The Wombles (band)

The Wombles
Origin	Wimbledon Common, London, England
Genres	Novelty, bubblegum pop, pop rock
Years active	1973-Present
Labels	CBS Records
Members	Mike Batt Chris Spedding Les Hurdle Clem Cattini Simon Chandler-Honnor Paul Peabody Rex Morris
Past members	Jack Rothstein (deceased) Eddie Mordue (deceased)

The Wombles discography
Studio albums	4
Live albums	1
Compilation albums	10
Music videos	47
Singles	16
Soundtrack albums	1

The Wombles are a British novelty pop group, featuring musicians dressed as the characters from children's TV show The Wombles, which in turn was based on the children's book series by Elisabeth Beresford. Songwriter and record producer, Mike Batt, along with Chris Spedding, wrote the series' theme tune, and went on to perform and write a number of successful albums and singles as 'The Wombles' with other collaborators. British Hit Singles & Albums jokingly referred to them as the "furriest (and possibly the tidiest) act... are natives of Wimbledon Common, London". In 2011, the band played at The Glastonbury Festival.

Filmfair acquired the television rights to The Wombles and commissioned Batt and Spedding to write the theme song. He waived the flat fee for writing a single song, and secured the character rights for musical production to write songs under the name 'The Wombles'. To help him get into character, Batt's mother made him a Womble suit, which he wore for a week prior to writing the first songs.

The band released several albums and singles. All four studio albums went gold and four of the singles reached the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart. The Wombles were the most successful act of 1974, with albums in the UK charts for more weeks than any other act.

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