Shangri-Las Twist & Shout Lyrics:
[Crowd noise.]
[Girl's voice:] Ok, anytime you're ready.
[Unidentified voice in background does a countdown.]
Well, shake it up, baby,
(Shake it up, baby.)
Twist and Shout. (Twist and Shout.)
Come on, baby, now, (Come on baby.)
Come on and work it on out, now.
(Come on and work it on out.)
Well, work it on out, honey,
(Work it on out.)
Yeah, you look so good,
(You know you look so fine.)
Yeah, you know you got me goin',
(You got me goin'.)
Just like I knew you would.
(Just like I knew you would.)
Well, shake it up, baby, now,
(Shake it up, baby.)
a-Twist and Shout. (Twist and Shout.)
a-Come on, baby, now, (Come on baby.)
Come on and work it on out, now.
(Come on and work it on out.)
Well, listen little boy,
(Listen it little boy.)
You know you Twist so fine,
(You know you Twist so fine.)
Come on and Twist a little closer,
(Come on and Twist a little closer.)
Come on and show me that you're mine.
(Come on and show me me that you're mine.)
[Girl #1:] Ahhhhhhhhhh.
[Girl #2:] Ahhhhhhhhhh.
[Girl #3:] Ahhhhhhhhhh.
[All:] Ahhhhhhhhhh.
[All:] Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!
[Lots of crowd noise.]
Well, shake it up, baby,
(Shake it up, baby.)
Twist and Shout. (Twist and Shout.)
Come on, baby, now, (Come on baby.)
Come on and work it on out, now.
(Come on and work it on out.)
Well, listen little boy,
[ Find more Lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.org/TUYn ](Listen little boy.)
You know you Twist so fine,
(You know you Twist so fine.)
Come on and Twist a little closer,
(Come on and Twist a little closer.)
Come on and show me that you're mine.
(Come on and show me you're mine.)
[Girl #1:] Ahhhhhhhhhh.
[Girl #2:] Ahhhhhhhhhh.
[Girl #3:] Ahhhhhhhhhh.
[All:] Ahhhhhhhhhh.
[All:] Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!
[Lots more rowdy, crowd noise.]
Well, shake it up, baby,
(Shake it up, baby.)
Well, shake it up, baby,
(Shake it up, now.)
Shake it, shake it, baby, now.
(Shake it up baby.)
a-Work it on out, now, baby.
(Work it on out.)
Shake it, shake it, baby.
(Shake it up, baby.)
Shake it, shake it, baby.
(Twist and Shout out.)
Shake it, shake it, whoo!
(Shake it up, baby.)
[Vocal stylings.]
(Twist and Shout.)
[Vocal stylings.]
[TWIST AND SHOUT (Live)]
[Written by: Phil Medley & Bert Russell.]
[Performed by: The Shangri-Las [1] [1a] [2] -1964.]
[Appears on: "Give Him a Great Big Kiss" (B-side: "Twist & Shout" 45
RPM)-1964, The Red Bird Story-1991*, Leader of the Pack-1992 & 2007; The
Shangri-Las Greatest Hits-1996 [3] , The Leaders of the Pack-2005, The
Shangri-Las Remebered-2008, et al. (*Compilation of various artists.)]
[1] Personnel: Identical twins, Mary Anne & Marguerite "Marge" Ganser and
siblings, Mary & Elizabeth "Betty" Weiss
[1a] , formed the original act. Mary
Weiss was the main, lead singer, Betty, however, took lead on "Maybe," and a
number of B-sides and album tracks, Marge Ganser took lead on "I'm Blue" and
Mary Ann Ganser took the lead on "Sophisticated Boom Boom."
[1a] Because Betty was underage, her mother did not allow her to tour until
1966, when she became 18. As a result she often did not appear in photos, and
many fans believed the Shangri-Las were a trio. Few pictures show all 4 of
the girls.
[2] Covered by: The Astronauts, The Beatles, The Blue Things, Booker T. & the
MG's, Chaka Demus & Pliers, The Countdown Singers, The Eliminators, Fleetwood
Mac, Freddie & the Dreamers, The Gentrys, Jimi Hendrix, Hit Crew, The Isley
Brothers, Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers, Elton John, Tom Jones, The Kingsmen,
John Lennon, The Mamas & the Papas, The Mini Beats, Buck Owens & His
Buckaroos, Brian Poole & the Tremeloes, The Rattles, Paul Revere & the
Raiders, Cliff Richard, The Searchers, Del Shannon, Showaddywaddy, The
Spiders, Sugar Beats, Top Notes, Ike & Tina Turner, Bobby Vee, The Who,
Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs, et al.
[3] Transcribed from the track on this album.
Lyrics: Twist & Shout, Shangri-Las [end] 