About The Song

Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” is a 1960 hit song that became a worldwide dance craze. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart twice, in 1960 and 1962.  The song is a cover of Hank Ballard & The Midnighters’ 1958 R&B song of the same name.

Checker’s version is characterized by its faster tempo and Bo Diddley beat. The song’s popularity was boosted by Checker’s energetic performance of the dance on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand. “The Twist” is considered one of the most influential dance songs of all time. It helped to popularize a new style of social dancing that was simpler and more free-flowing than traditional dances.

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Lyrics

Come on baby
Let’s do the twist
Come on baby
Let’s do the twist
Take me by my little hand
And go like this

Ee-yah twist
Baby, baby twist
Ooh yeah, just like this
Come on little miss and do the twist

My daddy is sleepin’
And mama ain’t around
Yeah, daddy just sleepin’
And mama ain’t around
We’re gonna twisty twisty twisty
Till we tear the house down

Come on and twist
Yeah, baby twist
Oooh yeah, just like this
Come on miss and do the twist
Ee-yah

(‘Round and ’round and ’round and ’round)
(‘Round and ’round and ’round and ’round)

Yeah, you should see my little sis
You should see my my litlle Sis
She really knows how to rock
She knows how to twist

Come on and twist
Yeah, baby twist
Oooh yeah, just like this
Come on little miss and do the twist

(‘Round and ’round and ’round and ’round)
(‘Round and ’round and ’round and ’round)

Yeah, rock on now
Yeah, twist on down
Twist
(‘Round and ’round and ’round)