List of twist songs

1959

• "[The Twist (Phish song)|Twist (song)|The Twist]" – originally released by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters as a B-side, but going to No. 1 in the US upon being covered by Chubby Checker, who would become the artist most associated with the Twist phenomenon. The song was subsequently covered numerous times, often by Checker himself, including a duet with the Fat Boys in 1988.

1960

• "Kissin' and Twistin'" – Fabian
• "Teen Twist" – Buddy Miller (Doyle Stone)
• "Twistin' The Night Away" – Sam Cooke
• "Twistin' USA" – Danny and the Juniors, released as a b-side by Chubby Checker in 1961.

1961

• "Dear Lady Twist" – Gary "U.S." Bonds
• "Florida Twist" – Bill Haley & His Comets
• "Let's Twist Again" – Chubby Checker
• "Mama Don't Want No Twistin'" – Jo Ann Campbell
• "Oliver Twist"/"Celebrity Twist" – Rod McKuen
• "Peppermint Twist" – Joey Dee and the Starliters, reached No. 1 in the US, subsequently covered by Sweet in 1974.
• "The Peppermint Twist - Danny Peppermint and The Jumping Jacks Reached Billboard #54 in December 1961.
• "Rock-A-Hula Baby "" – Elvis Presley
• "Spanish Twist" – Bill Haley & His Comets; released as a B-side by the Isley Brothers in 1962; also known as "Twist Español" on some international releases.
• "Twist All Night" – Louie Prima
• "Umgowa Twist" – The Ravens
• "Xmas Twist" – The Twistin’ Kings
• "Merry Twist-Mas" - The Marcels
• "Tequila Twist" – The Champs
• "Twist and Shout" – originally recorded by the Top Notes, then covered by the Isley Brothers in 1962 and the Beatles in 1963 ; followed by numerous subsequent cover versions.

Note: These last two are compound sequel songs, with "Tequila Twist" serving not only as a sequel to "The Twist", but also as a sequel to the Champs' 1958 hit "Tequila", and "Twist and Shout" serving as a sequel to both "The Twist" and the Isley Brothers' 1959 hit "Shout".

1962

• "The Alvin Twist" – The Chipmunks
• "Arkansas Twist" – Bobby Lee Trammell
• "The Basie Twist" – Count Basie
• "Big Bo's Twist" – Big Bo and the Arrows
• "Bristol Twistin' Annie" – The Dovells
• "Do You Know How To Twist?" – Hank Ballard and the Midnighters
• "Everybody's Twistin'" – Frank Sinatra
• "Double Twist" – Howie Casey & The Seniors
• "Dry Bones Twist" – The Drivers
• "Hey, Let's Twist" – Joey Dee & the Starliters
• "Jungle Twist" – Camil & Sylvia
• "La Leçon De Twist" – Dalida
• "Let Me Do My Twist" – Jo Ann Campbell with Joey Dee & The Starliters
• "Mama Don't Allow No Twistin' Here" /"Twistin' At The Waldorf" – Don Meehan
• "Mama Don't Allow No Twistin'" – Barbara Dane
• "Mister Twister", "Teach Me How to Twist", and "Kissin' Twist " – Connie Francis
• "Muleskinner Twist" – Ray Kannon & The Corals
• "Oliver Twist" – Rod McKuen
• "Percolator " – Billy Joe & the Checkmates
• "Pop'eye Twist" – The Tornados
• "Raunchy Twist" – The G-Men
• "Santa's Doing The Horizontal Twist" – Kay Martin
• "Sister Twister" – Carl Perkins
• "Slow Twistin'" /"La Paloma Twist" – Chubby Checker
• "Soul Twist" – King Curtis
• "Transylvania Twist" – Bobby (Boris) Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers
• "Twist Enos Twist" – The Page-Boys
• "Twist Fever" – Arch Hall, Jr. & the Archers
• "Twist Lackawanna" – Jr. Walker
• "Twist-Her" – Bill Black's Combo
• "Twist, Twist Senora" – Gary U.S. Bonds
• "Twistin' All Night Long" – Danny and the Juniors with Freddy Cannon
• "Twistin' and Kissin'" – Ronnie & the Hi-Lites
• "Twistin' Postman" – The Marvelettes

  Note: This record also served as a compound sequel, referencing not only "The Twist", but also the Marvellettes' 1961 number-one hit "Please, Mr. Postman"

• "Twistin' Matilda " – Jimmy Soul
• "Twistin' the Night Away" – written and originally released by Sam Cooke, with a charting cover by Rod Stewart and additional covers by the Marvelettes and Divine
• "Twistin' with Linda" – The Isley Brothers
• "Twisting Bells" – Santo and Johnny
• "Twisting in the Jungle" /"Twistology" – Buddy Bow
• "Twisting Time" – King Curtis
• "Twisting with the King" – King Curtis
• "Whole Lotta Twistin' Goin' On" – Jerry Lee Lewis

1963

• "Do the Twist" – The Isley Brothers
• "Home on the Range Twist"/"Spaghetti Twist" – The Fortune Tellers
• "Twist It Up" – Chubby Checker
• "Twist Train " – The Brain Twist
• "The Twister" – Bo Diddley
• "Twisting & Shaking" – J. T. Ratliff
• "Wesoły Twist " – Helena Majdaniec

1964–present

• "Whole Lotta Twistin'" – Professor Longhair 1959–62
• "Ai Ai Twist" – Tan Sri P. Ramlee
• "Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock 'n Roll)" – Elton John
• "Baby, Let's Twist" – The Dictators
• "I Won't Be Twisting This Christmas" – Father Guido Sarducci
• "Twist & Crawl" – The Beat
• “The Twist” - Klaus Nomi
• "Twisting by the Pool" – Dire Straits
• "Twisting" – They Might Be Giants
• "The Wilbury Twist" – The Traveling Wilburys
• "Aneurysm" – Nirvana
• "Ultra Twist" – The Cramps
• "Can You " – The Wiggles
• "Twist" - Korn
• "Bomb the Twist" – The 5.6.7.8's
• "Twist" – Phish
• "The Denial Twist" – The White Stripes
• "Then I Go Twisting" – Erasure

Dance litany songs

• "Do You Love Me" – The Contours. Covered by The Dave Clark Five and many others.
• "Land of a Thousand Dances" – Chris Kenner. Covered by many acts, including most notably by Cannibal & the Headhunters and Wilson Picket.
• "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" – James Brown
• "Do the Strand" – Roxy Music
• "Shake a Tail Feather" – Ray Charles. While listed above as a song that merely references "The Twist", the Charles version that he performed in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers added additional lyrics in which Charles additionally calls for the Twist, the Monkey, the Frug and the Mashed Potato, to be performed by a crowd gathered outside Ray's Music Exchange.