| Getting Strong! | ||||
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| Released | May 16, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2006–2007 | |||
| Studio | Hot Potato Studios | |||
| Genre | Children's music | |||
| Label | ABC | |||
| Producer | Anthony Field | |||
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Getting Strong! (the CD label has the subtitle of Wiggle and Learn) is the 26th studio album by Australian children's music group, the Wiggles. It is the Wiggles' first studio album featuring Sam Moran. [1] [2] It was released on 16 May 2007 by ABC, and distributed by Roadshow Entertainment.
All tracks are written by Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page, John Field and Dominic Lindsay, except listed below
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Wiggle and Learn" | ||
| 2. | "Hello, We're the Wiggles" | ||
| 3. | "To Have a Tea Party" | ||
| 4. | "Let's Take Turns Skipping Rope" | ||
| 5. | "Follow the Leader" | ||
| 6. | "Swinging on a Swing" | ||
| 7. | "When the Music Stops, Everybody Hop" | ||
| 8. | "When the Music Stops, Everybody Skip" | ||
| 9. | "When the Music Stops, Everybody Jump" | ||
| 10. | "The Five Senses" | ||
| 11. | "Fingers Standing Very Tall" | ||
| 12. | "Hands on Your Ears" | Cook, Fatt, Field, Page, Kathleen Warren | |
| 13. | "A Bird Flew Around on a Bright Sunny Day" | ||
| 14. | "Smell Your Way Through the Day" | ||
| 15. | "The Sporting Salsa" | ||
| 16. | "Getting Strong!" | ||
| 17. | "Goodbye from the Wiggles" | ||
| 18. | "Dorothy's Introduction" |
All tracks are written by Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page, John Field and Dominic Lindsay, except listed below
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19. | "Hello, We're the Wiggles" | ||
| 20. | "A Frog Went A Walking" | Trad. Arr. Cook, Fatt, Field, Sam Moran | |
| 21. | "The Biggest Smile of All" | ||
| 22. | "D is for Dorothy" | ||
| 23. | "Konnichi Wa Everybody" | ||
| 24. | "Ciao Everybody" | ||
| 25. | "Hola Everybody" | ||
| 26. | "Yiasou Everybody" | ||
| 27. | "I Spy" | ||
| 28. | "This One is Different" | ||
| 29. | "One, Two, Three, Four Rhymes" | ||
| 30. | "First in Line" | ||
| 31. | "Beach, Beach, Sandy Beach" | ||
| 32. | "We're All Friends" | ||
| 33. | "Goodbye From The Wiggles" |
AllMusic gave a positive review, calling the Wiggles a beloved group. [3]
The Wiggles are an Australian children's music group formed in Sydney in 1991. As of 2022, the group members are Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce, Tsehay Hawkins, Evie Ferris, John Pearce, Caterina Mete and Lucia Field. The Wiggles were founded in 1991 by Field, Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Greg Page and Phillip Wilcher. Wilcher left the group after their first album. Page retired in 2006 due to ill health and was replaced by understudy Sam Moran, but returned in 2012, replacing Moran. At the end of 2012, Cook, Fatt and Page retired and were replaced by Gillespie, Pryce and Emma Watkins. Cook and Fatt retained their shareholding in the group and all three continued to have input into its creative and production aspects, while engaging in occasional reunion performances. Watkins departed the group in 2021, with the group subsequently adopting an expanded line-up of eight members.
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