''Big Red Car'' is the fifth 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 1995 by

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distributed by

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. This album won the

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in 1995.

Track listing

AUS track list

US track list

Personnel

Adapted from the album booklet.''Big Red Car'' booklet last page, 1995 The Wiggles *

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 ...

– bass, guitar, vocals,

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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 ...

– piano, Lowrey Colour Glow organ, lead vocal on "I'm a Cow", backing vocals, vibraslap *

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 ...

– acoustic guitar, vocals, vibraslap co-ordinator * Greg Page – lead vocals,

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, vibraslap Additional musicians * Terry Murray – guitar * Tony Henry – drums on "Brown Girl in the Ring", "Big Red Car", "Five Little Joeys", "Can You.." * Andrew Bignall – drums on "Wags the Dog", "Henry's Dance", "Hat on My Head", "Do the Flap", "Teddy Bear Hug" * Greg Truman – backing vocals on "Wags the Dog", "Henry's Dance", "Do the Flap", "Hat on My Head", "Teddy Bear Hug" * Gerry Brady – backing vocals on "The Four Presents" and guitar on "Pufferbillies" * Emma Buter – Character voice * John Field – sequencing and guitar on "Dorothy's Dance Party"

Video

''Big Red Car'' was made into a video, released in 1995 by

. 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 The Wiggles characters are a group of characters who perform with the Wiggles, the Australian children's music group. Aside from the four Wiggles, four secondary characters, along with a troupe of singers, actors, and dancers, appear in their tel ...

. In the United States, the video was marketed as ''Dance Party''.

Songs and skits

# Can You (Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist?) # Wags the Dog # Five Little Joeys # Di Dicki Do Dum # I'm a Cow # Do the Flap # On Your Holiday # Hat on My Head # Greg's Magic Show (The Magic Bag) (skit)The background songs played during Greg's Magic Show skit are a mashup of "

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" and "

Long, Long Ago "Long, Long Ago" is a song dealing with nostalgia, written in 1833 by English composer Thomas Haynes Bayly. Originally called "The Long Ago", its name was apparently changed by the editor Rufus Wilmot Griswold when it was first published, posthumo ...

" # Brown Girl in the Ring # Georgia's Song # Our Boat is Rocking on the Sea # Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo # Dorothy's Dance Party # Big Red Car

Cast

The Wiggles *

* Greg Page Also featuring * Alex Harfield and Jacqui Field as Wags the Dog * Emma Buter as Dorothy the Dinosaur * Vanessa Fallon-Rohanna as Henry the Octopus * Anthony,

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, or Paul Field as Captain Feathersword Paul Field played Captain Feathersword in "Do the Flap" and the end credits and John William Field played him at "Dorothy's Dance Party". * Alex Harfield, Mary Ann Hull, Rhiannah Kitching as "Georgia's Song" Dancers Choreography * Leanne HalloranHalloran also played the girl pirate in "Our Boat Is Rocking on the Sea" and "Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo". * Assistants: Donna Halloran, Judy Halloran

Release

This video was released on VHS in September 1995 in Australia, and 2001 to the United States. The DVD was released to the United States on 4 February 2003 under the title ''Dance Party''. In 2018, the video was uploaded on the Wiggles'

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channel as the first part on 19 April, the second on 6 May, and the third on 17 May.

''Here Comes the Big Red Car''

''Here Comes the Big Red Car'' is the 22nd album release from

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

n children's music group

. It contains tracks that were mostly recorded for the ''Big Red Car'' album.

Track listing

# Big Red Car # Can You (Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist?) # Wags the Dog # Five Little Joeys # Di Dicki Do Dum # Brown Girl in the Ring # Sorry Again # Introduction # I'm A Cow # Do the Flap # Pufferbillies # Joannie Works with One Hammer # I Want to Wear the Jacket # Introduction # Hat on My Head # The Four Presents # Introduction # Georgia's Song # I am a Dancer # Our Boat is Rocking on the Sea # Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo # Dorothy's Dance Party # Henry's Dance # Sanctissima # Here We Go Dorothy # 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" .

Song list

# Big Red Car # Can You (Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist?) # Wags the Dog # Five Little Joeys # Di Dicki Do Dum # I'm a Cow – animated # Do the Flap # Hat on my Head # Brown Girl in the Ring # Georgia's Song # I Want to Wear the Jacket # Our Boat is Rocking on the Sea # Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo # Dorothy's Dance Party # Sorry Again # Henry's Dance

Personnel

* Vocals: Greg Page, Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field,

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 ...

, Emma Buter, Caterina Mete, Brett Clarke, Ryan De Saulnier and

Sam Moran Samuel Alexander Moran (born 4 April 1978) is an Australian entertainer best known for having been a member of the children's band the Wiggles from 2006 to 2012. Early life Moran was born in Sydney and raised in Wagga Wagga. Career Moran stu ...

, * Backing Vocals: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Kevin Bennett, Greg Truman and Gerry Brady * Guitar: Murray Cook,

, John Field, Gerry Brady and Terry Murray * Bass:

and Chris Lupton * Keyboard:

and Dominic Lindsay * Piano Accordion: Dominic Lindsay * Drums: Tony Henry and Andrew Bignall * Bouzouki: George Tseros

Notes

References

{{Authority control The Wiggles albums The Wiggles videos 1995 albums 1995 video albums 2006 albums 2006 video albums ARIA Award-winning albums Australian children's musical films