Let's Twist Again
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| Single by Chubby Checker | ||||
| B-side | "Everything's Gonna' Be All Right" | |||
| Released | June 19, 1961 | |||
| Format | 7", 45 rpm | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll | |||
| Length | 2:16 | |||
| Label | Parkway 824 | |||
| Writer(s) | Kal Mann, Dave Appell | |||
| Producer(s) | Kal Mann | |||
| 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 #2 in the UK and #8 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 the 2011 film The Help.[1]
Croatian singer Tatjana Cameron Tajči made a remake of the song in Croatian renaming it as Moj mali je opasan.
Chart performance
| Chart (1961-1962) | Peak position |
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| Belgium Singles Chart[2] | 1 |
| Dutch Singles Chart[3] | 1 |
| French Singles Chart[4] | 18 |
| German Singles Chart[5] | 12 |
| Italian Singles Chart[6] | 3 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart[7] | 2 |
| United Kingdom (Record Retailer)[8] | 2 |
| United Kingdom (NME)[9] | 1 |
| United States Billboard Hot 100[10] | 8 |
| US Hot R&B Singles[10] | 26 |
| Chart (1976) | Peak position |
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| Austrian Singles Chart[11] | 11 |
| Belgium Singles Chart[2] | 1 |
| Dutch Singles Chart[3] | 3 |
| Ireland Singles Chart[12] | 11 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart[7] | 5 |
| Swedish Singles Chart[13] | 10 |
| Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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| French Singles Chart[14] | 155 |
See also
References
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External links
- http://www.chubbychecker.com/discography.asp Chubby Checker discography
- Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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