This week’s song of the week is “Twist And Shout” by the iconic band The Beatles.
Fun Facts
- The Beatles released this song in 1963.
- This song was originally written by the Top Notes in 1961, but it didn’t hit the top chart until 1962, when it was redone by the Isley Brothers. The Beatles revised this song afterward.
- The original title was “Shake It Up, Baby.”
- Lennon actually never liked the song “Twist And Shout” because he claimed it messed up his voice and hurt his throat.
- The Beatles recorded this song in two takes but kept the first one.
- The Beatles’ original name was Liverpool.
- This song was one of 9 songs The Beatles recorded that day for their Please Please Me album. This was their first United Kingdom recorded album.
- The Beatles performed this song at the world’s first rock concert in a stadium. It was Shea Stadium on August 15th, 1965.
- Lennon was suffering from a bad cold when they recorded this song, which made it worse on his throat.
- This was the first song Bert Berns wrote that was a hit.
- “Twist And Shout” has 177 versions, but only of them hit the top charts three times.
- In 1962 and 1963, this song only hit number 1 in the United States and New Zealand.
- In 2010, “Twist And Shout” made a reappearance on the UK Single Chart.
- “Twist And Shout” only peaked at number 23 on the Billboard’s Hot 100 in1986
- Please Please Me was the first out of 54 albums the Beatles recorded. They also had 63 singles, 22 videos, and 5 live albums.
Lyrics:
Well, shake it up, baby, now
Twist and shout
Come on, come on, come, come on, baby, now
Come on and work it on out
Well, work it on out, honey
You know you look so good
You know you got me goin’ now
Just like I knew you would
Well, shake it up, baby, now
Twist and shout
Come on, come on, come, come on, baby, now
Come on and work it on out
You know you twist, little girl
You know you twist so fine
Come on and twist a little closer now
And let me know that you’re mine, woo
Ah, ah, ah, ah, wow
Baby, now
Twist and shout
Come on, come on, come, come on, baby, now
Come on and work it on out
You know you twist, little girl
You know you twist so fine
Come on and twist a little closer now
And let me know that you’re mine
Well, shake it, shake it, shake it, baby, now
Well, shake it, shake it, shake it, baby, now
Well, shake it, shake it, shake it, baby, now
Ah, ah, ah, ah
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