Let's Twist Again
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| Single by Chubby Checker | ||||
| B-side | "Gonna Be Alright" | |||
| Released | June 19, 1961 | |||
| Format | 7", 45rpm | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll | |||
| Label | Parkway Records 824 | |||
| Writer(s) | Kal Mann, Dave Appell | |||
| Chubby Checker singles chronology | ||||
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"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 number two in the UK and number eight on the U.S. Billboard pop chart. It refers to the Twist dance craze and his 1960 and 1961 re-released single "The Twist", a UK and U.S. number-one single.
The song received the 1962 Grammy Award for Best Rock & Roll Recording. Checker also recorded the song in German as "Der Twist Beginnt". The song appears on the soundtrack of 2011 film The Help.[1]
[edit] Chart performance
| Chart (1962) | Peak position |
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| Austrian Singles Chart | 11 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 3 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart | 2 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 10 |
| United Kingdom (Record Retailer)[2] | 2 |
| United Kingdom (NME)[3] | 1 |
| United States Billboard Hot 100 | 8 |
[edit] References
- ^ "The Help (Music From the Motion Picture)". Amazon.com. July 26, 2011. http://www.amazon.com/Help-Music-Motion-Picture/dp/B0055FDMRI. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
- ^ "Artist Chart History Details: Chubby Checker". The Official Charts Company. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/chubby%20checker/. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
- ^ Rees, Dafydd; Lazell, Barry; Osborne, Roger (1995). Forty Years of "NME" Charts (2nd ed.). Pan Macmillan. p. 110. ISBN 0-7522-0829-2.
[edit] External links
- http://www.chubbychecker.com/discography.asp Chubby Checker discography
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