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Twist and Shout

original song written and composed by Phil Medley and Bert Berns; first recorded and released by The Top Notes in 1961
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q786778
Twist and Shout
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Summary

Twist and Shout is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 0.94% of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,436 views/month, #182 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Phil Medley[3], Bert Berns[4]
  • Genre: rock and roll[5]
  • Performer: The Top Notes[6], The Isley Brothers[7], The Beatles[8], The Who[9]
  • Language of work or name: English[10]
  • Publication date: 1961[11]
  • Lyricist: Bert Berns[12], Phil Medley[13]
  • Title: Twist and Shout[14]
  • Different from: Twist and Shout[15]
  • Form of creative work: song[16]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[17]

  • Genre(s): pop, pop rock, rock, rock and roll[18]

  • Community tags: pop, pop rock, rock, rock and roll, vocal[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 7e2dedbb-5be0-32d4-8985-079d6df1e78b[20]

Why It Matters

Twist and Shout has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

The Beatles The Who

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → The Top Notes, The Isley Brothers, The Beatles +2
    Form of creative work → song
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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