Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas Explained

Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas
Type:album
Artist:the Wiggles
Cover:Wiggly,WigglyChristmasAlbum.jpg
Studio:The Tracking Station Studios, Sydney
Genre:Children's music
Length:33:27
Label:ABC (AUS)
Lyrick Studios (US)
Koch Records (US)
Union Square Music (UK)
Producer:The Wiggles
Prev Title:Wake Up Jeff!
Prev Year:1996
Next Title:The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack
Next Year:1997

Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas, released in 1996 by ABC Music distributed by EMI. It is the Wiggles' seventh album and the group's first Christmas album. It was made into a video the following year.

Personnel

Credits are taken from the album's liner notes.[1]

The Wiggles are: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Greg Page, and Anthony Field

Staff

2017 album

Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas!
Type:album
Artist:the Wiggles
Released:27 October 2017
Genre:Children's Music
Length:43:45
Label:ABC
Producer:Anthony Field & Lachlan Gillespie
Prev Title:Duets
Prev Year:2017
Next Title:Nursery Rhymes 2
Next Year:2018

Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas! is a Wiggles album released on 27 October 2017.

Personnel

Staff

Video

Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas
Director:Dean Covell
Producer:Dean Covell
Editing:Stephen Rees
Chisholm McTavish
Studio:The Wiggles Pty Ltd
Distributor:Roadshow/ABC Video (#100767)
Released:13 October 1997
Runtime:41 minutes
Country:Australia

The album was also made into a video with the same title. It was originally released in 1997 in the Australia region. It was later edited and re-released in 1999 to account for changes made in the TV series and the addition of a "Wiggly Christmas Medley".

Song list

  1. Have a Very Merry Christmas
  2. Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas
  3. Rudolf the Red-Nose Reindeer
  4. Here Comes Santa Claus
  5. Go Santa Go
  6. Ding Dong Merrily on High
  7. Christmas Star
  8. Unto Us, This Holy Night
  9. Feliz Navidad
  10. Jingle Bells
  11. Christmas Picnic
  12. Let's Clap Hands for Santa Claus
  13. Henry's Christmas Dance
  14. Jeff's Christmas Tune
  15. It's a Christmas Party on the Goodship Feathersword
  16. Away in a Manger
  17. Wags is Bouncing Around the Christmas Tree
  18. Silent Night
  19. We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Production

As with The Wiggles Movie, the costumes for The Wiggles and friends were updated. It is the first video besides the movie where The Wiggles have logos on their shirts. Producer and Director Dean Covell added "3D animation" to the videos.

The Christmas set was in the background during the taping of the interviews with The Wiggles and Captain Feathersword for The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack Enhance CD bonus track.[2]

Release

In an August 1997 article by The Sun-Herald, the Wiggles planned to release the Christmas video in November, and was going to tour New South Wales and Victoria.[3] The Powerhouse Museum website listed the video as being released in September 1997.[4] However, The Wiggles Exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum Exhibition itself showed a video poster with a video release date of Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas On ABC Video for 13 October 1997.[5]

Cast

The Wiggles are:

Additional cast include:

1999 re-release

Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas (re-release)
Studio:The Wiggles Pty Ltd
Distributor:Roadshow/ABC Video (#102341)
Runtime:43 minutes
Country:Australia

The video was re-released in 1999 with the removal of "Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer", and the addition of a concert track called "Wiggly Christmas Medley".

In 2018, the 1999 video version was released into multiple segments on their YouTube channel as Classic Wiggles.[6]

Home release

A listing of release dates for the 1999 edition. The US DVD features a photo gallery.

VHS

DVD

2017 video

Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas!
Director:Anthony Field
Producer:Paul Field
Starring:Anthony Field
Lachlan Gillespie
Simon Pryce
Emma Watkins
Greg Page
Editing:Timothy Cheeseman
Aaron Hill
Gerard Holmes
Leonardo Silvestrini
Yi Yin
Studio:The Wiggles Pty Ltd
Runtime:63 minutes
Country:Australia

Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas is a Wiggles video that was released on 1 November 2017, a partial remake named after the 1997 video of the same name.

Song list

  1. Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas
  2. Here Come the Reindeer
  3. Jingle Bells
  4. It's a Christmas Party on the Goodship Feathersword
  5. A Christmas Story
  6. Go Santa Go (featuring Greg Wiggle)
  7. Henry's Christmas Merengue
  8. Christmas Picnic
  9. Dorothy's Special Christmas Cake
  10. Curoo Curoo (The Carol of the Birds)
  11. Christmas Serenade
  12. Shining Around the World
  13. Wags is Bouncing Around the Christmas Tree
  14. Away in a Manger
  15. Great Big Man in Red
  16. Let's Clap Hands for Santa Claus
  17. Stille Nacht
  18. Christmas Carol Mega Mix

Notes and References

  1. Wiggly Wiggly Christmas booklet, last page
  2. Web site: Wiggles Get In On The Act. Sarno . Tony. Sydney Morning Herald. 17 October 1997.
  3. Web site: World Wakes Up To The Wiggles. 9 August 1997. Williams. Sue. The Sun-Herald. 23 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20141018035100/http://www.cassetterecorders.com.au/cassette-recorders-articles/1997/8/9/world-wakes-up-to-the-wiggles/. 2014-10-18. dead. As well as gearing up for the movie's launch and the release of another Christmas video in November, A Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas, the group is touring NSW and Victoria country areas, although often these days in far bigger venue.
  4. Web site: Powerhouse Museum - The Wiggles Videography. https://web.archive.org/web/20130923080939/http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/wiggles/videography.php . 2013-09-23 . dead . 19 November 2016. Powerhouse Museum.
  5. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20150131202850/https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/293047_10200266927850956_1539248527_n.jpg?oh=fabe4aa816beb388265c99fa1eaa152d&oe=55239370&__gda__=1432215679_9f1472a253fd9b8ad1de8228640373a0 . 31 January 2015 . Photo of Wiggles video exhibit . 31 January 2015 . dead .
  6. YouTube online re-release:
  7. Web site: 2006, English, Video edition: Wiggly, wiggly Christmas (videorecording). National Library of Australia. 24 July 2012.
  8. Web site: Buy Wiggles, The - Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas (Handle Case) on DVD-Video from . EzyDVD.com.au . 5 December 2013.