Twist And Shout (track) by The Beatles
Year: 1963
From the album Please Please Me (track #14)
Twist And Shout appears on the following album(s) by The Beatles:
- Please Please Me (track #14) (this album) (1963)
- The Beatles Box Set (track #14) (compilation) (1988)
- Rock 'N' Roll Music (track #1) (compilation) (1976)
- The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl (track #1) (1977)
- Anthology 1 (track #37) (compilation) (1995)
- On Air - Live At The BBC Volume 2 (track #31) (2013)
- Swedish Radio Show (track #8) (compilation) (1963)
- The Early Beatles (track #2) (compilation) (1965)
- Introducing... The Beatles (track #12) (1964)
- Twist And Shout (track #13) (1964)
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95/100  | 08/27/2025 09:30 | jtc91 | | 82/100 |
100/100 | 08/05/2025 23:14 | ShenBapiro | | 79/100 |
85/100 | 08/04/2025 20:24 |  BroknsocialShawn | | 85/100 |
90/100 | 07/15/2025 02:46 | Jaygold28 | | 93/100 |
90/100 | 06/08/2025 12:33 | stareaterogni0n | | 74/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 88.2/100, a mean average of 87.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.8.
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John gives it all on this track. Plus the guitars and backgrounds vocals are incredibly tasteful! One of the highlights of the album, no doubt!
Lennon at his best. Love that vocal. One of the great early Beatles' tracks.
The thrilling closer to the Please Please Me album, ‘Twist And Shout’ showcased The Beatles at their primal, glorious, rock ‘n’ roll best. While I understand that this is a cover of a song performed by the Top Notes in 1961 and the Isley Brothers the following year, the Beatles manage to nail this one in every conceivable way and make it their own in a way that very few artists can. What a perfect way to close out an album.
VictorVale 12/16/2018 12:15
Umas das melhores versões de todos os tempos. Os Beatles transformaram essa música em uma música deles.
What a tune! I hear this all the time at uni flat parties, it makes me happy haha. Always love to hear this one
There is no doubt that this is the ultimate version of this classic song. Recorded at the end of the mammoth session to record the final ten tracks for their debut album, please please me, the Beatles, especially John Lennon, give everything they have left to produce an absolutely blinding and definitive version of this track. What a way to end your first album. It's Rocking good stuff.
Great cover.
This might be my favourite of The Beatles' cover songs.
Grzywa 01/30/2016 07:36
An ultimate rocker. Lennon's extreme health condition (sore throat) produced a game-changing performance. You can't seriously think anyone could sing it better. 10/10.
Possibly the best early Beatles recording. John's vocals, which apparently he recorded at the end of a marathon recording session while still experiencing the lingering effects of a cold, just blow me away. That and it was perfect in Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
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