Can You (Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist?)

"**Can You (Point Your Fingers And Do The Twist?)**" is a song from the *Big Red Car* album and video. It is one of The Wiggles' most successful songs.

## Lyrics

### English

*All right everybody, let's all get ready to point our fingers, and we'll do the twist! Here we go!*

Can you point your fingers and do the twist?

(Anthony: Everybody's twisting, Greg)

Can you point your fingers and do the twist?

(Anthony: We're all doing the twist!)

Well, we're gonna go up and go down

Get back up and turn around

Can you point your fingers and do the twist?

**Anthony:** *What's next, Greg? What's next?*

Can you stand on one foot and shake your hands?

(Murray: Oh, boy, that's hard!)

Can you stand on one foot and shake your hands?

(Murray: Shaky, shaky)

Now, we're gonna go up and go down

Get back up and turn around

Can you stand on one foot and shake your hands?

**Anthony:** *What's next, Greg? What's next?*

Can you point your fingers and do the twist?

(Jeff: Pointy, pointy, pointy!)

Can you point your fingers and do the twist?

(Anthony: I'm doing the twist really fast, Greg!)

Now, we're gonna go up and go down

Get back up and turn around

Can you point your fingers and do the twist?

### Español (¿Podrás [Apuntar Tus Dedos Y Hacer El Twist?])

¿Podrás apuntar tus dedos y hacer el Twist?

¿Podrás apuntar tus dedos y hacer el Twist?

Y ahora vamos a subir y a bajar

Sube y da una vuelta más

¿Podrás apuntar tus dedos y hacer el Twist?

¿Podrás alzar un pie y las manos mover?

¿Podrás alzar un pie y las manos mover?

Y ahora vamos a subir y a bajar

Sube y da una vuelta más

¿Podrás alzar un pie y las manos mover?

¿Podrás apuntar tus dedos y hacer el Twist?

¿Podrás apuntar tus dedos y hacer el Twist?

Y ahora vamos a subir y a bajar

Sube y da una vuelta más

¿Podrás apuntar tus dedos y hacer el Twist?

### The Taiwanese Wiggles

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## Listen to 1995 Version

File:04 Can You (Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist).ogg

## Song Credits

Written by Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field and Greg Page, published by Wiggly Tunes Pty Ltd, previously published by EMI Music.

### Nursery Rhymes (CinderEmma! Fairytale)

Vocals: Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Paul Paddick, Simon Pryce, Emma Watkins

Acoustic Guitar: Anthony Field

Bass: Paul Paddick

Tambourine: Simon Pryce

## Trivia

* This song gives thanks to Terry Murray for the guitar work.
* The song won Most Performed Children's Work at the 1995 APRA awards.
* The Sam Moran version of the song is played on the game Dance to the Wiggly Radio in addition to performing it live in *Wiggledancing! Live In Concert* and the Unreleased Everett Concert video.
* On August 7th 2014, the Australia Day live in concert version was uploaded on YouTube. Then when the 2013 live studio version was uploaded on YouTube on September 28th 2017, it contained a prologue before the song, which was deleted for time constraints on the 1st season of *Ready, Steady, Wiggle!*. Then on July 5th 2018, *The Best of The Wiggles* music video version was uploaded. The Chats' cover of this song was uploaded to YouTube on February 23, 2022.
* The 1995 Version plays in D whereas later versions play in E. Some versions of the song's instrumental track play in D, such as in the *Here Comes The Big Red Car* video during the "Dorothy's Dance Party" introduction, while other uses of it play in E such as in the The Taiwanese Wiggles' and The Latin American Wiggles' recordings.
* The song is sung in the Warner Brothers movie, "Life as We Know It".
* Although the 1997 Big Show version appeared in "Muscleman Murray", it's unknown if it was used again on the initial GMTV broadcast of "Your Body".
* When this was performed during the Celebration tour, there were times when all 4 of The Wiggles did the actions to the song & there were times when Greg played the guitar during some shows with Murray on electric, Jeff on keyboard & Anthony doing the actions with The Wiggly Dancers.

## Performances/Appearances

### Video Performances

* Big Red Car
* Wake Up Jeff! (Live In Concert Clip)
* Wiggledance!
* The Wiggles Movie
* Captain Kangaroo's Birthday Party at Sea World
* The Wiggly Big Show
* 歡樂Party!
* LIVE Hot Potatoes!
* Lights, Camera, Action!
* Here Comes The Big Red Car
* Wiggledancing! Live In The U.S.A.
* Wiggledancing! Live In Concert
* On The Road With The Wiggles (cameo)
* Dorothy the Dinosaur's Memory Book (bonus clip)
* Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2010)
* Dorothy the Dinosaur's Beach Party!
* Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2014)
* Nursery Rhymes (Live)
* The Best of The Wiggles
* The Wiggles Reunion Show
* The Original Wiggles Reunion Show For Bush Fire Relief
* Fun and Games
* We're All Fruit Salad!: The Wiggles' Greatest Hits
* Fruit Salad Big Show

### Album Appearances

* Big Red Car
* The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack
* LIVE Hot Potatoes!
* Karaoke Songs 1
* Best of ABC for Kids
* Here Comes The Big Red Car
* Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2009)
* ReWiggled: A Tribute To The Wiggles (performed by Papa Vs Pretty)
* Hits And Rarities
* Dorothy the Dinosaur's Beach Party!
* Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2013)
* Hot Potatoes & Cold Spaghetti!
* The Best of The Wiggles on Vinyl
* CinderEmma! Fairytale
* The Best of The Wiggles
* Fun and Games
* Let There Be Rock-a-Bye Your Bear
* We're All Fruit Salad!: The Wiggles' Greatest Hits
* ReWiggled (performed by The Chats)

### Episode Appearances

#### The Wiggles (Season 2)

##### 21-minute versions

* Wiggle Food (Live)
* Your Body (Live)
* Musical Instruments (Live)
* Movement (Live)

#### Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles!

##### 11-minute versions

* Episode 16 (paired with Rolling Down The Sandhills/Running Up The Sandhills)

##### 22-minute versions

* Everybody's Dancing
* Dance a Cachucha!
* Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist!

#### The Wiggles Show! (season 1)

##### 11-minute versions

* Episode 5
* Episode 8 (Live)
* Episode 9
* Episode 20
* Episode 28
* Episode 37 (Live)
* Episode 52

##### 22-minute versions

* Friendly Feathersword Crew
* When We Were Young (Live)
* Kangaroo Dance
* Prehistoric Party
* Paint a Portrait
* Jack in the Box (Live)
* Bailamos!

#### The Wiggles Show! (season 2)

##### 11-minute versions

* Episode 4 (Live)
* Episode 13
* Episode 20 (Live)
* Episode 34
* Episode 43 (Live)

##### 22-minute versions

* Let's Have a Dance! (Live)
* The Gorilla Dance
* It's Sunny Today! (Live)
* It's So Good For You!
* G-Day Mate (Live)

#### Ready, Steady, Wiggle! (Season 1)

* Wake Up, Lachy! (Live)
* Simon Goes Quackers!
* Let's Go Driving in the Big Red Car! (Live)
* Beautiful Ballet
* Marty Party
* Lounge Room Symphony (Live)
* Captain's Experiment

#### Ready, Steady, Wiggle! (Season 2)

* The Talking Cow (Live)
* Say the Dance, Do the Dance (Live)

#### Wiggle, Wiggle, Wiggle!

* The Wiggly Races (Live)
* Do The Twist! (Little Wiggles)

#### The Wiggles Show! (Latin America)

* Episodio 2 (Live)
* Episodio 12 (Live)
* Episodio 16
* Episodio 21
* Episodio 22 (Live)

### Live Performances

* Big Red Car Tour
* Wake Up Jeff! Tour
* The Wiggles Big Show
* Toot Toot Show!
* Yule Be Wiggling Christmas Show
* Wiggly Party: Live in Concert
* Wiggly Safari Show
* Lights, Camera, Action, Show!
* Top of the Tots Live In Concert
* Santa's Rockin'! Live In Concert
* Sailing Around the World Live!
* Wiggledancing! Live On Stage
* The Wiggles 15th Birthday Concert
* Racing to the Rainbow Show
* Pop Go The Wiggles Show!
* The Wiggles' Concert for UNICEF
* Greatest Hits In The Round
* The Wiggles' Big Birthday Show!
* Christmas Celebration Tour!
* The Wiggles' Wiggly Songtime! Show
* Taking Off!: Live in Concert
* The Wiggles Big Show! (2014 Tour)
* Rock & Roll Preschool Tour!
* The Wiggles BIG SHOW! & CinderEmma
* Wiggle Around Australia Tour
* Wiggle Pop! Big Show
* We're All Fruit Salad! (Tour)
* Fruit Salad TV Big Show Tour
* The OG Wiggles Reunion Tour!
* The Great Wiggly Road Trip Tour!

### Other Media

* Carols in the Domain (1995)
* The Wiggles Big Show
* The Wiggles in Disneyland
* The Wiggles Take on the World
* Sailing Around the World Live!
* Racing to the Rainbow Show

## Video

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