Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2009 album)

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2013 cover

"Hot Potatoes: The Best Of The Wiggles" is The Wiggles' greatest hits album, first released in 2009, and again in 2013. The 2009 version features 34 songs, while the 2013 version (as well as both video versions) contain 35.

In 2015, a new album called Hot Potatoes & Cold Spaghetti! was released, combining tracks from this album with ones from Hit Songs and Rarities.

Tracklist

2009 version

1. Hot Potato (1998, from Yummy Yummy (1998 video))
2. Can You (Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist?) (1997, from The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack)
3. Fruit Salad (1994, from Yummy Yummy)
4. Rock-a-Bye Your Bear (1997, from The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack)
5. Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car (1998, from Toot Toot!)
6. Wake Up Jeff! (1996, from Wake Up Jeff!)
7. Wiggly Party (2001, from Hoop-Dee-Doo: It's a Wiggly Party)
8. Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep On His Pirate Ship (Quack Quack) (1998, from Toot Toot!)
9. Wiggle Bay (2002, from Wiggle Bay)
10. The Monkey Dance (1998, from Yummy Yummy (1998 video))
11. Get Ready to Wiggle (1998, from Wiggle Time (1998 video))
12. Go Santa Go (1996, from Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas)
13. Dorothy (Would You Like to Dance?) (1997, from The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack)
14. Ooh It's Captain Feathersword (1997, from The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack)
15. Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport (Featuring Rolf Harris) (2000, from It's a Wiggly, Wiggly World!)
16. Dressing Up (2003, from Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins!)
17. Move Your Arms Like Henry (Featuring Paul Hester On Drums) (1998, from Toot Toot!)
18. Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! (2003, from Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins!)
19. Do The Owl (Featuring Steve Irwin) (2002, from Wiggly Safari)
20. The Zeezap Song (2002, from Wiggle Bay)
21. Play Your Guitar with Murray (2001, from Hoop-Dee-Doo: It's a Wiggly Party)
22. Rockin' Santa (Featuring John Fogerty) (2004, from Santa's Rockin'!)
23. To Have A Tea Party (2007, from Wiggle and Learn: Getting Strong!)
24. Here Come the Chicken (2006, from Racing to the Rainbow)
25. Getting Strong! (2007, from Wiggle and Learn: Getting Strong!)
26. Murray Had A Turtle (2007, from Pop Go The Wiggles)
27. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (2007, from Pop Go The Wiggles)
28. I'm Dorothy the Dinosaur! (2007, from Dorothy the Dinosaur)
29. You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (Featuring Leo Sayer) (2008, from You Make Me Feel Like Dancing)
30. Dr. Knickerbocker (2008, from You Make Me Feel Like Dancing)
31. The Shimmie Shake (2008, from You Make Me Feel Like Dancing)
32. Over In The Meadow (2008, from Sing a Song of Wiggles)
33. Wags The Dog Is Chasing His Tail (2009, from The Wiggles Go Bananas!)
34. Monkey Man (Featuring Kylie Minogue) (2009, from The Wiggles Go Bananas!)

2013 version

1. Hot Potato (1998) from Yummy Yummy
2. Can You (Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist?) (1997) from The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack
3. Do the Propeller! (2013) from Taking Off!
4. Monkey Man (2009) from The Wiggles Go Bananas!
5. Rock-a-Bye Your Bear (1997) from The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack
6. Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car (1998) from Toot Toot!
7. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (2013) from Pumpkin Face
8. You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (Featuring Leo Sayer) [2008] from You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
9. Wake Up Jeff! (1996) from Wake Up Jeff!
10. Quack Quack (1998) from Toot Toot!
11. Ready, Steady, Wiggle! (2013) from Furry Tales
12. Getting Strong! (2007) from Getting Strong!
13. Wiggle Bay (2002) from Wiggle Bay
14. The Monkey Dance (1998) from Yummy Yummy
15. Everybody, I Have a Question (2013) from Go Santa Go!
16. Get Ready to Wiggle (1998) from Wiggle Time (re-recording)
17. The Shimmie Shake (2008) from You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
18. Go Santa Go (1996) from Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas
19. Dorothy (Would You Like to Dance?) (1997) from The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack
20. Ooey, Ooey, Ooey Allergies! (2013) from Pumpkin Face
21. Ooh It's Captain Feathersword (1997) from The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack
22. Dressing Up (2003) from Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins!
23. Murray Had A Turtle (2007) from Pop Go The Wiggles!
24. Michael Finnegan (2013) from Apples and Bananas
25. Move Your Arms Like Henry (Featuring Paul Hester on Drums) [1998] from Toot Toot!
26. Lights, Camera, Action, Wiggles! (2003) from Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins!
27. I'm Dorothy the Dinosaur! (2007) from Dorothy the Dinosaur
28. Simon Says (2013) from Taking Off!
29. Do the Owl (Featuring Steve Irwin) [2002] from Wiggly Safari
30. Play Your Guitar with Murray (2001) from Hoop-Dee-Doo! It's a Wiggly Party
31. I've Got My Glasses On! (2013) from Taking Off!
32. Hot Poppin' Popcorn! (2009) from Hot Poppin' Popcorn!
33. Rockin' Santa! (2004) from Santa's Rockin'
34. Here Come The Chicken (2006) from Racing to the Rainbow
35. Say the Dance, Do the Dance (2013) from Furry Tales

Video Releases

The video of "Hot Potatoes! The Best Of The Wiggles" was released on DVD in 2010 with the clips of all of the songs from the CD, plus Hot Poppin' Popcorn, and the 1993 clips of Rock-a-Bye Your Bear and Here Comes a Bear. A video was also made based off of the 2013 version of the album.

Bonus DVD

The disc

DVD menu

In the United States, a Target exclusive version of the 2009 album came with a bonus DVD that had clips from Toot Toot! and Wiggledancing! Live in Concert, as well as a storybook and the Wash Your Hands song.

Contents

• Hot Potato (Live song from Wiggledancing! Live in Concert)
• Fruit Salad (Live song from Wiggledancing! Live in Concert)
• Go Captain Feathersword, Ahoy! (song from Toot Toot!)
• Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes (song from Toot Toot!)
• Wash Your Hands (song clip for UNICEF)
• Wags in New York (electronic storybook from Wiggledancing! Live in Concert)

Gallery

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Front cover (US version)

Front cover (UK version)

Back cover (AU 2009 version)

Back cover (US version)

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Back cover (Razor and Tie version)

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Disc

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2013 back cover

Disc

US Disc

Album Booklet

Staff

2009 Version

• The Wiggles are. Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page, Sam Moran
• Music Produced by: Anthony Field
• Musical Arrangements by: Anthony Field and Dominic Lindsay
• String Arrangements by: Dominic Lindsay
• Music Mixed by: Alex Keller
• Voice of Dorothy the Dinosaur: Carolyn Ferrie, Jacqueline Field
• Voice of Wags the Dog and Henry the Octopus: Jeff Fatt
• Special Thanks to: Craig Abercrombie, Don Bartley, Kevin Bennett, Anthony Brane, Chris Brooks, Brett Clarke, Anne-Louise Comeford, Mic Conway, Tony Douglass, Roy Ferrin, Jacqueline Field, John Field, Robin Gist, Tony Henry, Anthony Howe, Phil Judd, Rex Kelleher, Angela Lindsay, Dominic Lindsay, Margaret Lindsay, Maria Lindsay, Chris Lupton, Anthony McKenzie, Roy Mollace, Angela Morrison, Natalie Morrison, Terry Murray, John O'Grady, Steve Pace, Simon Pryce, Mark Punch, Ron Rug, Maria Schattovits, Anita Thomas, Greg Truman, George Tseros
• Special Guest Musicians: James Burton, Paul Hester

2013 Version

• The Wiggles are. Anthony Field, Lachy Gillespie, Simon Pryce and Emma Watkins
• The Wiggles in this release are also Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Sam Moran, Greg Page
• Music Produced by: Anthony Field
• String Arrangements by: Dominic Lindsay

Release Dates

2009 version

• Australia: May 7th 2009
• America (original): September 1st 2009
• America (re-release): October 19th 2010
• United Kingdom: June 7th 2010

2013 version

• Australia: 2013

Trivia

• Hot Poppin' Popcorn wasn't on the 2009 version of the album, but was included in the 2010 video and 2013 album.
• Some of the songs such as Wiggly Party were removed from the 2013 version of the album.
• Both versions show Murray and Jeff's names in the song credits of Rock-a-Bye Your Bear, though they didn't write this song.
• Greg sings Ooh It's Captain Feathersword on both versions of this album.
• Rolf Harris guest stars in Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport, John Fogerty guest stars in Rockin' Santa!, Leo Sayer guest stars in You Make Me Feel Like Dancing, and Jamie Redfern guest stars in Hot Poppin' Popcorn.

The Wiggles Discography Murray, Jeff, Anthony and Greg (1991-2006, 2012) Studio Albums The Wiggles (1991) • Here Comes a Song (1992) • The Adventures Of Captain Feathersword, The Friendly Pirate (1993) • Yummy Yummy (1994) • Big Red Car (1995) • Wake Up Jeff! (1996) • Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas (1996) • The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack (1997) • Toot Toot! (1998) • It's a Wiggly Wiggly World! (2000) • Wiggle Time! (2000) • Yule Be Wiggling (2000) • Hoop-Dee-Doo it's a Wiggly Party (2001) • Wiggly Safari (2002) • Wiggle Bay (2002) • Go To Sleep Jeff! (2003) • Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins! (2003) • Top of the Tots (2003) • Cold Spaghetti Western (2004) • Santa's Rockin'! (2004) • Sailing Around the World (2005) • Here Comes The Big Red Car (2006) • It's Time to Wake Up Jeff! (2006) • Racing to the Rainbow (2006) • Surfer Jeff (2012) Live Albums LIVE Hot Potatoes! (2005) • Celebration! (2012) Karaoke Albums Karaoke Songs 1 (2005) • Karaoke Christmas Songs (2005) • Karaoke Songs 2 (2006) • Karaoke Songs 3 (2006) International Splish Splash Big Red Boat (USA/Canada, 2006) Singles & EPs Eagle Rock! (2003) • Christmas Single (2004) • "Beep! Beep! Buckle Up!" (2012) Murray, Jeff, Anthony and Sam (2007-2011) Studio Albums Getting Strong! (2007) • Pop Go The Wiggles! (2007) • You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (2008) • Sing a Song of Wiggles (2008) • The Wiggles Go Bananas! (2009) • Hot Poppin' Popcorn (2009) • Let's Eat! (2010) • Ukulele Baby! (2011) • It's Always Christmas With You! (2011) Live Albums The Wiggles' Big Birthday! (2011) Singles & EPs "Monkey Man" (2009) • ITunes LIVE (2011) Anthony, Lachy, Simon and Emma (2013-2021) Studio Albums Taking Off! (2013) • Furry Tales (2013) • Pumpkin Face (2013) • Go Santa Go! (2013) • Apples & Bananas (2014) • Wiggle House (2014) • Rock & Roll Preschool (2015) • The Wiggles Meet The Orchestra! (2015) • Wiggle Town! (2016) • Dance Dance! (2016) • Nursery Rhymes (2017) • Duets (2017) • Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas! (2017) • Nursery Rhymes 2 (2018) • Wiggle Pop! (2018) • The Wiggles' Big Ballet Day! (2019) • Party Time! (2019) • Fun and Games (2020) • Choo Choo Trains, Propeller Planes & Toot Toot Chugga Chugga Big Red Car! (2020) • Lullabies with Love (2021) • Halloween Party (2021) Live Albums Let There Be Rock-a-Bye Your Bear (2020) • Wash Your Hands (2020) • How Are You Today Friend? (2020) • Tiny Play Time (2020) • It's a Galloping Day! (2020) • Come & See the Animals! (2020) Digital-Exclusive Albums & EPs Wiggly Barbershop (2020) • Emma's Bowtiful Ballet Studio (2020) • Le James Café (2020) Singles "Power Through the Day" (2013) • "Rise For Alex" (2014) • "NSW Blues Song!" (2017) • "The Toilet Song" (2019) • "Drum Chronology (feat. Kye Smith)" (2019) • "Big4 Wiggly Song" (2019) • "Singing Like A Rock Singer" (2019) • "Handwashing Song" (2019) • "Anthony Ant" (2019) • "Social Distancing" (2020) • "Brush Your Teeth" (2020) • "Little Wiggles Theme Song" (2020) • "Do the Propeller! (feat. Sesame Street)" (2020) • "Digital Party!" (2020) • "Click Go the Shears" (2020) • "The Twins Song - Double Happy" (2020) • "We're All Fruit Salad!" (2021) • "The ABC New Zealand Alphabet Song (feat. Robert Rakete)" (2021) • "Humpty Dumpty Sat On A Wall" (2021) • "The Wellerman" (2021) • "The Before You Go to Bed Song" (2021) • "We're All Fruit Salad! (Korean & English version)" (2021) Album Pre-Release Tracks "The Alphabet Ballet" (2019) • "My Ballet Goat" (2019) • "I Am A Fine Musician" (2019) • "The Ants Go Marching" (2019) • "What's the Time, Mr Wolf?" (2019) • "E-M-M-A Theme Song" (2019) • "Emma's Hello Song" (2019) • "Here Come The Wiggles" (2020) • "Baby Shark" (2020) • "When I'm Painting" (2020) • "Skinnamarink" (2020) • "Trains, Planes and the Big Red Car" (2020) • "Rocket Ship" (2020) • "Emma's Bowmobile, Beep Beep!" (2020) • "Lullabies with Love" (2021) • "Googy, Googy, Baby Dorothy" (2021) • "Halloween Party" (2021) • "Toilet Paper Mummy" (2021) Anthony, Lachy, Tsehay and Simon (2021-present) Studio Albums Super Wiggles (2022) • Ready, Steady, Wiggle! (2023) • The Sound of Halloween (2023) • The Sound of Christmas (2023) Digital-Exclusive Albums & EPs Wiggly Nursery Rhymes (2022) • Apple Music Home Session: The Wiggles (2022) • Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Theme (2023) • The Wiggles Sound System: Rave of Innocence (2024) Singles "Hey Tsehay!" (2021) • "Around the World" (2022) • "Water is My Favourite Drink" (2023) • "The Monkey Dance" (2023) Spinoffs Dorothy the Dinosaur Dorothy the Dinosaur (2007) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Memory Book (2008) • Dorothy the Dinosaur Meets Santa Claus (2009) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Rockin' Christmas (2010) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Travelling Show! (2011) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Beach Party! (2012) Emma!/Lachy! Emma! (2015) • Dial E For Emma! (2016) • Lachy! (2016) • The Emma! & Lachy! Show (2018) • Emma! 2 (2019) Fruit Salad TV Fruit Salad TV (2021) • Fruit Salad TV Christmas (2021) More from The Wiggles The Kingdom Of Paramithi (2009) • ReWiggled: A Tribute to The Wiggles (2011) • Carnival of the Animals (2016) • Och Aye the G'Nu! (2017) • Sweet Dreams: White Noise Sleep Aid for Baby (2021) • Calm & Quiet: Soothing Sounds for Relaxing Baby (2021) • ReWiggled (2022) Singles & EPs "Elephant (triple j Like A Version)" (2021) • "We're All Fruit Salad (triple j Live Recording 2021)" (2021) • ReWiggled (EP) (2021) • "Apple Crumble" (2022) Compilations Christmas Classics (2006) • Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2009) • Hits And Rarities (2012) • Christmas Crackers! (2012) • Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2013) • Hot Potatoes & Cold Spaghetti! (2015) • The Best of The Wiggles on Vinyl (2016) • The Best of The Wiggles (2016) • We're All Fruit Salad!: The Wiggles' Greatest Hits (2021) • Hot Potato! The Best Of The OG Wiggles (2023) • The Best Of The Wiggles (2023) Samplers The Wiggles (1999) • Celebrating The Wiggles' 10th Birthday! (2001) • Compliments of Brach's and The Wiggles (2003) • A Wiggly Music Sampler (2003) • Wiggle Bay (2003) • Milky, Milky, Milky (2003) • Toot Toot! 3 Bonus Songs (2004) • Magical Adventure! A Wiggly Movie: 3 Bonus Songs (2004) • Wake Up Jeff!: 3 Bonus Songs (2004) • Karicare CD Sampler (2005) • Wiggle Into Apple-Healthy Snack Time with Mott's (2005) • Snack Time is Wiggle Time With Mott's (2006) • 4 Song CD (2006) • Omo Colourlock Limited Edition CD Sampler (2006) • Getting Strong! & Dorothy the Dinosaur (2007) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Memory Book (2008) • The Wiggles Summer 2011 Sampler (2011) • The Wiggles Summer 2012 Sampler (2012) Books w/ CDs Sing-a-long CD (2006) • We're All Friends (2007) • Play Piano with... The Wiggles (2007) • A Wiggly Sing-Along Box Set (2012) • Super Singalong Slipcase (2015) • Singalong Slipcase (2018) Other Compilations featuring The Wiggles ABC Kids ABC For Kids: Greatest Hits (1991) • A Menagerie Of Songs All About Animals (1992) • More ABC For Kids Greatest Hits (1992) • Rock 'N' Roll Kids (1992) • ABC For Kids Live (1993) • Lots And Lots Of Great Music For Kids (1994) • Rock Roll Rap! (1994) • Roar Like a Dinosaur (1994) • ABC For Kids Dance Party (1995) • Hottest Hits (2003) • ABC For Kids Hits (2004) • Best of ABC for Kids (2006) • ABC For Kids Favourites (2009) • ABC For Kids Favourites 2 (2010) • The Best Music For Kids (2012) • The Best of ABC for Kids (2013) • ABC for Kids TV Themes (2014) • The Best of ABC for Kids Volume 2 (2014) • ABC For Kids Christmas (2014) • The Best of ABC Kids Volume 3 (2015) • ABC Kids Christmas - Volume 2 (2015) • The Best of ABC Kids Volume 4 (2016) • ABC Kids Christmas Volume 3 (2016) • Sing and Learn (2017) • The Best of ABC Kids Volume 5 (2017) • ABC Kids Christmas Volume 4 (2017) • ABC Kids Let's Play! Holiday Fun with Friends! (2017) • ABC KIDS Listen (2018) • ABC Kids Hits (2018) • Christmas With ABC Kids (2018) • ABC KIDS Favourites (2019) Playhouse Disney Playhouse Disney 2 (2003) • Playhouse Disney: Imagine and Learn With Music (2005) • Disney Music Block Party (2008) Christmas compilations The Spirit of Christmas 1998 (1998) • The Spirit of Christmas 2003 (2003) • So Fresh Songs For Christmas 2005 (2005) • The Spirit Of Christmas 06 (2006) • Carols in the Domain: 25th Anniversary (2007) • So Fresh Songs for Christmas 2008 (2008) • My Christmas Party Album (2009) • My Favourite Christmas Songs (2010) • Greatest Ever! Christmas: The Definitive Collection (2010) • So Fresh Songs for Christmas 2011 (2011) • The Spirit of Christmas 2011 (2011) • My Christmas Album (2012) • So Fresh Songs for Christmas 2012 (2012) • Making Spirits Bright Christmas Charity Collection (2013) • The Spirit of Christmas 2014 (2014) • Making Spirits Bright 2014 Christmas Charity Collection (2014) • Superstar Christmas (2014) • Pop for Tots Christmas (2016) • 101 Christmas Classics (2017) • The Spirit of Christmas 2017 (2017) Other compilations Advance Australia Fair (1997) • Anthem - Celebration of Australia (1997) • The Andrew Denton Breakfast Show Musical Challenge (2000) • Andrew Denton's Musical Challenge 2: Even More Challenged! (2001) • Triple M Musical Challenge 3 – Third Time Lucky! (2002) • Koch Entertainment September 2003 Sampler CD (2003) • Pop Jr 2 - The Beginners Guide To Pop (2006) • Are We There Yet? Songs for a Great Car Ride (2007) • Hey! Hey! - Big Songs For Little People (2007) • Koch Records March 2008 New Release Sampler (2008) • Hits for Kids Pop Party 4 (2008) • Ultimate Pop Jr. (2010) • Artist Karaoke, Vol. 164: The Wiggles (2010) • Greatest Ever! Kids' Favourites (2010) • World of Karaoke, Vol. 93 (2010) • My Favourite Mini Disco Songs (2011) • My Favourite TV Themes (2011) • Karaoke Playbacks, Vol. 207 (2011) • Karaoke Playbacks, Vol. 222 (2011) • All My Favourite Songs (2012) • My Favourite Party Songs (2012) • My Favourite Playtime Songs (2012) • Music From The Home Front (2020)