The Twist (song) The Twist (song) "The Twist" is an American pop song written and originally released in early 1959 (having been recorded on 11/11/1958) by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters as a B-side to "Teardrops on Your Letter". Ballard's version was a moderate 1960 hit, peaking at number 28 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. Chubby Checker's 1960 cover version of the song gave birth to the Twist dance craze. His single became a hit, reaching number 1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 on September 19, 1960, where it stayed for one week, and setting a record as the only song to reach
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