From '' The Bluethings Story Volume Three (1966) Psychedelia!. Label: Cicadelic Records ‎– 973. Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono. Country: US. Released: 1987. Tracklist. A1 The Coney Island Of Your Mind. A2 The Orange Rooftop Of Your Mind. A3 One Hour Cleaners. A4 You Can Live In Our Tree. A5 Twist And Shout (Written-By – Bert Russell, Phil Medley). A6 Caroline. A7 You Took The Fight. B1 It Ain't No Big Thing, Babe. B2 You Can't Say We Never Tried. B3 High Life. B4 Nows The Time. B5 Take Seven. Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar – Val Stoecklein. Lead Guitar, Vocals – Mike Chapman. Drums – Bobby Day. Bass – Richard Scott. Compiled By – Michael Greisman, Val Stoecklein. "Twist and Shout" is a 1961 song written by Phil Medley and Bert Berns (later credited as "Bert Russell"). |--| The song was originally recorded by the Top Notes. |--| It first became a chart hit as a cover single by the Isley Brothers in 1962. |--| The song has since been covered by several artists, including the Beatles on their first album Please Please Me (1963), as well as The Tremeloes in 1962 and The Who in 1970 and 1984. The Isley Brothers. When the Isley Brothers decided to record the song in 1962, Bert Berns/Russell opted to produce, and thus demonstrate to Spector what he had intended to be the "sound" of the record. |--| The resulting recording captured the verve of an Isley Brothers performance, and became the trio's first record to reach a Top 20 position in the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The Beatles version. Released on the Beatles' first UK album, Please Please Me (1963), the complete recording of which on February 11, 1963 was their first album session and is notable for 10 songs recorded in a mere 13 hours. Released as a single in the US on March 2, 1964, with "There's a Place" as its B-side, by Chicago-based Vee-Jay Records on the Tollie label, it reached number 2 on April 4, 1964, during the week that the top five places on the chart were all Beatles singles (in the Cashbox singles chart for the same week, "Twist and Shout" was No. In the UK, "Twist and Shout" was released by Parlophone on an EP with three other tracks, "Do You Want to Know a Secret", "A Taste of Honey", and "There's a Place", from the Please Please Me (1963) album. |--| Both the EP and album reached No. |--| In Canada, it became the title track to the second album of Beatles material to be issued by Capitol Records of Canada, on 3 February 1964. Other cover versions. The Who covered the song live during their career. Brian Poole and the Tremeloe. In 1963, Johnny O'Keefe covered the song, on the B-Side of his Single Twist it Up. It had reached 44 on the Australian Charts at the time. In 1964, The Rivieras covered the song for their debut album, Let's Have A Party. In 1964, Alvin and the Chipmunks covered the song for their album The Chipmunks Sing the Beatles Hits. In 1965, the Shangri-Las covered the song on the B-side to "Give Him a Great Big Kiss", reaching No. 18 in the US charts. In 1966, Buck Owens performed the song on his famous "Carnegie Hall Concert" album. In 1967, the song was also covered by the Mamas & the Papas in the style of a ballad on their album Deliver. In 1968, Cliff Richard covered the song for the film soundtrack Two a Penny. Since 1973 Bruce Springsteen has played it live more than 350 times, usually at the end of his concerts. In 1988, Salt-n-Pepa recorded a cover version on their album A Salt with a Deadly Pepa. It was released as a single in the UK, and reached No. In 1989, Alejandra Guzmán recorded a Spanish-language version of the song called “Twist y gritos” on her album Dame tu amor. In 1993, Chaka Demus & Pliers recorded a reggae version featuring Jack Radics, which went to No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1994. In 1997, in Kidsongs home videos, the kids sang it in the episode "I Can Dance". In 1998, a cover version by Ike & Tina Turner was released on the album Absolutely The Best. In children's television show A Little Curious (1998–2000), Mop and Mr. Shoe sang this song while Mop teaches Mr. String how to do the twist. British pop-rock band McFly performed a cover of the song during a live session for The Sun..