Yummy Yummy (album)

Yummy Yummy
Studio album by The Wiggles
Released 1994
Recorded 1993-1994
Genre Children's
Length 28:06
Label ABC
Producer Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page[1]
The Wiggles chronology
Stories and Songs: The Adventures of Captain Feathersword the Friendly Pirate
(1993)		 Yummy Yummy
(1994)		 Big Red Car
(1995)

Yummy Yummy is the fourth album from The Wiggles; it was released in 1994. A companion video was also made in 1994, and it was re-recorded in 1998.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by (or trad arr. by) M. Cook, J. Fatt, A. Field, G. Page except spoken and listed below[2]. 

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Hot Potato"  J.Field, M.Cook, A.Field, G.Page, J.Fatt 1:14
2. "Shaky Shaky"    1:26
3. "Introduction To Fruit Salad" (spoken)  0:14
4. "Fruit Salad"    2:28
5. "Willaby Wallaby Woo"    1:34
6. "Come On Let's Jump"    0:41
7. "Walk"    1:19
8. "Fais Do Do"    1:20
9. "Ponies"    0:56
10. "The Monkey Dance"  J.Field, M.Cook, J. Fatt, A.Field, G. Page 2:01
11. "D.O.R.O.T.H.Y. (My Favourite Dinosaur)"  J.Field, M. Cook, J.Fatt, A.Field, G.Page 2:25
12. "Shake Your Sillies Out"    1:37
13. "Numbers Joke" (spoken)  0:16
14. "Numbers Rhumba"  D. Walden, Arr. M. Cook, J.Fatt, A.Field, G.Page 1:59
15. "Would You Giggle"    0:43
16. "Food Poem" (spoken)  0:15
17. "Crunchy Munchy Honey Cakes"    1:55
18. "Butterflies Flit"  M. Cook, J.Fatt, A.Field, G.Page, M. Field[note 1] 0:38
19. "Where Is Thumbkin?"    3:14
20. "Veil"    0:48
21. "Yawn Yawn Yawn"    1:39

Personnel

source Yummy Yummy album booklet, 1994:[1]

Additional musicians

Release information

The CD was released in 1994 under EMI Records, ABC for Kids: 8143372[3]


Charting

In the United States, the album reached number 31 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers and number 29 on their Top Independent Albums charts.[4]

Video

Yummy Yummy

The Wiggles are in four different colour squares with Dorothy in the middle inside a circle.

Yummy Yummy cover
Directed by Tim Finlay
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
(#14480)
Release dates
 October 1994[5]
Running time
 40 minutes
Country Australia

Yummy Yummy, released in 1994, is the second video by the Australian children's band The Wiggles. It is the first Wiggles video to feature chroma key backgrounding.

Songs and skits

This is the song and skits list for the original 1994 version:

  1. Hot Potato
  2. Shaky Shaky
  3. Teddy Bear Hug
  4. D.O.R.O.T.H.Y. (My Favourite Dinosaur)
    * Greg's magic show skit
  5. I Am a Dancer
  6. Crunchy Munchy Honey Cakes
  7. Numbers Rhumba
  8. Joanie Works With One Hammer
  9. The Monkey Dance
  10. Henry's Dance
  11. Walk
  12. Dorothy's Birthday Party (Short Story)

Cast

The cast as listed on the closing credits:

The WIGGLES are
Also Featuring
Thanks to the Children & Parents

Michael, Kathleen, Christopher & Andrew Lawrence; Peter, Lorraine, Julia & Yvette Martinovich; Kay Ritchie; Sophie, Sam, Claire & Janine Pickels; Brandon Johnson; Patricia Zavattaro; Nicholas, Maureen, & Raymond Hull; Sarah Al Amri; Meg Munro & Georgia Munro-Cook; Paul, Pauline, Clare, Luke, Joseph & Dominic Field; Roger, Maria, Sofia, Leonardo & Anthony Silvestrini; Tony, Wendy, Timothy & James Rioseco.

Uncredited

Anthony Field played Captain Feathersword in the video. Emma Buter provided the voice for Dorothy the Dinosaur during the Short Story skit, and is credited on the companion album. In some of the skits, Murray Cook provided Dorothy's voice as he was the original voice for Dorothy. Jeff Fatt has provided the voice for Henry the Octopus, although he was not credited for the role until later in The Wiggles career as shown on several Wiggles documentaries.

1998 re-recording

Yummy Yummy (re-recording)
Directed by Chisholm McTavish
Produced by Nick Pike
Written by The Wiggles
Starring Greg Page
Anthony Field
Murray Cook
Jeff Fatt
Music by The Wiggles
Distributed by Roadshow Entertainment / ABC Video
(#101409)
Release dates
 1998[5]
Running time
 36 minutes
Country Australia

The video was remade and released in 1998 after the theatrical release of The Wiggles Movie and the video release of Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas.[5] Some of the skits such as the short story for Dorothy's Birthday Party were removed. Two new songs, "Pufferbillies" and "Havenu Shalom Alechem", were added. In the North American version, "Teddy Bear Hug" and "Numbers Rhumba" were replaced by videos featuring the Wiggle Puppets. The Wiggles use logos on their shirts. Anthony wears a blue shirt instead of a green or white one. Paul Paddick plays Captain Feathersword. Wags the Dog was also featured in the video. Paul Hester, a former drummer for Split Enz and Crowded House, guest starred as Paul the Cook, and was featured in "Fruit Salad".[6]

Songs and skits

This is the song and major skits list for the 1998 version.

  1. Hot Potato
  2. D.O.R.O.T.H.Y. (My Favorite Dinosaur)
  3. Pufferbillies
  4. Henry's Dance
  5. Walk
  6. Joannie Works With One Hammer
  7. The Monkey Dance
  8. Crunchy Munchy Honey Cakes
  9. Shaky Shaky
  10. Teddy Bear Hug (Australian version) / Wigglemix (Wiggle Puppets) (North American version)
  11. Havenu Shalom Alechem
  12. I Am A Dancer
    * Greg's Magic Show skit
  13. Numbers Rhumba (Australian version) / Go Captain Feathersword Ahoy! (Wiggle Puppets) (North American version)
  14. Fruit Salad

Cast

Paul Hester played the chef in the video.

Names are presented in the order of the closing credits

The Wiggles are
Also featuring
Dancing Children
The young children appearing were


Release history

Yummy Yummy was released on video along with Wiggle Time in the United States in October 1999.[7]

In 2002, The Wiggles released Yummy Yummy and Wiggle Time as a combined DVD of the 1998 versions of Yummy Yummy and Wiggle Time.[8][9]

Notes

  1. ↑ Butterflies Flit credits from Wiggly Safari DVD

References

  1. 1 2 Yummy Yummy album, 1994, last page of CD booklet
  2. ↑ "Cdcovers.cc / DVD / The Wiggles Yummy Yummy And Wiggle Time. / inside". cdcovers.cc. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Yummy Yummy CD cover, 1994
  4. ↑ "Top Holiday Albums, Top Heatseekers, Top Independent Albums". Billboard (magazine). December 13, 2003. p. 67.
  5. 1 2 3 "Powerhouse Museum - The Wiggles Videography". Powerhouse Museum. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  6. ↑ Harris, Chris (28 March 2005). "Crowded House drummer Paul Hester found dead in Australia". MTV. Retrieved 14 October 2007.
  7. ↑ "Australia's Wiggles Reach Out to U.S. via TV, Lyrick Releases". Billboard (magazine). August 7, 1999. p. 66.
  8. ↑ "The Wiggles-Yummy Yummy/Wiggle Time! (1998)". Michael DVDs. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
  9. ↑ "Yummy yummy - Wiggle time! The Wiggles. [videorecording] / - Version details - Trove". Trove - National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
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