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"Twist and Shout" 
Single by The Beatles
from the album Please Please Me B-side "Spanish Twist" Released June 16, 1962 Format 7" single Recorded New York, 1962 Genre Soul/rock Length 2:27 Label Wand 653 Writer(s) Phil Medley and Bert Russell Producer George Martin The Beatles singles chronology "Right Now"
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"Twist and Shout" 
Cover of the "Twist and Shout (EP)" (July 1963)Song by The Beatles Album Please Please Me (UK)
Introducing... The Beatles(USA)
Twist and Shout (UK) Released March 22 1963 (album, UK)
March 2 1964 (album, US) Format vinyl record 7" Recorded Abbey Road: February 11, 1963 Genre Rock and roll Length 2:23 Label Tollie 9001 (US single, 1964)
Capitol 5624 (US-1986) Writer Medley/Russell Producer George Martin Please Please Me track listing - Side one
- Side two
- "Love Me Do"
- "P.S. I Love You"
- "Baby It's You"
- "Do You Want to Know a Secret?"
- "A Taste of Honey"
- "There's a Place"
- "Twist and Shout"
"Twist and Shout" is a song written by Phil Medley and Bert Russell. It was originally recorded by the Top Notes and then covered by The Isley Brothers. It was covered by The Beatles, with John Lennon on the lead vocals, and originally released on their first album Please Please Me. The song was covered by The Mamas & the Papas (in the style of a ballad) in 1967 on their album Deliver. It was also covered by Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. Most recently, Chaka Demus and Pliers(featuring Jack Radics and Taxi Gang) reached #1 on the UK charts with their version in January 1994.
| "Twist and Shout" | |||||
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| Single by The Beatles from the album Please Please Me | |||||
| B-side | "Spanish Twist" | ||||
| Released | June 16, 1962 | ||||
| Format | 7" single | ||||
| Recorded | New York, 1962 | ||||
| Genre | Soul/rock | ||||
| Length | 2:27 | ||||
| Label | Wand 653 | ||||
| Writer(s) | Phil Medley and Bert Russell | ||||
| Producer | George Martin | ||||
| The Beatles singles chronology | |||||
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| "Twist and Shout" | ||
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 Cover of the "Twist and Shout (EP)" (July 1963) | ||
| Song by The Beatles | ||
| Album | Please Please Me (UK) Introducing... The Beatles(USA) Twist and Shout (UK) | |
| Released | March 22 1963 (album, UK) March 2 1964 (album, US) | |
| Format | vinyl record 7" | |
| Recorded | Abbey Road: February 11, 1963 | |
| Genre | Rock and roll | |
| Length | 2:23 | |
| Label | Tollie 9001 (US single, 1964) Capitol 5624 (US-1986) | |
| Writer | Medley/Russell | |
| Producer | George Martin | |
| Please Please Me track listing | ||
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"Twist and Shout" is a song written by Phil Medley and Bert Russell. It was originally recorded by the Top Notes and then covered by The Isley Brothers. It was covered by The Beatles, with John Lennon on the lead vocals, and originally released on their first album Please Please Me. The song was covered by The Mamas & the Papas (in the style of a ballad) in 1967 on their album Deliver. It was also covered by Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. Most recently, Chaka Demus and Pliers(featuring Jack Radics and Taxi Gang) reached #1 on the UK charts with their version in January 1994.
The Beatles
The Beatles released the song on their first UK album, Please Please Me. The recording session for that album was their first album session, and is notable for ten songs having been recorded in a mere 10 hours (the remaining four songs had previously been released as singles). Twist and Shoutwas the last song recorded; producer George Martin knew John Lennon's voice would suffer from the performance, so he left it until last, with only 15 minutes of scheduled recording time remaining for the album.
Lennon was suffering from a cold, and was drinking milk and sucking on cough drops to soothe his throat. His coughing is audible on the album, and the cold's effect on his voice is audible in this recording. Even so, he produced a memorable vocal performance, a raucous, dynamic rocker. He later said his voice was not the same for a long time afterward, and that "every time [he] swallowed, it felt like sandpaper."[2]
Two takes were recorded, and the first take is heard on the album. George Martin said, "I did try a second take ... but John's voice had gone."[3]
The Beatles released the song on their first UK album, Please Please Me. The recording session for that album was their first album session, and is notable for ten songs having been recorded in a mere 10 hours (the remaining four songs had previously been released as singles). Twist and Shoutwas the last song recorded; producer George Martin knew John Lennon's voice would suffer from the performance, so he left it until last, with only 15 minutes of scheduled recording time remaining for the album. Lennon was suffering from a cold, and was drinking milk and sucking on cough drops to soothe his throat. His coughing is audible on the album, and the cold's effect on his voice is audible in this recording. Even so, he produced a memorable vocal performance, a raucous, dynamic rocker. He later said his voice was not the same for a long time afterward, and that "every time [he] swallowed, it felt like sandpaper."[2] Two takes were recorded, and the first take is heard on the album. George Martin said, "I did try a second take ... but John's voice had gone."[3] This is one of the Beatles first songs featuring the group singing "wooo" in harmony, which would become a trademark of the early Beatles and "Beatlemania".
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