"Wiggle It" is a song performed by Australian singer-songwriter,

Ricki-Lee Coulter Ricki-Lee Dawn Coulter (born 10 November 1985), also known mononymously as Ricki-Lee, is a New Zealand-born Australian singer, songwriter, television, and radio presenter. She was born in Auckland, New Zealand, grew up on the Gold Coast, Que ...

. It was co-written and co-produced by Coulter and

Israel Cruz Israel Cruz is an Australian singer-songwriter and record producer. Cruz was born in Quezon City, Philippines and at the age of 3 moved to Melbourne, Australia with his family. He lives in Sydney, Australia with friends and has written and perf ...

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Access All Areas. Retrieved 2010-12-04. The song features additional rap vocals by Samir. Released both physically and digitally on 13 September 2008Ricki-Lee - Wiggle It (CD) at Discogs
Discogs. Retrieved 2010-12-04. "Wiggle It" serves as the

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from Coulter's

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, '' Ricki-Lee: The Singles''.

Background

Coulter co-wrote "Wiggle It" with Israel Cruz in 2006. She explained, "I was disappointed when "Wiggle It" didn't work on my last album, so I'm beyond THRILLED to be finally getting this single out to my fans." The song features a chorus sample from the 1990s hit " Wiggle It" by American hip hop duo, 2 in a Room. It was serviced to Australian radio stations on 4 August 2008.Ricki-Lee: Wiggle It
Auspop. Retrieved 2010-12-04.

Music video

The music video for "Wiggle It" was directed by Fin Edquist and shot at the Valve Nightclub in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

. It is a parody of the typical club video, with Coulter looking for someone to spend her night with and coming up only with a number of characters who are all wrong for her. The video features a cameo appearance by 2006 '' Big Brother'' contestant David Graham who is seen wearing skin-tight gold pants.Ricki-Lee: Wiggle It Video
Auspop. Retrieved 2010-12-04. It premiered on '' Video Hits'' on 30 August 2008.

Track listing

;CD single / digital download # "Wiggle It" (Radio edit) - 2:56 # "Wiggle It" (Karaoke mix) - 2:40 # "Wiggle It" (Acapella) - 5:43 # "Wiggle It" (Instrumental) - 2:54 # "U Wanna Little of This" (UK Radio Edit) - 2:45 # "Wiggle It" (Cabin Crew Remix) - 6:21

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Ricki-Lee: The Singles''. ;Locations *Engineered in

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. ;Personnel *Songwriting – Ricki-Lee Coulter,

*Production – Israel, Ricki-Lee Coulter *Engineering – Israel Cruz *Additional rap vocals – Samir

Charts

"Wiggle It" debuted and peaked at number 11 on the

ARIA Singles Chart The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offici ...

.Ricki-Lee - Wiggle It
australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2010-12-04. It ranked at number 36 on the ARIA End of Year top 50 Australian artists singles of 2008.

Year-end chart

Release history

References

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