Big Red Car

Big Red Car
Studio album by The Wiggles
Released February 20, 1995
Recorded 1994-1995
Genre Children's
Length 35:38
Label ABC, EMI Music Group Australasia
Producer The Wiggles
The Wiggles chronology
Yummy Yummy
(1994)
Big Red Car
(1995)
Wake Up Jeff!
(1996)

Big Red Car is the fifth album by the popular children's band The Wiggles, released in 1995 by ABC Music. This album won the 1995 ARIA Award for Best Children's Album.[1]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by (or trad. arr. by) M. Cook, J. Fatt, A. Field, G. Page except spoken or listed below. 

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Wags The Dog"  J.Field, M.Cook, J.Fatt, A.Field, G.Page 2:42
2. "Henry's Dance"    1:51
3. "Five Little Joeys"    1:48
4. "Can You (Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist?)"    1:34
5. "Di Dicki Do Dum"    1:33
6. "Cows" (spoken)  0:20
7. "I'm a Cow"    0:31
8. "Bouncing Ball" (spoken)  0:12
9. "Brown Girl in the Ring"    1:35
10. "Dorothy's Dance Party"  J.Field 2:15
11. "The Four Presents"    2:39
12. "My Holiday at the Beach" (spoken)  0:10
13. "On Your Holiday"  M.Perry 1:33
14. "Teddy Bear Hug"  Raffi, Simpson 1:55
15. "Big Red Car"    1:49
16. "My Hat" (spoken)  0:08
17. "Hat On My Head"  J.Field, A.Field 1:11
18. "Here We Go Dorothy"    2:41
19. "Do The Flap"  J.Field, T.Henry, M.Cook, J.Fatt, A.Field, G.Page 2:26
20. "Pufferbillies"    0:40
21. "Joannie Works with One Hammer"    0:47
22. "Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo"    1:14
23. "My New Shoes"    0:42
24. "I Am a Dancer"    0:58
25. "Look at Baby" (spoken)  0:09
26. "Georgia's Song"    0:43
27. "Sanctissima"    0:45
Total length:
35:38

Personnel

source Big Red Car booklet last page:[2]

The Wiggles are
Additional musicians

Video

Big Red Car

The Wiggles and their friends are in the first Big Red Car with Jeff driving it.

Big Red Car cover
Directed by Phil Cullen
Produced by John Spence
Written by The Wiggles
Starring Greg Page
Anthony Field
Murray Cook
Jeff Fatt
Music by The Wiggles
Distributed by Roadshow Entertainment / ABC Video
(#102786)
Release dates
September 1995[3]
Running time
40 minutes
Country Australia

Big Red Car was made into a video, released in 1995 by The Wiggles. It marks the first appearances of the Big Red Car and the S.S Feathersword, although they were merely cardboard props. This video also debuts Wags the Dog. In the United States, the video was marketed as Dance Party.

Songs and skits

  1. Can You (Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist?)
  2. Wags the Dog
  3. Five Little Joeys
  4. Di Dicki Do Dum
  5. I'm a Cow
  6. Do the Flap
  7. On Your Holiday
  8. Hat on My Head
  9. Greg's Magic Show (skit)[note 1]
  10. Brown Girl in the Ring
  11. Georgia's Song
  12. Our Boat is Rocking on the Sea
  13. Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo
  14. Dorothy's Dance Party
  15. Big Red Car[note 2]

Cast

The Wiggles
Also featuring
Choreography
Children appearing provided by the Donna Halloran School of Dance, Moorebank, Sydney

Keiran Bianco, Alyssa Bryce, Nicole Butler, Sarah Cornale, Daisy Cousens, Rose Cousens, Jessica Halloran, Cassandra Halloran, Kate Halloran, Shaun Higgins, Naomi Higgins, Ben Jones, Emma Ryan, Sian Ryan, Melanie Scott, Kristen Shaw, Sarah Sneddon, Michael Walsh

Other Children Appearing

Georgia Munro-Cook, Vincent Bettens, Luke Field, Claire Field, Dominic Field, Joseph Field, Anthony Silvestrini, Sofia Silvestrini, Leonardo Silvestrini, Nicholas Hull, Timothy Rioseco, Blaine Charlton, Samantha.

Release

This video was released on VHS in September 1995 in Australia,[3] and 2001 to the United States. The DVD was released to the United States on 4 February 2003 under the title Dance Party.[4]

Here Comes the Big Red Car

Here Comes the Big Red Car
Studio album by The Wiggles
Released 2006
Genre Children's Music
Label ABC
Producer Anthony Field
The Wiggles chronology
Sailing Around the World
(2005)
Here Comes the Big Red Car
(2006)
It's Time to Wake Up Jeff!
(2006)

Here Comes the Big Red Car is the 25th album release from an Australia children's music group, The Wiggles. It contains tracks that were mostly recorded for the Big Red Car album.

Tracklist

  1. Big Red Car
  2. Can You (Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist?)
  3. Wags The Dog
  4. Five Little Joeys
  5. Di Dicki Do Dum
  6. Brown Girl in the Ring
  7. Sorry Again
  8. Introduction
  9. I'm A Cow
  10. Do The Flap
  11. Pufferbillies
  12. Joannie Works with One Hammer
  13. I Want To Wear The Jacket
  14. Introduction
  15. Hat On My Head
  16. The Four Presents
  17. Introduction
  18. Georgia's Song
  19. I am a Dancer
  20. Our Boat is Rocking on the Sea
  21. Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo
  22. Dorothy's Dance Party
  23. Henry's Dance
  24. Sanctissima
  25. Here We Go Dorothy
  26. My New Shoes

2006 video

The companion video was released in 2006. DVD extras include a song jukebox, photo gallery, electronic songbook, Dorothy the Dinosaur special announcements, and two episodes of "Lights, camera, action, Wiggles" .[5]

Song list

  1. Big Red Car
  2. Can You (Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist?)
  3. Wags the Dog
  4. Five Little Joeys
  5. Di Dicki Do Dum
  6. I’m a Cow – animated
  7. Do the Flap
  8. Hat on my Head
  9. Brown Girl in the Ring
  10. Georgia’s Song
  11. I Want to Wear the Jacket
  12. Our Boat is Rocking on the Sea
  13. Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo
  14. Dorothy’s Dance Party
  15. Sorry Again
  16. Henry's Dance

Personnel

Notes

  1. The background songs played during Greg's Magic Show skit are a mashup of "Camptown Races" and "Long, Long Ago"
  2. During the end credits, "Henry's Dance" was played as background music.
  3. Paul Field played Captain Feathersword in "Do the Flap" and the end credits and John William Field played him at "Dorothy's Dance Party".
  4. Halloran also played the girl pirate in "Our Boat Is Rocking on the Sea" and "Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo".

References

  1. "ARIA Awards 2010 : History: Winners by Year – 1995". ariaawards.com.au. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
  2. Big Red Car booklet last page, 1995
  3. 1 2 "Powerhouse Museum – The Wiggles Videography". Powerhouse Museum. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  4. "Wiggles Dance Party DVD". Amazon.com. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
  5. http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/20075260?selectedversion=NBD40437213
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