Wombling Songs

Wombling Songs is the first album released by the Wombles. "The Wombling Song" was released as a single. The album was written, arranged and performed by Mike Batt, with vocals credited to "the younger Wombles, assisted by Mike Batt".

Wombling Songs
Studio album by
the Wombles
ReleasedNovember 1973
Recorded1973
StudioCBS Studios, Wessex Studios
GenreChildren's music
Length35:29
LabelCBS
ProducerMike Batt
The Wombles chronology
Wombling Songs
(1973)		 Remember You're a Womble
(1974)
Singles from Wombling Songs
  1. "The Wombling Song"
    Released: October 1973

According to Batt, the album was really just character songs and background music for the television series."[1] However, the album spent 17 weeks in the UK album charts, peaking at number 19 on 2 March 1974.[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mike Batt.

  1. "The Wombling Song (Television Version)" - 1:40
  2. "Wombles Everywhere" (3:20)
  3. "Exercise Is Good for You (Laziness Is Not)" - 2:30
  4. "The Wombles' Warning" - 3:25
  5. "Tobermory" - 3:35
  6. "Dreaming in the Sun (Orinoco's Song)" - 4:10
  7. "Madame Cholet" - 3:48
  8. "Great Uncle Bulgaria's March" - 3:28
  9. "Wellington Womble" - 3:50
  10. "Bungo's Birthday" - 2:30
  11. "Wombling Along (Link Piece)" - 0:48
  12. "The Wombling Song (Full Version)" - 2:25

References
  1. Kim Cooper; David Smay; Jake Austen (2001). Bubblegum Music Is the Naked Truth. Feral House. p. 159. ISBN 0-922915-69-5.
  2. Neil Warwick; Jon Kutner; Tony Brown (2004). The Complete Book Of The British Charts: Singles and Albums. Omnibus Press. pp. 1203–1204. ISBN 1-84449-058-0.
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