"Wiggle It" is a song performed by Australian singer-songwriter, Ricki-Lee Coulter

Ricki-Lee Coulter

Ricki-Lee Coulter is an Australian recording artist and television and radio presenter. In 2004, Coulter was placed seventh place on the second season of Australian Idol...

. The single features Australian rapper, Samir. It was co-written by Coulter, George Morel, Rafael Vargas and Israel Cruz, who also produced the song. Released both physically and digitally on 13 September 2008 "Wiggle It" serves as the lead single

Lead single

A lead single is usually the first single released by a musician or a band before the release of its home album.During the era of the grammophone record, all music arrived in the marketplace as what is now termed a single, one potential hit song backed by an additional song of generally less...

 from Coulter's compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

, Ricki-Lee: The Singles

Ricki-Lee: The Singles

Ricki-Lee: The Singles is a two disc compilation album by Australian singer-songwriter, Ricki-Lee Coulter. Disc one features the singles released from the singer's previous two albums in both their original and remixed forms and also two new songs, the lead single "Wiggle It" which features...

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Background

Coulter co-wrote "Wiggle It" with Israel Cruz in 2006. She explained, "I was disappointed when "Wiggle It" didn’t work on my last album, so I’m beyond THRILLED to be finally getting this single out to my fans." The song features a chorus sample from the 1990s hit "Wiggle It" by American hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 duo, 2 in a Room

2 In A Room

2 In A Room was a Dominican hip hop, freestyle music and hip house duo, from Washington Heights, New York, which includes rapper Rafael "Dose" Vargas and producer/remixer Roger "Rog Nice" Pauletta. They are best known for their 1990 hit single "Wiggle It"...

. It was serviced to Australian radio stations on 4 August 2008.

Music video

The music video for "Wiggle It" was shot at the Valve Nightclub in Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

. It is a parody of the typical club video, with
Coulter looking for someone to spend her night with and coming up only with a number of characters who are all wrong for her. The video features a cameo appearance by 2006 Big Brother contestant David Graham who is seen wearing skin-tight gold pants. It premiered on Video Hits

Video Hits (Australian TV series)

Video Hits was an Australian music video program that first aired on 15 February 1987. From 7 May 2011 it broadcasted on Network Ten for two hours each Saturday and Sunday morning: 10am – 12pm on Saturdays and 8am – 10am on Sundays. Video Hits was the world's second longest running music show...

on 30 August 2008.

Track listing

1. "Wiggle It" (Radio edit) - 2:56
2. "Wiggle It" (Karaoke mix) - 2:40
3. "Wiggle It" (Acapella) - 5:43
4. "Wiggle It" (Instrumental) - 2:54
5. "U Wanna Little Of This" (UK Radio Edit) - 2:45
6. "Wiggle It" (Cabin Crew Remix) - 6:21

Charts

"Wiggle It" debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart

ARIA Charts

The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...

 at number eleven, becoming Coulter's seventh top-ten single in Australia. It ranked at #36 on the ARIA End Of Year top 50 Australian artists singles of 2008.

Chart (2008)	Peak position
ARIA Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	11

ARIA End Of Year Charts

Chart (2008)	Rank position
Top 50 Australian Artists Singles	#36

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
Australia	13 September 2008	CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	Shock records Shock Records Shock Records is Australia's largest independent record label. It helps distribute records from overseas records labels such as Epitaph Records, and also for small record labels designed specifically for that band such as Cement Records...