Editing Twist and Shout (section)

==The Beatles version==
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{{Infobox song
| name       = Twist and Shout
| image      = Twist and Shout by The Beatles Side-A US vinyl.png
| alt        =
| caption    = US single of the Beatles recording
| type       = single
| artist     = [[the Beatles]]
| B-side     = [[There's a Place]]
| released   = 
*{{Start date|1963|03|22}} (UK ''[[Please Please Me]]'' album)
*March 2, 1964 (US single)
| recorded   = February 11, 1963
| album      = [[Please Please Me]]
| studio     = [[EMI Studios|EMI]], London
| genre      = [[Rock and roll]] 
| length     = 2:32
| label      = 
*[[Parlophone]] (UK)
*[[Tollie Records|Tollie]] (US)
| writer     = 
*[[Phil Medley]] 
*[[Bert Berns|Bert Russell]]
| producer   = [[George Martin]]
| chronology = [[The Beatles]] US
| prev_title = [[My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean#Tony Sheridan and the Beatles|My Bonnie]]
| prev_year  = 1964
| title = Twist and Shout
| year = 1964
| next_title = [[Can't Buy Me Love]]
| next_year  = 1964
}}
[[The Beatles]]' rendition of "Twist and Shout" was released on their first UK album ''[[Please Please Me]]'' in 1963, inspired by the Isley Brothers' version.<ref name=":1" /> [[John Lennon]] provided the lead vocals and initially felt ashamed of his performance in the song "because I could sing better than that, but now it doesn't bother me. You can hear that I'm just a frantic guy doing his best." A second take was attempted, but Lennon had nothing left due to a [[hoarse voice]], and it was abandoned.<ref name="MacDonald">{{cite book |first=Ian |last=MacDonald |title=Revolution in the Head}}</ref> At the end of the song, Lennon can be heard coughing. The Beatles' version of "Twist and Shout" has been called "the most famous single take in [[Rock music|rock]] history."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/please-please-me-mw0000649873|title=Please Please Me - The Beatles |publisher=AllMusic}}</ref> [[Mark Lewisohn]] called it "arguably the most stunning [[rock and roll]] vocal and instrumental performance of all time."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lewisohn |first1=Mark |title=The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions |date=1988 |publisher=EMI |location=London |page=26}}</ref>

The song was released as a single in the US on March 2, 1964, with "[[There's a Place]]" as its B-side. It was released by Chicago-based [[Vee-Jay Records]] on the [[Tollie Records|Tollie]] label and reached {{abbr|No.|Number}} 2 on [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']]'s singles chart on April 4, during the week that the top five places on the chart were all Beatles singles.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Miles |first=Barry |title=The Beatles Diary Volume 1: The Beatles Years |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |year=2001 |isbn=0-7119-8308-9 |pages=136 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Miles |first=Barry |title=The Beatles Diary Volume 1: The Beatles Years |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |year=2001 |isbn=0-7119-8308-9 |pages=139 |language=en}}</ref> It was the only million-selling Beatles single in the U.S. that was a cover song, and the only Beatles cover single to reach the top 10 on a national record chart.<ref>Wallgren, Mark (1982). ''The Beatles on Record,'' pp. 291&ndash;293. ISBN 0-671-45682-2.</ref> The song failed to hit No. 1 because the group's own follow-up single "[[Can't Buy Me Love]]" held the spot.<ref name=":2" /> ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' rated the song No. 1 that same week.<ref>Cash Box, April 4, 1964, p. 4</ref>

In the UK, "Twist and Shout" was released by [[Parlophone]] on an [[Twist and Shout (EP)|eponymous EP]] with  "[[Do You Want to Know a Secret]]", "[[A Taste of Honey (song)|A Taste of Honey]]", and "There's a Place" from the ''Please Please Me'' (1963) album. Both the EP and album reached No. 1. In Canada, it became the title track to the [[Twist and Shout (album)|second album of Beatles material]] to be issued by [[Capitol Records]] of Canada on February 3, 1964.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Capitol 6000 website - The Beatles' First Stereo LP |url=http://www.capitol6000.com/stereo.html |access-date=2022-09-21 |website=www.capitol6000.com}}</ref>

The song was used as the Beatles' closing number on ''[[Tonight at the London Palladium|Sunday Night at the London Palladium]]'' in October 1963 and at ''[[Royal Variety Performance|The Royal Variety Show]]'' in November 1963; the ''Royal Variety'' performance was included on the ''[[Anthology 1]]'' compilation album in 1995. The Beatles performed the song on their ''[[Ed Sullivan Show]]'' appearance in February 1964, and they continued to play it live until the end of their 1965 American tour. Additionally, they recorded "Twist and Shout" on nine occasions for [[BBC]] television and radio broadcasts, the earliest of which was for the ''Talent Spot'' radio show on November 27, 1962.

In 1986, Ferris Bueller ([[Matthew Broderick]]) [[Lip sync|lip-synced]] to the Beatles' version of the song in the film ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]''. Coincidentally, the [[Rodney Dangerfield]] film ''[[Back to School]]'' (released two days after ''Ferris'') also featured the song, this one sung by Dangerfield himself in character as Thornton Mellon and patterned after the Beatles' arrangement. The use in the two films helped propel the single up the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, where it peaked at No. 23 at the issue date September 27, 1986, giving the group their second chart single of the 1980s (the other being "[[The Beatles' Movie Medley]]" in 1982).<ref>{{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |title=The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits |publisher=Billboard Books |location=New York |year=1992}}</ref>

In 2008, The Beatles' version was voted second best cover song in a poll by ''[[Total Guitar]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=TG's Best Covers EVER! |url=https://www.musicradar.com/totalguitar/tgs-best-covers-ever-247854 |website=Music Radar |access-date=29 April 2025}}</ref>

In November 2010, 47 years after its recording, the Beatles' version of "Twist and Shout" made a debut on the [[UK singles chart]]. One of a number of Beatles tracks re-entering the chart in the aftermath of their new availability on [[iTunes]], it peaked at No. 48.

===Personnel=== 
Credits by Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon{{sfn|Guesdon|Margotin|2013|pp=24–56}} 
* [[John Lennon]] &ndash; lead vocals, [[Gibson J-160E|acoustic guitar]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=MacDonald |first=Ian |url=http://archive.org/details/revolutioninhead0000macd |title=Revolution in the head : the Beatles' records and the sixties |date=1994 |publisher=New York : H. Holt |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-8050-2780-8}}</ref>
* [[Paul McCartney]] &ndash; backing vocals, bass 
* [[George Harrison]] &ndash; backing vocals, electric guitar
* [[Ringo Starr]] &ndash; drums

===Charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!Chart (1963–1964)
!Peak<br />position
|-
!scope="row"|Argentina ([[CAPIF]])<ref name="google">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9A8EAAAAMBAJ |title=Billboard |date=1993-06-12 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9A8EAAAAMBAJ/page/n29 30] |issn=0006-2510 |accessdate=2016-11-27}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
!scope="row"|Australian [[Kent Music Report]]<ref name=kmr>{{cite book | title=Australian Chart Book (1940–1969) | author=Kent, David | publisher=Australian Chart Book | location=Turramurra | year=2005 | isbn=0-646-44439-5}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|5
|-
!scope="row"|Belgium ([[Ultratop 50 (Wallonia)|Ultratop 50]] Wallonia)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Beatles – Twist and Shout |url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/52b8/The-Beatles-Twist-And-Shout |website=Ultratop.be}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|38
|-
!scope="row"|Canada [[CHUM Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chumtribute.com/64-04-13-chart.jpg| title=CHUM Top 50 - April 13, 1964}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|5
|-
!scope="row"|Denmark ([[DR (broadcaster)|Danmarks Radio]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Beatles - Salgshitlisterne Top 20|url=http://danskehitlister.dk/?artist_id=26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104013806/http://danskehitlister.dk/?artist_id=26|archive-date=2013-11-04|access-date=2022-08-02|website=Danske Hitlister}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" |18
|-
!scope="row"|Finland ([[The Official Finnish Charts|Official Finnish Charts]])<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=August 12, 2015 |title=Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1960: Artistit SAR - SEM |url=http://suomenlistalevyt.blogspot.com/2015/08/bat-bif.html |access-date=March 26, 2022 |website=Sisältää hitin}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
!scope="row"|Italy (''[[Musica e dischi]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=[[Musica e dischi]]|language=it|access-date=May 31, 2022}} Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Titolo" field, search "Twist and shout".</ref>
|align=center|11
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|9|artist=The Beatles|song=Twist and Shout|rowheader=true|access-date=May 16, 2016}}
|-
!scope="row"|New Zealand (''Lever Hit Parade'')<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20lever&qartistid=8#n_view_location |title=Flavour of New Zealand, 23 April 1964 |access-date=August 26, 2018 |archive-date=February 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224210354/http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20lever&qartistid=8#n_view_location |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{single chart|Norway|7|artist=The Beatles|song=Twist and Shout|rowheader=true|access-date=May 16, 2016}}
|-
!scope=row |Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|Promusicae]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos 1959–2012|edition=1st|date=2015|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=978-84-8048-866-2}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|5
|-
!scope="row"|Sweden ([[Kvällstoppen]])<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hallberg|first=Eric|title=Eric Hallberg presenterar Kvällstoppen i P 3: Sveriges radios topplista över veckans 20 mest sålda skivor 10. 7. 1962 - 19. 8. 1975|publisher=Drift Musik|year=1993|pages=130|isbn=9163021404|location=}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
!scope="row"|Sweden (''[[Tio i Topp]]'')<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Hallberg |first1=Eric |title=Eric Hallberg, Ulf Henningsson presenterar Tio i topp med de utslagna på försök: 1961&ndash;1974 |last2=Henningsson |first2=Ulf |publisher=Premium Publishing |year=1998 |isbn=919727125X |location= |pages=53}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|2|artist=The Beatles|rowheader=true|access-date=September 15, 2022}}
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles|''Cash Box'' Top 100]]<ref>{{cite book| first=Frank| last=Hoffmann| year=1983| title=The Cash Box Singles Charts, 1950&ndash;1981| publisher=The Scarecrow Press, Inc| location=Metuchen, NJ & London| pages= 32–34}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
{{single chart|West Germany|10|artist=The Beatles|song=Twist and Shout|songid=21176|rowheader=true|access-date=September 9, 2022|refname=wgermany}}
|}
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!Chart (1986)
!Peak<br />position
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1986-09-27|title=The Hot 100, Week of September 27, 1986|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=September 9, 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|23
|-
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|16|artist=The Beatles|rowheader=true|chartid=0740|access-date= November 10, 2020}}
|}
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!Chart (2010)
!Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|UK|48|date=20102711|rowheader=true|access-date=May 16, 2016|refname="uk3"}}
|}
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (2015)
!Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Sweden Heatseeker ([[Sverigetopplistan]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2015&dspp=53|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 53, 2015|language=sv|publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|access-date=May 2, 2021}}</ref>
| 5
|}

===Certifications===
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Beatles|title=Twist and Shout|award=Platinum|relyear=2022|certyear=2022|type=single|source=radioscope|access-date=January 1, 2025}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Beatles|title=Twist and Shout|award=Platinum|relyear=2010|certyear=2022|type=single|id=7828-1786-1|access-date=April 1, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=The Beatles|title=Twist and Shout|award=Platinum|relyear=1964|certyear=2014|type=single|access-date=May 14, 2016}}
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