Twistin' the Night Away
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| “Twistin' the Night Away” | |||||
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| Single by Sam Cooke from the album Twistin' the Night Away |
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| B-side | "You Send Me" "One More Time" (UK) |
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| Released | January 9, 1962 | ||||
| Recorded | December 18, 1961 at RCA Hollywood | ||||
| Genre | R&B | ||||
| Length | 2:42 | ||||
| Label | RCA Victor 0566 (USA) | ||||
| Writer(s) | Sam Cooke | ||||
| Producer | Hugo & Luigi, Engineer: Al Schmitt | ||||
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| “Twisting the Night Away” | |||||
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| Single by Rod Stewart from the album Never a Dull Moment |
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| B-side | "True Blue" / "Lady Day" | ||||
| Released | 1973 | ||||
| Genre | Rock and roll | ||||
| Length | 3:13 | ||||
| Label | Mercury | ||||
| Writer(s) | Sam Cooke | ||||
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"Twistin' the Night Away" is the name of a song written and recorded by Sam Cooke. The song was released as a single in 1962 and became very popular, charting in the top ten of both the Billboard Hot 100 (#9) and Billboard's R&B chart (#1), as well as the UK Singles Chart (#6).
In 1973, Rod Stewart released his version as a single from his album Never a Dull Moment. This version achieved marginal success, peaking at #59 on the Billboard Hot 100. A new version by Stewart was featured in the movie Innerspace. When released as a single in the Summer of 1987, this version hit #80 on the Hot 100.
The Shins titled their third album Wincing the Night Away in an apparent reference to the song.
Cooke's version appeared in the 1978 classic Animal House.
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