The Twist Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee, Twist Aah, we're back Come on baby, let's do The Twist Come on baby, let's do The Twist Take me by my little hand and go like this The party was packed, I'm talkin' back to back There was a rapper that was rappin' to a beat that was wack They was going through the motions out on the dance floor An' when the rapper was done they wasn't yellin' encore The people were tired of the same old groove They wanted something def, something new and improved Something easy to do but hard to resist I got something for y'all, what do you call it? The Twist! Come on baby, let's do The Twist Chubby Checker and the Fat Boys, we're doin' The Twist Take us by our little hands and go like this We, we, we broke into the booth and the record stacks Came up with The Twist and we were scratchin' the track People started jammin' hard to the funky sound Did The Twist down and up, then up and down Then I heard somebody yell: "Yo Chubby's here" The people took a little pause just to stop and stare He said: "I'll show you people how to Twist with style 'Cause I've been doin' The Twist for a long long while" Oh you should see Prince Markie Dee Check out that Kool Rock is rockin' like me Here comes B-Beat Box, come on, do it Buffy Com' com' com' come on baby Com' com' com' com' come on baby Ooh ooh do do do The Twist Ooh ooh do do do The Twist Come on baby, let's do The Twist Chub and the Fat Boys, we're doin' The Twist Take the world by the hand and do The Twist Chubby took my sister down to the dance floor Did The Twist so def, the crowd yelled for more So I pulled it with my mussle, did my flow with my coil And when Buff did the Limbo we was rockin' the world Come on baby, let's do The Twist Chubby Checker and the Fat Boys, we're doin' The Twist Take the world by the hand and go like this Hey hey, England, do The Twist, Twist And France, do The Twist, Twist Ha ha ha, Holland, do The Twist, Twist And Germany, do The Twist, Twist And all over Europe, do The Twist, Twist, do The Twist, Twist (Ha ha ha ha) come on baby (Twist to the left, Twist to the right) let's do The Twist (Twist up and down, Twist all night) Chubby Checker (come on, come on) and the Fat Boys (Come on, come on, come on, come on) we're doin' The Twist (Come on, come on, come on) take us by our little hands And go like this Oh yeah, and do The Twist Yeah, just like me Ooh yeah, and do The Twist Oh yeah
The Twist Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee, Twist Aah, we're back Come on baby, let's do The Twist Come on baby, let's do The Twist Take me by my little hand and go like this The party was packed, I'm talkin' back to back There was a rapper that was rappin' to a beat that was wack They was going through the motions out on the dance floor An' when the rapper was done they wasn't yellin' encore The people were tired of the same old groove They wanted something def, something new and improved Something easy to do but hard to resist I got something for y'all, what do you call it? The Twist! Come on baby, let's do The Twist Chubby Checker and the Fat Boys, we're doin' The Twist Take us by our little hands and go like this We, we, we broke into the booth and the record stacks Came up with The Twist and we were scratchin' the track People started jammin' hard to the funky sound Did The Twist down and up, then up and down Then I heard somebody yell: "Yo Chubby's here" The people took a little pause just to stop and stare He said: "I'll show you people how to Twist with style 'Cause I've been doin' The Twist for a long long while" Oh you should see Prince Markie Dee Check out that Kool Rock is rockin' like me Here comes B-Beat Box, come on, do it Buffy Com' com' com' come on baby Com' com' com' com' come on baby Ooh ooh do do do The Twist Ooh ooh do do do The Twist Come on baby, let's do The Twist Chub and the Fat Boys, we're doin' The Twist Take the world by the hand and do The Twist Chubby took my sister down to the dance floor Did The Twist so def, the crowd yelled for more So I pulled it with my mussle, did my flow with my coil And when Buff did the Limbo we was rockin' the world Come on baby, let's do The Twist Chubby Checker and the Fat Boys, we're doin' The Twist Take the world by the hand and go like this Hey hey, England, do The Twist, Twist And France, do The Twist, Twist Ha ha ha, Holland, do The Twist, Twist And Germany, do The Twist, Twist And all over Europe, do The Twist, Twist, do The Twist, Twist (Ha ha ha ha) come on baby (Twist to the left, Twist to the right) let's do The Twist (Twist up and down, Twist all night) Chubby Checker (come on, come on) and the Fat Boys (Come on, come on, come on, come on) we're doin' The Twist (Come on, come on, come on) take us by our little hands And go like this Oh yeah, and do The Twist Yeah, just like me Ooh yeah, and do The Twist Oh yeah
O disco foi escrito por Kal Mann e Dave Appell e lançou-se em 1961, alcançando a 8ª posição no Billboard e a 3ª no Cash Box, além de chegar na 2ª posição no Reino Unido em 1962.
Em 1975, a reedição dupla A‑side com “The Twist” atingiu o 5º lugar na parada britânica.
Ganho o Grammy de 1962 na categoria Best Rock & Roll Recording.
Checker gravou versões em alemão (“Der Twist Beginnt”) e italiano (“Balliamo il Twist”), sendo a primeira usada em uma paródia de Adolf Hitler que inspirou o álbum *The Third Reich 'n Roll* dos Residents.
A faixa aparece na trilha sonora do filme *The Help* (2011).
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