Do the Twist (Connie Francis album) title "Dance Party". The album's opening track, "Mr. Twister" (not to be confused with the Chubby Checker song of the same name), was released in several territories outside the U. S. as a 45 rpm single. Francis herself recorded the song also in Italian, French, Japanese and Spanish. It is also one of only two songs Francis ever recorded in Swedish. "Kiss 'n' Twist (Kissin' Twist)", with a tune based on the traditional Italian dance Tarantella and lyrics provided by Mike Canosa and Danny Stradella, was also released as a 45 rpm single in several territories. Additionally, Francis recorded a
Twist of Shadows the music and the words [him]self since the beginning of Clan of Xymox in 1984". Pieter Nooten, who last contributed to Xymox in 1991, said in 2010 that the members of the band collaborated in songwriting from the start, with Moorings contributing guitar, keyboards and lyrics; Nooten specifically claimed credit for composing "Twist"'s "Clementina". Also in 2010, Bert Barten claimed to have shared authorship for songs on "Twist of Shadows", asserting, "It was always a big grey area who wrote what and who inspired who. All the members even the manager at that time used to fight a lot about