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The Wiggles
Band Sydney Australia Formed 1991
The Wiggles formed in 1991 in Sydney, Australia. The Wiggles has 2 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2021–2023. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Elephant (Like a Version)”, which appears on 1 list and was voted number one once. In total the artist has topped 1 countdown. The station that charted The Wiggles most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2021.
The Wiggles started in Sydney in 1991, when Anthony Field, who'd played in the '80s pop band the Cockroaches with Jeff Fatt, decided to make an album of children's songs built on early childhood education ideas. He roped in Fatt, Murray Cook, Greg Page and Phillip Wilcher; Field, Cook and Page had met while studying to be preschool teachers at Macquarie University. Wilcher left after the first album, and the others toured so successfully they quit teaching to do it full-time.
The formula was bright, bouncy, sing-along pop, dressed up with Dorothy the Dinosaur, Henry the Octopus, Wags the Dog and Captain Feathersword, played by Paul Paddick since 1993, all produced independently from day one. They broke through in America in the early 2000s and have sold 23 million DVDs and 7 million CDs, with the ARIA Hall of Fame taking them in along the way.
The lineup has turned over: Page stepped away in 2006 for health reasons and was replaced by Sam Moran, then came back, before Cook, Fatt and Page retired at the end of 2012 to make way for Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce and Emma Watkins. In 2021 the group grew to eight members. And yes, they can rock: their "Like a Version" take on Tame Impala's "Elephant" carried them a long way from the nursery.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Wiggles on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elephant (Like a Version) | 1 | #1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| 2 | Elephant (originally by Tame Impala) | 1 | #10 | – | – |
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10 | Elephant (originally by Tame Impala) | Triple J Hottest 100 of Like a Version (2023) |
| 2021 | 1 | Elephant (Like a Version) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2021 |
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