Big Red Car

Here Comes the Big Red Car
Here Comes the Big Red Car
Studio album by the Wiggles
Released	2006
Recorded	2005
Studio	Tune Master Productions; Tracking Station Studios; Struggle Street Studios, Bellevue Hill, Sydney
Genre	Children's music
Label	ABC
Producer	Anthony Field
The Wiggles chronology

Big Red Car
Big Red Car
	Big Red Car cover
Directed by	Phil Cullen
Written by	The Wiggles
Produced by	John Spence
Starring	Greg Page; Anthony Field; Murray Cook; Jeff Fatt
Music by	The Wiggles
Distributed by	Roadshow Entertainment / ABC Video ; (#17128)
Release date	September 1995;
Running time	40 minutes
Country	Australia

Big Red Car
Big Red Car
Studio album by the Wiggles
Released	1995 (AUS); 2001 (USA)
Studio	Tracking Station Studios and Struggle Street Studios
Genre	Children's music
Length	35:38
Label	ABC, EMI Music Group Australasia (AUS); Lyrick Studios / Koch Records (USA)
Producer	The Wiggles
The Wiggles chronology

Big Red Car is the fifth album by Australian band the Wiggles, released in 1995 by ABC Music distributed by EMI. This album won the ARIA Award for Best Children's Album in 1995.^[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by (or trad. arr. by) Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page except spoken or listed below

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Wags the Dog"	Cook, Fatt, Field, Page, John Field	2:42
2.	"Henry's Dance"		1:51
3.	"Five Little Joeys"		1:48
4.	"Can You (Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist?)"		1:34
5.	"Di Dicki Do Dum"		1:33
6.	"Cows" (spoken)		0:20
7.	"I'm a Cow"		0:31
8.	"Bouncing Ball" (spoken)		0:12
9.	"Brown Girl in the Ring"		1:35
10.	"Dorothy's Dance Party"	John Field	2:15
11.	"The Four Presents"		2:39
12.	"My Holiday at the Beach" (spoken)		0:10
13.	"On Your Holiday" (Not featured on the North American release)	Matthew Perry	1:33
14.	"Teddy Bear Hug" (Not featured on the North American release)	Raffi, Bonnie Simpson	1:55
15.	"Big Red Car"		1:49
16.	"My Hat" (spoken)		0:08
17.	"Hat on My Head"	Cook, Fatt, Field, Page, John Field	1:11
18.	"Here We Go Dorothy"		2:41
19.	"Do the Flap"	Cook, Fatt, Field, Page, John Field, Anthony Henry	2:26
20.	"Pufferbillies"		0:40
21.	"Joannie Works with One Hammer"		0:47
22.	"Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo"		1:14
23.	"My New Shoes"		0:42
24.	"I Am a Dancer"		0:58
25.	"Look at Baby" (spoken)		0:09
26.	"Georgia's Song"		0:43
27.	"Sanctissima"		0:45
Total length:			35:38

Personnel

Adapted from the album booklet.^[2]

The Wiggles

Murray Cook – bass, guitar, vocals, vibraslap
Jeff Fatt – piano, Lowrey Colour Glow organ, lead vocal on "I'm a Cow", backing vocals, vibraslap
Anthony Field – acoustic guitar, vocals, vibraslap co-ordinator
Greg Page – lead vocals, Hammond B-3, 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 the Wiggles. 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. 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)^{[note 1]}
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

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, John, or Paul Field as Captain Feathersword^{[note 2]}
Alex Harfield, Mary Ann Hull, Rhiannah Kitching as "Georgia's Song" Dancers

Choreography

Leanne Halloran^{[note 3]}
Assistants: Donna Halloran, Judy Halloran

Release

This video was released on VHS in September 1995 in Australia,^[3] and 2001 to the United States. The DVD was released to the United States on 4 February 2003 under the title Dance Party.^[4] In 2018, the video was uploaded on the Wiggles' YouTube channel as the first part on 19 April,^[5] the second on 6 May,^[6] and the third on 17 May.^[7]

Here Comes the Big Red Car

Here Comes the Big Red Car is the 22nd album release from Australian children's music group the Wiggles. 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

Here Comes the Big Red Car
Directed by	Paul Field
Produced by	Paul Field
Starring	Greg Page Anthony Field Murray Cook Jeff Fatt
Edited by	Craig Abercrombie
Music by	The Wiggles
Distributed by	Roadshow Entertainment / ABC DVD
Release date	23 March 2006 (2006-03-23)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	Australia

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".^[8]

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, Emma Buter, Caterina Mete, Brett Clarke, Ryan De Saulnier and Sam Moran,
Backing Vocals: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Kevin Bennett, Greg Truman and Gerry Brady
Guitar: Murray Cook, Anthony Field, John Field, Gerry Brady and Terry Murray
Bass: Murray Cook and Chris Lupton
Keyboard: Jeff Fatt and Dominic Lindsay
Piano Accordion: Dominic Lindsay
Drums: Tony Henry and Andrew Bignall
Bouzouki: George Tseros

Notes

^ The background songs played during Greg's Magic Show skit are a mashup of "Camptown Races" and "Long, Long Ago"
^ Paul Field played Captain Feathersword in "Do the Flap" and the end credits and John William Field played him at "Dorothy's Dance Party".
^ Halloran also played the girl pirate in "Our Boat Is Rocking on the Sea" and "Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo".