impalas (released last year)
15. Pub Feeds by The Chats (original artist as backup singers)
16. Brand New Keys by Melanie
17. Praise You by Fatboy Slim
18. We're Going to Be FAMOUS by The White Stripes
19. Get on the GOOD Foot by James Brown
20. Shipping Up to Boston, Massachusetts by Dropkick Murphy's
21. Thunderstruck by AC/DC
22. Apples Crumble by Lime Cordiale ft. Idris Elba
23. She's A Rainbow by The Rolling Stones
24. Umbrella by Rihanna ft. Jay-Z
25. Sunday Girls by Blondies
26. The Wellerman Sea Shanty by Nathan Evans
27. Bohemian Rhapsody by QUEEN + Adam Lambert

Unfortunately some of the songs they covered had lyrics cut out or removed. For example in the Bohemian Rhapsody cover that ends the album the lyrics "Mama, just killed a man, put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger and now he's dead :(" had to be cut out and replaced with red Wiggle vocalist Simon Pryce humming the words instead just to stay age appropiate with the preschool artist renditions and that they wouldn't get into trouble for giving children inappropiate content.

But either than that, this Aussie tots legend has done it again. We will definitely be listening to this. To celebrate the release, the Wiggles members themselves also signed a few copies of the album. Order your copy now "before they sell out like hot potatoes!"

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1 comment:

  1. Add Sunny Day, Abby Hatcher, Corn and Peg, Ryan's Mystery Playdate, Dora and Friends: Into the City, Fresh Beat Band of Spies, Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom, Ricky Zoom, and 44 Cats

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