Wiggly Safari Explained

Wiggly Safari
Type:studio
Artist:the Wiggles
Cover:Wiggly Safari.jpg
Released:3 September 2002 (USA)
Recorded:2001
Studio:Electric Avenue and The Vault, Sydney, Australia
Genre:Children's music
Length:45:00
Label:ABC Music
Producer:The Wiggles
Prev Year:2001
Next Title:Wiggle Bay
Next Year:2002

Wiggly Safari is the 14th album by Australian band the Wiggles. It was released in 2002 by ABC Music distributed by Roadshow Entertainment. It was nominated for the 2002 ARIA Music Award for Best Children's Album but lost to Hi-5's Boom Boom Beat.[1]

Charts

Chart (2002)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[2] 96

Video

Wiggly Safari
Director:Gary Matheson[3]
Producer:Paul Field
Gary Matheson
Starring:Greg Page
Anthony Field
Murray Cook
Jeff Fatt
Steve Irwin
Terri Irwin
Bindi Irwin
Distributor:Roadshow/ABC Video
(#102923)
Runtime:51:40
Country:Australia

"Wiggly Safari" was also released in 2002 with special guests Steve Irwin, Terri Irwin, and Bindi Irwin of The Crocodile Hunter.

Song List

  1. "The Crocodile Hunter"
  2. "Australia Zoo"
  3. "Wobbly Camel"
  4. "Cocky Want a Cracker"
  5. "Butterflies Flit"
  6. "Dorothy Queen of the Roses"
  7. "Swim With Me"
  8. "Koala La La"
  9. "Dingo Tango"
  10. "You Might Like a Pet"
  11. "Old Man Emu"
  12. "Feeding Time"
  13. "Do the Owl"
  14. "Kookaburra Choir"
  15. "Snakes (You Can Look But You Better Not Touch)"
  16. "We're the Crocodile Band"

Cast

As listed in the closing credits.

The Wiggles are
With special guests
Also Featuring
The Wiggly Dancers

Release

The Wiggles Wiggly Safari was released on 8 July 2002 in Australia.

The video was dedicated to the memory of Brian Cannizzaro, a New York City firefighter who was killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aria Awards  - History  - Winners by year  - 2002. ariaawards.com.au. 25 January 2020.
  2. 301.
  3. Matheson also directed and produced an Australian television special: The Wiggles in Disneyland, which aired on the Disney Channel Australia in 1998, 4 years earlier.