| Yule Be Wiggling | ||||
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| Released | 2000 | |||
| Studio | Electric Avenue Studios, Sydney, Australia Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin, Eire | |||
| Genre | Children's music | |||
| Label | ABC (AUS) Hit Entertainment (US) Koch Records (US) | |||
| Producer | The Wiggles | |||
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Yule Be Wiggling is the twelfth Wiggles album (and second Christmas album) released in 2000 by ABC Music and distributed by EMI. [1]
All tracks are written by Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page and John Field, except listed below
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Yule Be Wiggling (Intro)" (spoken [note 1] [2] ) | 0:12 | |
| 2. | "Just Can't Wait For Christmas Day" | 2:43 | |
| 3. | "Here Come The Reindeer (Intro)" (spoken [note 1] ) | 0:09 | |
| 4. | "Here Come The Reindeer" | 1:44 | |
| 5. | "And The World Is One On A Christmas Morning (Intro)" (spoken [note 1] ) | 0:16 | |
| 6. | "And The World Is One On A Christmas Morning" | 2:12 | |
| 7. | "Murray's Christmas Samba (Intro)" (spoken [note 1] ) | 0:31 | |
| 8. | "Murray's Christmas Samba" | Cook, Fatt, Field, Page, Dominic Lindsay, Margaret Lindsay | 1:31 |
| 9. | "Jimmy The Elf" | Cook, Fatt, Field, Page | 1:21 |
| 10. | "The Little Drummer Boy" | Katherine Kennicott Davis, Henry V. Onarti, Harry Simeone | 2:46 |
| 11. | "Christmas Around The World (Intro)" (spoken [note 1] ) | 0:07 | |
| 12. | "Christmas Around The World" | 2:23 | |
| 13. | "Wags Loves To Shake Shake (Intro)" (spoken [note 1] ) | 0:08 | |
| 14. | "Wags Loves To Shake Shake" | 2:11 | |
| 15. | "Doing A Dance" | Cook, Fatt, Field, Page | 1:35 |
| 16. | "Curoo Curoo (Intro)" (spoken [note 1] ) | 1:38 | |
| 17. | "Curoo Curoo" | Trad. Arr. Cook, Fatt, Field, Page, Dominic Lindsay, Morgan Crowley, Denise O'Kane | 3:01 |
| 18. | "Christmas Polka" | Cook, Fatt, Field, Page, Dominic Lindsay | 2:08 |
| 19. | "Decorate The Tree" | Cook, Fatt, Field, Page, Paul Paddick | 2:50 |
| 20. | "Yule Be Wiggling" | Cook, Fatt, Field, Page | 1:28 |
| 21. | "Greg's Christmas Poem" (spoken word) | 0:07 | |
| 22. | "A Scottish Christmas" | Dominic Lindsay | 1:44 |
| 23. | "Angels We Have Heard On High" | Trad. Arr. Cook, Fatt, Field, Page | 2:10 |
| 24. | "Jeff's Snooze Poem" (spoken word) | 0:10 | |
| 25. | "The First Noel" | Trad. Arr. Cook, Fatt, Field, Page | 2:48 |
| 26. | "The Wiggles Christmas Wish" (spoken word) | 0:16[ citation needed ] |
The Wiggles [2]
| Chart (2000) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA) [4] | 55 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA) [5] | Gold | 35,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
| Yule Be Wiggling | |
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| Directed by | Chisholm McTavish |
| Produced by | Paul Field |
| Starring | Greg Page Anthony Field Murray Cook Jeff Fatt |
| Edited by | Steve Rees Douglas Kirk Chisholm McTavish |
| Music by | The Wiggles |
| Distributed by | Roadshow/ABC Video ( #102923) |
Release date |
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Running time | 45 minutes [7] |
| Country | Australia |
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