Wiggledance!

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Wiggledance!
Wiggledance!LiveinConcert.jpg
Wiggledance! VHS cover
Directed byDean Covell
Written byThe Wiggles
Produced byDean Covell and the Wiggles
Starring Greg Page
Anthony Field
Murray Cook
Jeff Fatt
Edited byNick Pandoulis
Hattie Dalton
Distributed byRoadshow Entertainment / ABC Video
(#100766)
Release date
  • June 1997 (1997-06) [1]
Running time
46 minutes
CountryAustralia

Wiggledance! is the fifth video by the children's band the Wiggles and their first full-length concert video. [1] It was filmed during their December 1996 concerts at the Seymour Centre, and released in June 1997. [1] It was released only to the Australia region.

Contents

Song list

  1. Rock-a-Bye Your Bear
  2. Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?)
  3. Dorothy the Dinosaur
  4. Dorothy (Would You Like to Dance?)
  5. Vini Vini
  6. Wags the Dog
  7. Quack, Quack
  8. Wake Up Jeff!
  9. Nya, Nya, Nya
  10. Five Little Joeys
  11. Baby Beluga
  12. Let's Have a Dance with Henry
  13. Romp Bomp a Stomp
  14. Hot Potato
  15. Get Ready to Wiggle [note 1] [note 2]

Production

The Wiggles logo was updated to feature a yellow splotch background behind their name. The Wiggles still wore plain coloured shirts in the video with short sleeves instead of long ones.

Due to copyright concerns, the song "Vini Vini" was removed after the video's initial release. [2] The subsequent release of Wiggledance, while retaining the copyright year 1997, have removed this video and its introduction. [3] Former Wiggles member Phillip Wilcher has mentioned that the Wiggles believed that the song was in the public domain but it was claimed by a French composer. [4]

On 4 April 2013, the Wiggles announced the addition of Wiggledance! to their Wiggle Time TV service. [5] In 2019, the 1997 master was released into multiple segments on their YouTube channel as Classic Wiggles in multiple parts. [6]

Cast

The Wiggles are:

Also featuring:

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ In a Ten News interview, Emma Watkins of the new generation Wiggles mentions that she and her sister, Hayley were at this concert and were shown in the video. - Ten News (18 May 2012). Wiggle reaction. Event occurs at 0:54-1:03. Retrieved 11 June 2012– via YouTube.
    The same video footage was featured on Today Tonight - Today Tonight (18 May 2012). New generation of Wiggles. Event occurs at 2:39 – via YouTube.
  2. ↑ After the Wiggles say goodbye, Captain Feathersword stays around and leads one more song "Nya Nya Nya". "Jeff's Christmas Tune" is also used as background music for the closing credits.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Powerhouse Museum - The Wiggles Videography". Powerhouse Museum . Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "Wiggledance (1997) The Wiggles. [videorecording]". Trove. National Library of Australia . Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Wiggledance (1998) The Wiggles. [videorecording]". Trove - National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  4. ↑ Wilcher, Phillip (2010). "Page 1 of Comments on The Wiggles- Vini Vini- 1991" (YouTube comments). YouTube . Retrieved 18 March 2013. as you know, this track was removed from later pressings of the debut album because a French composer claimed ownership of it. I'm not 100% sure, but I think the composer might have been Yves Rocher. At the time it was included on the debut album The Wiggles believed it was a traditional work in the public domain. This is just to clarify for anyone wanting to know....
  5. ↑ The Wiggles (4 April 2013). "Can you shake your hips with Wags the Dog? Watch some of your favourite videos from The Wiggles including "Do The Propeller", "Hot Potato", "Rock-A-Bye Your Bear" and many others! Plus, new to Wiggle Time TV is The Wiggles very first recorded live concert filmed in 1996 at the Seymour Centre in Sydney (where a young Emma watched from the audience!). Tune into www.wiggletime.tv today. (Now available on PC and selected Sony, Samsung and LG devices)" . Retrieved 25 January 2014– via Facebook.
  6. ↑ The Wiggles (16 April 2019). "We have a NEW YouTube video for YOU! It's Classic Wiggles time! – Today's video is Wiggledance! Live in concert from 1997! (Part 1 of 4) – Enjoy the video here: bit.ly/WiggledancePart1 – Don't forget to hit the SUBSCRIBE button while you're there to be the first to know when we upload something new. Hurrah! 🖱" – via Facebook.
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