Big Red Car facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Big Red Car
Studio album by the Wiggles
Released	1995
Studio	Tracking Station Studios and Struggle Street Studios
Genre	Children's music
Length	35:38
Label	ABC, EMI Music Group Australasia
Producer	The Wiggles
the Wiggles chronology
Yummy Yummy (1994) Big Red Car (1995) Wake Up Jeff! (1996)

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.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by (or trad. arr. by) M. Cook, J. Fatt, A. Field, G. Page except spoken or listed below. 

Personnel

Adapted from the album booklet.

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

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 (Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist?)
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 (The Magic Bag) (skit)
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

• Murray Cook
• Jeff Fatt
• Anthony Field
• Greg Page

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 September 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 (Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist?)
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 (Point Your Fingers and Do the Twist?)
3. Wags the Dog
4. Five Little Joeys
5. Di Dicki Do Dum
6. I'm a Cow – animated
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

• 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