| Toot Toot! | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1998 | |||
| Studio | Festival and Electric Avenue Studios, Sydney Australia [1] | |||
| Genre | Children's music | |||
| Length | 43:09 | |||
| Label | ABC, Lyrick Studios, Koch, Razor & Tie [2] | |||
| Producer | The Wiggles | |||
| The Wiggles chronology | ||||
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Toot Toot! is the ninth album by Australian band the Wiggles, released in 1998 by ABC Music distributed by EMI. It won the ARIA Award for Best Children's Album in 1998. [3]
All tracks are written by (or trad. arr. by) The Wiggles except noted below
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car" | 2:22 | |
| 2. | "Look Both Ways" | Cook, Fatt, Field, Page, John Field | 1:42 |
| 3. | "Dorothy the Dinosaur (Tell Me Who Is That Knocking?)" | 1:24 | |
| 4. | "Food Poem" (spoken) | 0:12 | |
| 5. | "Food Food Food (Oh How I Love My Food)" | John Field | 2:08 |
| 6. | "John Bradlelum" | 1:14 | |
| 7. | "Captain Feathersword's Raincoat Story" (spoken) | 0:56 | |
| 8. | "Go Captain Feathersword, Ahoy!" | Cook, Fatt, Field, Page, John Field | 2:13 |
| 9. | "Bathtime" (Not featured on the Lyrick/Koch release) | Raffi | 2:09 |
| 10. | "Wah Hoo Hey, I'm Combing My Hair Today" | 2:00 | |
| 11. | "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" | 2:23 | |
| 12. | "Silver Bells That Ring in the Night" (Not featured on the Lyrick/Koch release) | 2:12 | |
| 13. | "Zardo Zap" | 2:41 | |
| 14. | "Henry the Octopus" | 1:26 | |
| 15. | "Move Your Arms Like Henry" | Paul Field | 1:49 |
| 16. | "Do the Wiggle Groove" | Cook, Fatt, Field, Page, John Field | 2:18 |
| 17. | "Balla Balla Intro" (spoken) | 0:15 | |
| 18. | "Balla Balla Bambina" | Alfonso Rinaldi | 2:10 |
| 19. | "I Climb Ten Stairs" | 1:11 | |
| 20. | "We're Dancing with Wags the Dog" | 1:22 | |
| 21. | "Wags the Dog, He Likes to Tango" | 1:04 | |
| 22. | "Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep on His Pirate Ship (Quack Quack)" | 1:55 | |
| 23. | "Rocket" | 1:50 | |
| 24. | "Officer Beaples' Dance" | Cook, Fatt, Field, Page, Dominic Lindsay | 1:41 |
| 25. | "Let's Have a Ceili" | Lindsay | 2:04 |
| Total length: | 43:09 | ||
source: [1]
The album was released in 1998 in CD and cassette formats: [4]
| Toot Toot! | |
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| Directed by | Chisholm McTavish |
| Produced by | Paul Field |
| Starring | |
| Music by | The Wiggles |
| Distributed by | Roadshow Entertainment / ABC Video (#101484) |
Release date |
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Running time | 46 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
Toot Toot! is the seventh video by the children's band the Wiggles. It was released in Australia on 17 October 1998, [7] and later re-released in 1999 to reflect set updates during production of the TV series. In the United Kingdom, the video was released under the title Big Red Car.
The Wiggles:
Additional cast:
Toot Toot! was first released on 17 October 1998. [7]
In 1999, the Wiggles re-released the video, but made significant edits to reflect changes made in the television series. Although the general story is still about The Wiggles having to find a way to fix their Big Red Car, the scenes were redone with new animations and backgrounds. "Bathtime" and its introduction were replaced with a new version of the "Henry's Underwater Big Band" video.
The video was dedicated to the memory of Anthony's father, John Patrick Field, who played John the cook on the original 1994 version of Yummy Yummy .
The 1999 version was released to DVD in 2004 in Australia. The extras include a Wiggly Work storybook and two episodes from the Lights, Camera, Action TV series. [8]
From November 2019–January 2020, the video was uploaded to the Wiggles' YouTube channel in multiple parts, using the 1999 version. [9]
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The Wiggles album Toot Toot! has been described as their best yet. If you have heard this album, you would probably be singing Toot Toot Chugga Chugga right now! the good news is that The Wiggles will be releasing the video of Toot Toot! on October 17th! We have seen an off-line version and it is great!
