Thursday, June 22, 2023

(ARCHIVED 4/14) The Wiggles Set New Record For Longest Album With New TV Series 14 Soundtrack

 That fab four of fun now turned electric eight of edutainment is at it again.

Internationally acclaimed preschool music band The Wiggles have released their new album Ready, Steady Wiggle!: The Pick of TV Series 14, which contains a multitude of both classic and new songs from the band's recently successful new season of their ever-lasting TV series which first launched back in 1998 with a new season that launched earlier in March this year.

Since September 2021, the band has now doubled in size. founding father Anthony Field, 213's Murray Cook and Jeff Fatt imposters Simon Pryce and Lachlan Gillespie and newly joined at just the age of 16 years old, new frontwoman Tsehay Hawkins have now been joined by John Pearce and Evie Ferris, the band's choreographer Caterina Mete and Anthony's daughter Lucia Field.

The band's new album sets a few new records in the band's 32-year history. The now 18-time ARIA® and four-time APRA® winners have made the first Wiggly TV soundtrack while also making this their longest ever album in their three decades history with a record 50 songs lasting a whopping 72 minutes.

Among the tracks featured include a new waterproof version of "The Wiggle Town Dancing Police Force" and a new double-decker version of their trademark anthem and concert opening number "Toot Toot, Chugga, Big Red Car"

Track listing
01. Ready Steady Wiggle IV Theme Song
02. Hello, Hello, Welcome to The Wiggles Show
03. Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car
04. I Went to the Station
05. Joannie Works with One Hammer
06. ABCs Alphabet Song
07. In the Kitchen
08. Pat a Cake
09. Apples and Bananas
10. The Clues Song
11. Row, Row, Row Your Boat
12. A Sailor Went to Sea
13. The Wiggle Town Waterproof Dancing Police Force
14. Henry the Octopus Likes Water
15. Everything is BLUEtiful
16. Water is My Favorite Drink
17. Five Fingered Family Cringe
18. If You're Happy and You Know It
19. Put On a Funny Face with Simon
20. Humpty Dumpty
21. Let's Dance Together!
22. Can You Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist?
23. Do the Propeller!
24. Do The Monkey Dacne
25. Say the Dance, Do the Dance
26. I'm the Tree of Wisdom
27. Follow the Leader
28. P-O-N-S-O (BINGO Ripoff!)
29. Caterina and the Red Machine
30. Kitchen Sounds
31. Fruit Salad, Yummy Yummy
32. Hot Potatoes
33. Shaky Shaky
34. Her Name is Evie
35. Romp Bomp a Stomp
36. I've Got My Glasses On!
37. Simon Says
38. Wags the Dog, He Likes to Tango
39. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
40. 5 Little Ducks
41. Old MacDonald Had a Farm
42. This Little Piggy Went to Market
43. The Itsy Bitsy Spider
44. Michael Finnegan
45. Music Makes Anthony Sparkle
46. 5 Little Wiggles?!?
47. Hey Diddle Diddle
48. Banbury Cross
49. Magdelena and Paloma the Mermaids
50. Beautiful Waving (Goodby Song)

The new album comes off after a major successful year for the group in 2022 with their second covers album ReWiggled 2.0 hiting #1 on the Australian charts scoring them their first ARIA® win in the Best Children's Album category in over five years since 2017's Och Aye the Gnu collaboration with Cold Chizel frontman Jimmy Barnes, a concert tour for 15+ years olds starring the original four-member lineup and being received the Ted Albert Award at the 2022 APRAs®, their first APRA win in over 26 years since their winning the APRA for Wake Up Jeff! in 1996.

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