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The Wiggles' Tame Impala Cover refers to a performance by children's pop band The Wiggles of Tame Impala's song "Elephant" for triple j's "Like A Version" series. The band's performance went viral on social media due to their impressive musical ability and the way they integrated their major hit, "Fruit Salad," into the Tame Impala song.

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On March 4th, 2021, YouTube channel triple j uploaded The Wiggles' performance of Tame Impala's "Elephant." During the cover, The Wiggles incorporated their most popular song "Fruit Salad" into the song. The video gained over 1 million views in four days (shown below).

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After the video was posted online, social media users expressed how they were impressed with The Wiggles' musicianship through a variety of memes. Multiple memes appeared in the Facebook group Sultanaposting,^[1] a private group dedicated to the Australian music scene. For example, user Cody Mallet posted an Always Has Been meme regarding The Wiggles' talent (shown below, left). User Mic Hael made an A Reverent Fuck parody of the performance (shown below, right). The posts in the group were reposted by Junkee.^[2]

On Twitter, popular reactions include a post by @kotalketz,^[3] who wrote, "The wiggles just proved they can do Tama Impala's Elephant but Tama impala could never do Wake up jeff," gaining over 450 retweets and 2,800 likes (shown below, left). User @GrouseGrant^[4] wrote, "The Wiggles covering Tame Impala on Like A Version is the cultural reset we needed," gaining over 50 retweets and 410 likes (shown below, right).

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