Get Ready To Wiggle

File:WiggleTime18.jpg  "**Get Ready To Wiggle**" is a song that was originally written for The Cockroaches by John Field, but that version was never released to the public. In 1993, this song was officially recorded and rewritten for The Wiggles for their debut album. Its re-recording first appeared in Wiggle Time! in 2000.

## Song Lyrics

### Wiggle Time! (album)

Get ready to wiggle, we've been ready for so long

Get ready to wiggle, when you wiggle, you can't go wrong

Get ready to wiggle, wiggle will make you big and strong

Get ready to wiggle, c'mon, wiggle to this song, wiggle to this song

CHORUS

We're ready to wiggle, wiggle your fingers high in the sky

We're ready to wiggle, wiggle your ears and wiggle your eyes

We're ready to wiggle, wiggle your hair and wiggle your nose

We're ready to wiggle, c'mon wiggle all ten toes, wiggle all ten toes

We can wiggle and wiggle, wiggle at home without a care

Wiggle and wiggle, wiggle on your own or with teddy bear

Wiggle and wiggle, wiggle at breakfast, lunch or tea

Wiggle and wiggle, wiggle along with me, wiggle along with me

### Taking Off!

"Okay, everybody, get ready to wiggle! It's wiggle time! Let's see you dancing, wiggle!"

Get ready to wiggle! (Shooby-dooby-doo)

We've been ready for so long!

Get ready to wiggle! (Shooby-dooby-doo)

When you wiggle, you can't go wrong!

Get ready to wiggle! (Shooby-dooby-doo)

Wiggle will make you big and strong!

Get ready to wiggle! (Shooby-dooby-doo)

"C'mon!"

Wiggle to this song!

Wiggle to this song!

Let's all sing!

Ba-da-ba-ba

Ba-da-ba-da

Ba-da-ba-ba

Ba-da-ba-da

Ba-da-ba-ba

Ba-da-ba-da

"Gee, c'mon!"

We're ready to wiggle! (Whoo!) (Shooby-dooby-doo)

Wiggle your fingers high in the sky!

We're ready to wiggle! (Shooby-dooby-doo)

Wiggle your ears and wiggle your eyes!

We're ready to wiggle! (Yeah!) (Shooby-dooby-doo)

Wiggle your hair and wiggle your nose!

We're ready to wiggle! (Shooby-dooby-doo)

"Wiggle your toes!"

Wiggle all ten toes

"Gee, cmon!"

Wiggle all ten toes!

"Big jumps, everybody, c'mon."

Ba-da-ba-ba-bada

"Big jump, c'mon!"

Ba-da-ba-ba-bada

"Gee, c'mon!"

Ba-da-ba-ba-bada

"Big jump now!"

We can wiggle! (Whoo!)

And wiggle! (Whoo!)

Wiggle at home without a care!

(Shooby-dooby-doo)

Wiggle! (Whoo!)

And wiggle! (Whoo!)

Wiggle on your own or with teddy bear!

(Shooby-dooby-doo)

Wiggle! (Whoo!)

And wiggle! (Whoo!)

Wiggle at breakfast, lunch or tea!

(Shooby-dooby-doo)

Wiggle! (Whoo!)

And wiggle! (Whoo!)

Wiggle along with me!

"That's right!"

Wiggle along with me!

"Yeah!"

Ba-da-ba-ba

Ba-da-ba-ba

"Everybody, keep wiggling now!"

Ba-da-ba-ba, ba-da-bada

"Gee, c'mon!"

Ba-da-ba-ba, ba-da-bada

"Wiggle! Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle!"

(Whoo!)

"Wiggle!"

"Yeah!"

## Song Credits

Written by Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page and John Field, initially published by Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd.

On The Wiggles' debut album, this song wasn't originally credited to Anthony and the publishing rights used to be owned by EMI Music and Control.

### Play Piano with... The Wiggles

Music Arrangements by The Wiggles and Dominic Lindsay

Transcriptions by Tony Celiberti (Scarlet Music)

CD Backing track by Sean Peter (Autopilot Productions)

### ReWiggled: A Tribute To The Wiggles

© 2013 Liberation Music

Recorded at Birdland Studios. Adalita appears courtesy of Liberation Music

## Trivia

* The 1993 version of the instrumental track is played over the opening and closing credits of the Wiggle Time! 1995 video.
* This song made a cameo appearance in the 1996 version of Yummy Yummy.
* Anthony speaks in the 1993 and 1995 versions, as well as live.
* Some episodes from The Wiggles (TV Series 2), have a few different shots/angles for this song.
* The 1993 version is played in A Day with the Wiggles and The Wiggly Circus PC game. It also plays on The Wiggles' 20th anniversary game: The Wiggles Trivia Quiz.
* Since Wiggle Time! (1995), they added Anthony Field's name into the song credits but he was not credited originally for writing this song, that means he did not write it.
* The Sam Moran version is played on the game Matching Instruments.
* This, Rock-A-Bye Your Bear, and Dorothy the Dinosaur are Greg's favourite songs on the very first album.
* The 1993 instrumental track is partially heard in the opening of Wiggledance!.
	+ The 2000 instrumental track is played in the opening credits of Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles and the opening scene of the 2014 update.
* Dorothy sings this song in the Wiggle and Learn TV Series episode: Murray Had a Turtle (11 minute version) & The King of Swing (22 minute version).
* Sam plays the opening horn line during the end credits of You Make Me Feel Like Dancing.
* The song's video first appeared in ABC For Kids Video Hits.
* The only way to find the The Wiggles Big Show version is on the PVD version of the episode Wiggle Opera.
* Since 2001, Wiggly Tunes had the publishing rights in the US and the following year, they got the publishing rights for Australia & New Zealand.
* This was the first song The Wiggles ever did.

## Performances/Appearances

### Video Appearances

* ABC For Kids Video Hits (1993)
* ABC For Kids: Live In Concert (1995)
* Wiggle Time! (1995)
* Wiggledance! (1999)
* Wiggle Time! (2000)
* The Dorothy the Dinosaur and Friends Video (2001) (The Wiggles Puppets)
* Wiggly TV (2000)
* LIVE Hot Potatoes! (cameo)
* Lights, Camera, Action! (2007)
* Splish Splash Big Red Boat (2008)
* Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2012)
* Taking Off! (2015)
* Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2016)

### TV Series Episodes

* Zardo Zap
* Dancing
* Musical Instruments
* History (The Little Wiggles)
* Family
* Manners
* Episode 12 (Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles!) (paired with Zing Zang Wing Wang Wong)
* Australian Animals
* Stories
* Australian Museum and Farm Animals
* Episode 5 (The Wiggles Show! - TV Series 5)
* Episode 22 (The Wiggles Show! - TV Series 5)
* Episode 40 (The Wiggles Show! - TV Series 5)
* The Wiggle Way
* Picnic Without Ants
* We Can Do So Many Things
* Murray Had a Turtle
* The King of Swing

### Album Appearances

* The Wiggles (1993)
* ABC For Kids: Greatest Hits (1993)
* Rock 'N' Roll Kids (1994)
* ABC For Kids Live (1995)
* Wiggle Time! (2002)
* Compliments of Brach's and The Wiggles (2005)
* Karaoke Songs 1 (2007)
* 4 Song CD (2008)
* Sing-a-long CD (2008)
* Play Piano with... The Wiggles (2009)
* Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2011)
* ReWiggled: A Tribute To The Wiggles (2013)
* Taking Off! (2015)
* Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2015)
* The Best of The Wiggles on Vinyl (2018)

### Minor

* The Wiggles (TV Series 1) Theme Song
* Dorothy the Dinosaur Goes to Hospital (Intro)
* A Day with the Wiggles
* The Wiggly Circus
* It's Wiggle Time! (game)

### Other Media

* Wiggle Opera (PVD Version) (Live)
* The Wiggles Take on the World
* The Wiggles Big Show