Twist and Shout (EP)

Twist and Shout
Twist and Shout
EP by the Beatles
Released	12 July 1963
Recorded	11 February 1963, EMI Studios, London
Genre	Merseybeat
Length	8:32
Label	Parlophone
Producer	George Martin
The Beatles UK chronology

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Allmusic	^[1]

Twist and Shout is the first UK extended play by the English rock band the Beatles, released by Parlophone (catalogue number GEP 8882) on 12 July 1963. It was also released in Germany, Spain, New Zealand, Australia and Argentina. All four tracks on the EP were originally released on their debut album Please Please Me.

The previous year, an EP entitled Mister Twist [fr] was released in France credited to Tony Sheridan which featured the Beatles (with Pete Best). It contained Cry for a Shadow, their first original composition ever to be put on a commercially available record^[2].

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead singer	Length
1.	"Twist and Shout"	Bert Russell–Phil Medley	John Lennon	2:33
2.	"A Taste of Honey"	Ric Marlow–Bobby Scott	Paul McCartney	2:05

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead singer	Length
1.	"Do You Want to Know a Secret"	John Lennon–Paul McCartney	George Harrison	2:00
2.	"There's a Place"	John Lennon–Paul McCartney	John Lennon and Paul McCartney	1:53

UK EP sales chart performance

Entry Date : 20 July 1963^{[citation needed]}
Highest Position : 1 (for 21 weeks)^{[citation needed]}
Weeks in Chart : 64 Weeks^{[citation needed]}

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External links

Murashev.com

[1] Twist and Shout at AllMusic

[2] ttp://wogew.blogspot.com/2016/02/mister-twist-reissued.html

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Track listing

UK EP sales chart performance

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