''Wiggledance!'' is the fifth video by the children's band

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and their first full-length concert video. It was filmed during their December 1996 concerts at the

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, and released in June 1997. It was released only to the Australia region.

Song list

# Rock-a-Bye Your Bear # Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?) # Dorothy the Dinosaur # Dorothy (Would You Like to Dance?) # Vini Vini # Wags the Dog # Quack, Quack # Wake Up Jeff! # Nya, Nya, Nya # Five Little Joeys # Baby Beluga # Let's Have a Dance with Henry # Romp Bomp a Stomp # Hot Potato # Get Ready to WiggleIn a Ten News interview, Emma Watkins of the new generation Wiggles mentions that she and her sister, Hayley were at this concert and were shown in the video. -
The same video footage was featured on

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- After the Wiggles say goodbye, Captain Feathersword stays around and leads one more song "Nya Nya Nya". "Jeff's Christmas Tune" is also used as background music for the closing credits.

Production

The Wiggles logo was updated to feature a yellow splotch background behind their name. The Wiggles still wore plain colored shirts in the video with short sleeves instead of long ones. Due to copyright concerns, the song "Vini Vini" was removed after the video's initial release. The subsequent release of ''Wiggledance'', while retaining the copyright year 1997, have removed this video and its introduction. Former Wiggles member

Phillip Wilcher Phillip Leslie Wilcher (born 16 March 1958) is an Australian pianist and classical music composer who was a founding member of the children's music group the Wiggles. When Wilcher published his first work, "Daybreak", at the age of 14, he was ...

has mentioned that the Wiggles believed that the song was in the public domain but it was claimed by a French composer. On 4 April 2013, the Wiggles announced the addition of ''Wiggledance!'' to their Wiggle Time TV service. In 2019, the 1997 master was released into multiple segments on their

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channel as Classic Wiggles in multiple parts.

Cast

The Wiggles are: *

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 ...

* Jeff Fatt *

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 ...

* Greg Page Also featuring: *

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 ...

as Captain Feathersword * Leanne Halloran as a police officer, known as Officer Beaples in the TV series. Halloran also plays Henry the Octopus and is the choreographer for the show. * Donna Halloran as Wags the Dog, and a zookeeper * Leeanne Ashley as Dorothy the Dinosaur ** Carolyn Ferrie provides the voice for Dorothy

Notes

References

Wiggledance! (AUS VIDEO-1997)
episode information from

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