Let's Twist Again

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"Let's Twist Again"
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Single by Chubby Checker
from the album Let's Twist Again
B-side"Everything's Gonna' Be All Right"
ReleasedJune 19, 1961
GenreRock and roll
Length2:16
LabelParkway 824n
SongwritersKal Mann, Dave Appell
ProducerKal Mann
Chubby Checker singles chronology
"The Mess Around"
(1961) 		"Let's Twist Again"
(1961) 		"The Fly"
(1961)

"Let's Twist Again" is a song written by Kal Mann and Dave Appell, and released as a single by Chubby Checker. One of the biggest hit singles of 1961, it reached No. 8 on the U.S. Billboard pop chart (No. 3 on Cash Box) in August of that year and subsequently reached No. 2 in the UK in the spring of 1962. The song refers to the Twist dance craze and Checker's 1960 single "The Twist", a two-time U.S. No. 1 single (in September 1960 and again in January 1962 on re-release).

The song received the 1962 Grammy Award for Best Rock & Roll Recording. Checker also recorded the song in German as "Der Twist Beginnt" and in Italian as "Balliamo il Twist". A sample of "Der Twist Beginnt" would later be used by The Residents to begin their 1976 album The Third Reich 'n Roll. The song appears on the soundtrack of the 2011 film The Help. [1]

Chart performance

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Chart (1961–1962) Peak
position
Belgium Singles Chart[2] 1
Canada (CHUM Chart)[3] 2
Dutch Singles Chart[4] 1
French Singles Chart[5] 18
German Singles Chart[6] 12
Norwegian Singles Chart[7] 2
Sweden (Tio i Topp)[8] 1
United Kingdom (Record Retailer)[9] 2
United Kingdom (NME)[10] 1
United States Billboard Hot 100[11] 8
United States Cash Box Top 100[12] 3
US Hot R&B Singles[11] 26
Chart (1976) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[13] 11
Belgium Singles Chart[2] 1
Dutch Singles Chart[4] 3
Ireland Singles Chart[14] 11
Norwegian Singles Chart[7] 5
Swedish Singles Chart[15] 10
Chart (2012) Peak
position
French Singles Chart[16] 155

Johnny Hallyday version (in French)

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"Viens danser le twist"
Single by Johnny Hallyday
from the album Viens danser le Twist
LanguageFrench
English titleCome dance the twist
B-side"Let's Twist Again (English version)"
ReleasedSeptember 25, 1961 (1961-09-25)
RecordedSummer–fall 1961
StudioFontana Studios, London
GenreRock and roll
Length4:12
LabelPhilips
SongwritersKal Mann, Dave Appell, Georges Gosset (French adaption)
ProducersLee Hallyday, Jack Baverstock
Johnny Hallyday singles chronology
"Nous quand on s'embrasse"
(1961) 		"Viens danser le twist"
(1961) 		"Retiens la nuit" / "Ya ya twist"
(1962)

The song was covered in French by Johnny Hallyday. His version (titled "Viens danser le twist", French for Come dance the twist) was released in September 1961 and spent seven weeks in total at No. 1 on the singles sales chart in France (from 13 November to 13 December 1961 and from 13 January to 9 February 1962).[17] In Wallonia (French Belgium) his single spent 40 weeks on the chart, also peaking at No. 1.[18]

Charts

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Chart (1961–1962) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[18] 1
France (singles sales)[17] 1
Chart (2000) Peak
position
France (SNEP)[19] 40

See also

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References

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  19. ^ "Johnny Hallyday – Viens danser le twist" (in French). Le classement de singles.
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