Wiggle It | |
Cover: | 2_in_a_Room-Wiggle_It.png |
Type: | single |
Artist: | 2 in a Room |
Album: | Wiggle It |
Released: | 1990 |
Genre: | Hip house |
Length: | 7:39 |
Label: | Cutting, Charisma |
Producer: | George Morel |
Prev Title: | Do What You Want |
Prev Year: | 1990 |
Next Title: | She Got Me Going Crazy |
Next Year: | 1991 |
"Wiggle It" is a song by American music duo 2 in a Room, released as their second single from their second album, Wiggle It (1990). It is to date the act's biggest hit in the United States and abroad, peaking at number three in Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom as well as number 15 in the United States.
Alex Henderson from AllMusic commented, "Hardcore rappers may have dismissed Wiggle It's hit title song as commercial frivolity, but there's no denying just how infectious the house-influenced jam is."[1] Bill Coleman from Billboard remarked that this "deep-baked hip-house sports a muscular bassline and well-phrased rhymes."[2] James Hamilton from Music Week described it as "jauntily lurching hip house".[3]
The single reached the number-one position on the US Billboard Dance Club Play and 12-inch Singles Sales charts, as well as number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990. It also reached number three in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia. The single earned a gold certification in Australia and the US and a silver certification in the UK.
A1. "Wiggle It" (the club mix) (7:39)
A2. "Wiggle It" (the dub mix) (5:50)
B1. "Wiggle It" (Def Wiggle mix) (9:25)
B2. "Wiggle It" (Def Wiggle dub) (5:45)
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[4] | 8 | |
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Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[5] | 19 | |
UK Dance (Music Week)[6] | 3 | |
US Billboard Hot 100[7] | 15 | |
US 12-inch Singles Sales (Billboard)[8] | 1 | |
US Dance Club Play (Billboard)[9] | 1 |
Canada Dance/Urban (RPM)[10] | 34 |
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Australia (ARIA)[11] | 33 | |
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Canada Dance/Urban (RPM)[12] | 49 | |
UK Singles (OCC)[13] | 43 |
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[14] | 36 |
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Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | |||
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United States | 1990 | ||||
United Kingdom | January 14, 1991 | [15] | |||
Japan | February 6, 1991 | Mini-CD | [16] |
In 1991, Alvin and the Chipmunks covered "Wiggle It" for their album The Chipmunks Rock the House. In 2008, Australian singer Ricki-Lee Coulter used the chorus from the song for her own version, also titled "Wiggle It," which reached number 11 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart in September 2008, eight positions below the original version. 2 in a Room received writing credits on this single as well.[17]