Song Name: Wiggly World
Artist: DEVO
Appears On: Duty Now For The Future
Year: 1977
Years Performed: [1] 1977-1979, 2005-2007
Run Time: 2:42 (album version)
Writing Credits: Bob Mothersbaugh, Gerald V. Casale
Sung By: Mark Mothersbaugh (lead), Bob Mothersbaugh, Gerald V. Casale, Bob Casale (backing)
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Trivia / Info:
- The lyrics include lines from the Devolutionary Oath
- Live performances from 1978 began with a chant of "D-E-V-O!"
- After the lyrics "and I do that," Mark replicates the sound of a "mortar blast" with his synth
- The first Devo song performed in The Men Who Make The Music
- Added into the set for the 2005 tour, though dropped for much of it due to Josh Freese's broken finger
- The main riff after the intro is taken from the bridge of Blondie's "Rifle Range" (bridge starts at 1:57).
Onstage Behavior: Lots of jumping around.
Lyrics: LyricWikia
- They say the fittest shall survive
- Yet the unfit may live
- Let 'em wear gaudy colors or avoid display
- Hey it don't matter, it's all the same
- So I do this and I do that
- So I do this and I do that
- So I do this and I do that
- So I do this and I do that
- It's never straight up and down (Bob2 vox)
- It's never straight up and down (Bob1 vox)
- It's never straight up and down (Jerry vox)
- It's never straight up and down (Mark vox)
- Oh you got a nickel, I got a dime
- I'd like to get to know you, but I haven't got the time
- You gotta walk like a mannequin, roll like a tire
- Act on reaction, dodge the big spud fryer
- So wiggle on the bottom, wiggle on the top
- Wiggle up the middle and laugh a lot
- 'Cause I've been living in a wiggly world
- Wiggly world, a wiggly world
- I got to tell you, I've been living in a wiggly world now
- Wiggly world, a wiggly world
- Well I've been living in a wiggly world
- Wiggly world, a wiggly world
- I got to tell you, I've been living in a wiggly world
- Wiggly world, a wiggly world
- Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
- Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
- Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
- Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
- Yeah I've been living in a wiggly world, wiggly world
- Oh I've been living in a wiggly world, wiggly world
- Well I've been living in a wiggly world, wiggly world
- Well I've been living in a wiggly world, wiggly world
- Well I've been living in a wiggly world, wiggly world
- Well I've been living in a wiggly world now, wiggly world
- Well I've been living in a wiggly world, wiggly world
- Oh, I've been living in a wiggly, wiggly world
Live Video: "Wiggly World" appears on: The Men Who Make The Music YouTube
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