Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke
[Verse 1]
Let me tell you about a place
Somewhere up a New York way
Where the people are so gay
Twisting the night away
Here they have a lot of fun
Putting trouble on the run
Man, you find the old and young
Twisting the night away
[Chorus]
They're twistin', twistin'
Everybody's feeling great
They're twistin', twistin'
They're twistin' the night away
[Verse 2]
Here's a man in evening clothes
How he got here, I don't know, but
Man, you oughta see him go
Twisting the night away
He's dancing with a chick in slacks
She's moving up and back
Oh, man, there ain't nothing like
Twisting the night away
[Chorus]
They're twistin', twistin'
Everybody's feeling great
They're twistin', twistin'
They're twistin' the night
[Bridge]
Let's twist a while
Lean up
Lean back
Lean up
Lean back
Watusi
Now fly
Now twist
They're twistin' the night away
[Verse 3]
Here's a fella in blue jeans
Dancing with an older queen
Who's dolled up in her diamond rings and
Twisting the night away
Man, you oughta see her go
Twisting to the rock and roll
Here you find the young and old
Twisting the night away
[Chorus]
They're twistin', twistin', man
Everybody's feeling great
They're twistin', twistin'
They're twistin' the night
[Outro]
One more time
Lean up
Lean back
Lean up
Lean back
Watusi
Now fly
Now twist
Twistin’ the Night Away was written by Sam Cooke.
Twistin’ the Night Away was produced by Hugo & Luigi & Luigi Creatore & Hugo Peretti.
I take a segment of life. Like, one night I went to the Peppermint Lounge and just wrote down what was going on around me. Out of it came “Twisting The Night Away.”
— Sam Cooke to Don Paulsen, July 1964