Twist and Shout (EP)

Twist and Shout is the first UK extended play by the English rock band the Beatles, released by Parlophone (catalogue number GEP 8882) on 12 July 1963. It was also released in Germany, Spain, New Zealand, Australia and Argentina. All four tracks on the EP were originally released on their debut album Please Please Me. It topped the UK EP chart for twenty-one weeks, becoming so successful that it registered on the singles chart and eventually ranked as the fourth-bestselling "single" of 1963 in Britain.[2]

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Twist and Shout

EP by

the Beatles

Released

12 July 1963

Recorded

11 February 1963, EMI Studios, London

Genre

Merseybeat

Length

8:32

The Beatles UK chronology

Please Please Me
(1963)

Twist and Shout
(1963)

The Beatles' Hits
(1963)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The previous year, an EP entitled Mister Twist [fr] was released in France credited to Tony Sheridan which featured the Beatles (with Pete Best). It contained Cry for a Shadow, their first original composition ever to be put on a commercially available record.[3]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead singer	Length
1.	"Twist and Shout"	Bert Russell–Phil Medley	John Lennon	2:33
2.	"A Taste of Honey"	Ric Marlow–Bobby Scott	Paul McCartney	2:05
Total length:				4:38

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead singer	Length
1.	"Do You Want to Know a Secret"	John Lennon–Paul McCartney	George Harrison	2:00
2.	"There's a Place"	John Lennon–Paul McCartney	John Lennon and Paul McCartney	1:53
Total length:				3:53

UK EP sales chart performance

Entry Date : 20 July 1963^{[citation needed]}
Highest Position : 1 (for 21 weeks)^{[citation needed]}
Weeks in Chart : 64 Weeks^{[citation needed]}

Twist and Shout (EP)

Track listing

UK EP sales chart performance

See also

References