THE BEATLES - TWIST AND SHOUT

TWIST AND SHOUT

THE BEATLES

SONGWRITERS: BERNS BERT & MEDLEY PHIL

COUNTRY: U.K.

ALBUM: PLEASE PLEASE ME

LABEL: EMI’S PARLOPHONE

GENRE: ROCK

YEAR: 1963

This song was written by Phil Medley and Bert Berns and originally recorded by the band The Top Notes in 1960. The covers were made by The Beatles in 1963 and by Brian Poole and the Tremeloes four months later. The interesting fact is that The Beatles and The Tremeloes were both auditioned on the same day by Decca label, but the former were rejected by the label with a note that "guitar groups are on the way out".

John Lennon had a cold on the day of recording, and it took him much effort to finish the day-long session with "Twist And Shout" being the last song to record. He said later, "That song nearly killed me. My voice wasn't the same for a long time after; every time I swallowed, it was like sandpaper."

The Beatles chose this song to open their Shea Stadium performance on the 15th of August 1965. It was the first rock concert held in a stadium.

This song was featured in the film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986). The film "Back to School", released two days later, coincidentally featured this song as well. That let the song re-enter charts reaching number 23 in Billboard Hot 100 that year.

Please Please Me is the debut studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. Produced by George Martin, it was released on EMI's Parlophone label on 22 March 1963 in the United Kingdom, following the success of the band's singles "Please Please Me" and "Love Me Do", which reached number 1 on the NME and Melody Maker charts and number 17 on the UK Singles Chart, respectively. The album topped Record Retailer's LP chart for 30 weeks, an unprecedented achievement for a pop album at that time.

Besides their already released singles, the Beatles recorded the majority of Please Please Me in one long recording session at EMI Studios on 11 February 1963; overdubs were later added by Martin to "Misery" and "Baby It's You" on 20 February. Of the album's 14 songs, eight were written by Lennon–McCartney (originally credited "McCartney–Lennon"). Rolling Stone magazine later cited these original compositions as early evidence of the Beatles' "the idea of the self-contained rock band, writing their own hits and playing their own instruments". In 2012, Please Please Me was voted 39th on Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". It was voted number 622 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums(2000).

Well, shake it up, baby, now (Shake it up, baby)

Twist and shout (Twist and shout)

C'mon c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, baby, now (Come on baby)

Come on and work it on out (Work it on out)

Well, work it on out, honey (Work it on out)

You know you look so good (Look so good)

You know you got me goin' now (Got me goin')

Just like I knew you would (Like I knew you would)

Well, shake it up, baby, now (Shake it up, baby)

Twist and shout (Twist and shout)

C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, baby, now (Come on, baby)

Come on and work it on out (Work it on out)

Well, you twist, you little girl (Twist, little girl)

You know you twist so fine (Twist so fine)

Come on and twist a little closer now (Twist a little closer)

And let me know that you're mine (Let me know you're mine)

Well, shake it up, baby, now (Shake it up, baby)
Twist and shout (Twist and shout)

C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, baby, now (Come on, baby)

Come on and work it on out (Work it on out)

Well, you twist, you little girl (Twist, little girl)

You know you twist so fine (Twist so fine)

Come on and twist a little closer now (Twist a little closer)

And let me know that you're mine (Let me know you're mine)

Well, shake it, shake it, shake it, baby, now (Shake it up baby)

Well, shake it, shake it, shake it, baby, now (Shake it up baby)

Well, shake it, shake it, shake it, baby, now (Shake it up baby).