Let's Twist Again


"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 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.
A reissue of the song, officially a double A-side with "The Twist", reached No. 5 in the UK in December 1975.
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.

Chart performance

Chart Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart11
Belgium Singles Chart1
Dutch Singles Chart3
Ireland Singles Chart11
Norwegian Singles Chart5
Swedish Singles Chart10

Chart Peak
position
French Singles Chart155

Johnny Hallyday version (in French)

The song was covered in French by Johnny Hallyday. His version was released in September 1961 and spent seven weeks in total at No. 1 on the singles sales chart in France. In Wallonia his single spent 40 weeks on the chart, also peaking at No. 1.

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