''Wake Up Jeff!'' is the sixth album by Australian band

the Wiggles The Wiggles are an Australian children's music group formed in Sydney in 1991. The group are currently composed of Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce and Tsehay Hawkins, as well as supporting members Evie Ferris, John Pearce, Ca ...

, released in 1996 by

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distributed by

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. It won the

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in 1996.

Track list

AUS track list

US track list

Personnel

Source: ''Wake Up Jeff'' album booklet, 1996 The Wiggles * Greg Page – lead vocals, back-up vocals *

Murray Cook Murray James Cook, AM (born 30 June 1960) is an Australian musician, actor, and Disc jockey. Cook was one of the founding members of the children's band the Wiggles from 1991 to 2012. Cook provided guitar, vocals, and songwriting in the group ...

– back-up vocals, garage band guitar, bass guitar *

Anthony Field Anthony Donald Joseph Field, AM (born 8 May 1963) is an Australian musician, actor, songwriter and producer. He is best known as a leader of the children's group the Wiggles and a member of the 1980s and 1990s pop band the Cockroaches. While s ...

– back-up vocals, garage band guitar,

tin whistle The tin whistle, also called the penny whistle, is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. It is a type of fipple flute, putting it in the same class as the recorder, Native American flute, and other woodwind instruments that meet such criteria. ...

Jeff Fatt Jeffrey Wayne Fatt, AM (born 21 July 1953) is an Australian musician and actor. He was a member of the children's group The Wiggles from its founding in 1991 to 2012, and was also in the 1980s and 1990s pop band The Cockroaches. He was the old ...

– back-up vocals,

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

, kazeeo organ,

snoring Snoring is the vibration of respiratory structures and the resulting sound due to obstructed air movement during breathing while sleeping. The sound may be soft or loud and unpleasant. Snoring during sleep may be a sign, or first alarm, of obs ...

Additional musicians *

Paul Paddick Paul Andrew Paddick (born 16 February 1967) is an Australian singer and actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Captain Feathersword, "the friendly pirate", a character associated with the children's band the Wiggles, where he eventually cam ...

– back-up vocals * Greg Truman – back-up vocals * Emma Buter – back-up vocals * Terry Murray – brilliant guitar * Dominic Lindsay –

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

flugelhorn The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B, though some ...

, and

piccolo trumpet The piccolo trumpet is the smallest member of the trumpet family, pitched one octave higher than the standard B trumpet. Most piccolo trumpets are built to play in either B or A, using a separate leadpipe for each key. The tubing in the B piccol ...

* Angela Lindsay –

viola The viola ( , also , ) is a string instrument that is bow (music), bowed, plucked, or played with varying techniques. Slightly larger than a violin, it has a lower and deeper sound. Since the 18th century, it has been the middle or alto voice of ...

* Margaret Lindsay –

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

* Maria Schattovits –

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

* Tony Henry –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

* Paul Rodgers –

congas The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest) ...

Staff * Engineered by Chris Brooke and Aaron Rhuig

Video

The companion video was released in August 1996 as the group's fourth video.

Summary

Song list

# We Like to Say Hello # Henry's Underwater Big Band # Everybody is Clever (Australian version) / The Chase (US version) # Having Fun at the Beach # Bing Bang Bong, That's a Pirate Song # Bucket of Dew/Paddy Condon from Cobar # Wake Up Jeff! # Dorothy, Would You Like to Dance? # Take a Trip Out on the Sea # Romp Bomp a Stomp # I Can Do So Many Things # Wave to Wags # Pipers Waltz # Can You Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist? - concert # D.O.R.O.T.H.Y. (My Favourite Dinosaur) – concert

Synopsis

Opening – An alarm clock rings and Jeff wakes up. The Wiggles introduce themselves to the audience. * Song: "We Like To Say Hello" Greg is standing with Henry the Octopus and tells Greg that he has a surprise for everyone. Henry says that he bought his underwater big band with him. * Song: "Henry's Underwater Big Band" Greg tells everyone to stand still like a statue. The other Wiggles pose and then dance around behind Greg's back. * Song: "Everybody Is Clever" (Australian Version) / "The Chase" (North America Version) Anthony and Murray watch kids draw scenes of the beach using pens and markers. * Song: "Having Fun at the Beach" The Wiggles introduce Captain Feathersword, but he answers with "Bing Bang Bong" and other nonsense phrases. They ask him what's up with that? He answers, that's a pirate song. Let's dance a pirate song together! * Song: "Bing Bang Bong (That's A Pirate Song)" Anthony and Murray introduce Dominic, who is with his daughter Ashleigh. He is a trumpet player. Anthony and Murray ask him questions about playing the trumpet and Dominic plays a little bit. Everyone's wearing a green hat, so it is time for some Irish Dancing. * Song: "Bucket of Dew / Paddy Condon From Cobar" The clock goes pass ticking and everybody yells WAKE UP JEFF! to wake Jeff up. And Jeff wakes up to the camera. * Song: "Wake Up Jeff!" Jeff asks Dorothy to dance, and Dorothy does a few dance steps. * Song: "Dorothy (Would You Like To Dance?)" The Wiggles and kids are in a camp site singing about going for a boat out in sea. * Song: "Take A Trip Out on the Sea" This is Dorothy's favourite dance. * Song: "Romp Bomp A Stomp" Greg and kids are doing this dance and Greg does tells them things that he can do in this song. * Song: "I Can Do So Many Things" Anthony can hear someone barking. He asked who's that barking and Greg yelled out IT'S WAGS THE DOG! * Song: "Wave To Wags" * Greg's Magic Show – The Magic Box Greg, Anthony, and Murray are standing with an empty glass box. They can hear some one snoring and they are saying its coming from inside the box, but no one is inside the box or could they. Greg has Anthony and Murray cover the box with a drape, they spin it around, and chants some magic words when they count to three. 1, 2, 3, "Wiggle Waggle". They lift the drape and Jeff is there, but he's asleep. They ask everyone to wake him up. 1, 2, 3, WAKE UP JEFF! and then Jeff wakes up, wondering what he's doing in a box. Murray tells Jeff to not fall asleep again and said we neeeeeeed YOU! for the next song. * Song: "Pipers Waltz" It's time to say goodbye. Jeff has fallen asleep again in his bed, so the Wiggles have one more dance. And then, yells the final "WAKE UP JEFF!" after they clap their hands three times. The Wiggles are backstage. They have warmed up their singing voices by practicing "Rock-a-Bye Your Bear". They also have tucked their shirts and brushed their hair. Over by the side is Wags and Henry, Wags is polishing Henry's shoes. And at the last part, Greg knew that somebody was missing. Where's Jeff? Murray saw Jeff fallen asleep on a chair and told the Wiggles that he's asleep. They call the viewer to Wake up Jeff. 1, 2, 3, WAKE UP JEFF! Jeff arises and they're ready to go on stage for the concert and so they all ran out to the stage. * Song: "Can You Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist? (Live) * Song: "D.O.R.O.T.H.Y. (My Favourite Dinosaur) (Live)

Cast

The Wiggles are: * Greg Page *

Also featuring: * Megan Bullivant & Emma Buter as Dorothy the Dinosaur * Leeanne Ashley as Henry the Octopus *

, Georgia Troy Barnes and Donna Halloran as Wags the Dog * Paul Paddick as Captain Feathersword * Dominic Lindsay as a trumpet player

Production

Anthony began wearing a blue shirt instead of a green shirt. Dorothy and Henry's costumes were updated but Dorothy's old costume is seen on "D.O.R.O.T.H.Y. (My Favourite Dinosaur)" while Henry's old one is seen on the cover. Anthony, Murray, and Greg wear short-sleeved shirts in the concert. Paul Paddick, who joined the cast as a regular in 1996, makes his video debut as Captain Feathersword. Tony Henry, who is a bandmate of Anthony and Jeff from

The Cockroaches The Cockroaches were an Australian pub rock band active throughout the 1980s. The band was founded in 1979 by the Field brothers—Paul (lead vocals), John (rhythm guitar, vocals), and Anthony (lead guitar, vocals)—and Tony Henry on drums ...

and the studio drummer for the ''Wake Up Jeff'' album, appears with his family in "We Like to Say Hello" and "Wave to Wags". John Field from The Cockroaches also appears in an outdoor shot for "Wave to Wags". - Tony Henry (1 m), Paul Paddick (1:20), Dominic Lindsay (1:45), John Field (24:51), Tony Henry (24:52).

Release

The video was released on VHS in August 1996. In April 2000, when the video was released in North America, "Everybody is Clever" was replaced by one of "The Chase" scenes typical of the closing credits of TV Series 1. However, the preceding skit where they act like statues was retained. In August–September 2018, the video was uploaded to the Wiggles'

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channel in multiple parts.Wake Up Jeff YouTube video uploads: * * * *

It's Time to Wake Up Jeff!

''It's Time to Wake Up Jeff!'' is the 23rd album release from an Australian children's music group,

. It contains songs that were originally released on ''Wake Up Jeff!''. In North America, the album and companion video were called ''Wiggle Around the Clock''.

Track list

# We Like To Say Hello – 1:54 # Henry's Underwater Big Band – 2:27 # Intro – 0:07 # Having Fun at the Beach – 1:42 # Intro – 0:15 # Bing Bang Bong (That's A Pirate Song) – 1:17 # Bucket of Dew/ Paddy Condon From Cobar – 1:40 # Guess What – 1:41 # Wake Up Jeff – 1:22 # A Frog Went A Walking – 1:25 # Dorothy (Would You Like To Dance With Me?) – 1:49 # Take A Trip Out on the Sea – 1:05 # Romp Bomp A Stomp – 1:24 # We’re Playing A Trick on the Captain – 0:50 # Have A Happy Birthday Captain – 1:51 # I Can Do So Many Things – 1:31 # Wave To Wags – 1:38 # Havenu Shalom Alachem – 1:08 # House on the Hillside – 1:56 # Intro – 0:08 # Five Little Ducks – 1:12 # Windmills – 0:58 # Name Game – 1:01 # Pipers Waltz – 1:26 # Bonus Track – Go To Sleep Jeff (Brahm's Lullaby) – 4:33

2006 video

The companion video was released in 2006 as a DVD.

Song List

# We Like To Say Hello # Henry's Underwater Big Band (animated) # Having Fun at the Beach # Bing Bang Bong (That's A Pirate Song) # Wake Up Jeff! # Bucket of Dew/Paddy Condon From Cobar # Romp Bomp A Stomp # A Frog Went a Walking (animated) # Take A Trip Out on the Sea # Dorothy (Would You Like To Dance?) # We're Playing a Trick on the Captain # Have a Happy Birthday Captain # I Can Do So Many Things # Guess What? (animated) # Wave To Wags # Havenu Shalom Alechem # Walking on the Moon # Piper's Waltz (Instrumental)

Notes

References

External links

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