Big Red Car


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.

Personnel

Adapted from the album booklet.
The Wiggles
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

  1. Can You
  2. Wags the Dog
  3. Five Little Joeys
  4. Di Dicki Do Dum
  5. I'm a Cow
  6. Do the Flap
  7. On Your Holiday
  8. Hat on My Head
  9. Greg's Magic Show
  10. Brown Girl in the Ring
  11. Georgia's Song
  12. Our Boat is Rocking on the Sea
  13. Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo
  14. Dorothy's Dance Party
  15. 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
  • Alex Harfield, Mary Ann Hull, Rhiannah Kitching as "Georgia's Song" Dancers
Choreography
  • Leanne Halloran
  • Assistants: Donna Halloran, Judy Halloran

Release

This video was released on VHS in 9 October 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' YouTube 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 Australian children's music group the Wiggles. It contains tracks that were mostly recorded for the Big Red Car album.

Track listing

  1. Big Red Car
  2. Can You
  3. Wags the Dog
  4. Five Little Joeys
  5. Di Dicki Do Dum
  6. Brown Girl in the Ring
  7. Sorry Again
  8. Introduction
  9. I'm A Cow
  10. Do the Flap
  11. Pufferbillies
  12. Joannie Works with One Hammer
  13. I Want to Wear the Jacket
  14. Introduction
  15. Hat on My Head
  16. The Four Presents
  17. Introduction
  18. Georgia's Song
  19. I am a Dancer
  20. Our Boat is Rocking on the Sea
  21. Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo
  22. Dorothy's Dance Party
  23. Henry's Dance
  24. Sanctissima
  25. Here We Go Dorothy
  26. 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

  1. Big Red Car
  2. Can You
  3. Wags the Dog
  4. Five Little Joeys
  5. Di Dicki Do Dum
  6. I'm a Cow – Wiggly Animation
  7. Do the Flap
  8. Hat on my Head
  9. Brown Girl in the Ring
  10. Georgia's Song
  11. I Want to Wear the Jacket
  12. Our Boat is Rocking on the Sea
  13. Nicky Nacky Nocky Noo
  14. Dorothy's Dance Party
  15. Sorry Again
  16. Henry's Dance

Personnel