
Peak
8
Weeks
23
Score
3,522
Chart Year
1961
"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 No.8 on the U.S. Billboard pop chart (No.3 on Cash Box) in August of that year and subsequently reached No.2 in the UK in the spring of 1962. The song refers to the Twist dance craze and Checker's 1960 single "The Twist", a two-time U.S. No.1 single (in September 1960 and again in January 1962 on re-release). The song received the 1962 Grammy Award for Best Rock & Roll Recording. Checker also recorded the song in German as "Der Twist Beginnt" and in Italian as "Balliamo il Twist". A sample of "Der Twist Beginnt" would later be used by The Residents to begin their 1976 album The Third Reich 'n Roll. The song appears on the soundtrack of the 2011 film The Help.
[Intro]
Come on, everybody
Clap your hands
Aw, you're lookin' good
I'm gonna sing my song
It won't take long
We're gonna do the Twist
And it goes like this
[Verse]
Come on, let's Twist again like we did last summer
Yeah, let's Twist again like we did last year
Do you remember when things were really hummin'?
Yeah, let's Twist again, Twistin' time is here
[Pre-Chorus]
Hee-ah, 'round and 'round and up and down we go again
Oh, baby, make me know you love me so and then
[Chorus]
Twist again like we did last summer
Come on, Twist again like we did last year
Twist, yeow!
[Saxophone Solo}
(Bop! Bop!
Bop! Bop!
Bop! Bop!
Ooh, bop!)
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[Bridge]
Who's that flyin' up there?
Is it a bird? (No!)
Is it a plane? (No!)
Is it the twister? (Yeah!)
Yeah!
[Verse]
Twist again, like we did last summer
Come on, let's Twist again like we did last year
Do you remember when things were really hummin'?
Come on, let's Twist again, Twistin' time is here
[Pre-Chorus]
Hee-ah, 'round and 'round and up and down we go again
Oh, baby, make me know you love me so and then
[Chorus]
Come on, Twist again like we did last summer
Girl, let's Twist again like we did last year
{Outro]
Come on, Twist again
Twistin' time is here (Bop! Bop!)| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jun 19, 1961 | 85 | 41 |
| 2 | Jun 26, 1961 | 62 | 64 |
| 3 | Jul 3, 1961 | 39 | 87 |
| 4 | Jul 10, 1961 | 27 | 99 |
| 5 | Jul 17, 1961 | 15 | 111 |
| 6 | Jul 24, 1961 | 10 | 116 |
| 7 | Jul 31, 1961 | 9 | 117 |
| 8 | Aug 7, 1961 | 8 | 118 |
| 9 | Aug 14, 1961 | 8 | 118 |
| 10 | Aug 21, 1961 | 9 | 117 |
| 11 | Aug 28, 1961 | 16 | 110 |
| 12 | Sep 4, 1961 | 52 | 74 |
| 23 | Nov 20, 1961 | 65 | 61 |
| 24 | Nov 27, 1961 | 40 | 86 |
| 25 | Dec 4, 1961 | 32 | 94 |
| 26 | Dec 11, 1961 | 25 | 101 |
| 27 | Dec 18, 1961 | 22 | 104 |
| 28 | Dec 25, 1961 | 29 | 97 |
| 29 | Jan 1, 1962 | 65 | 61 |
| 30 | Jan 8, 1962 | 37 | 89 |