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"Twist"
Single by Goldfrapp
from the album Black Cherry
B-side	"Yes Sir"
Released	3 November 2003 (2003-11-03)
Length	3:32
Label	Mute
Songwriter(s)	Alison Goldfrapp Will Gregory
Producer(s)	Alison Goldfrapp Will Gregory
Goldfrapp singles chronology
"Strict Machine" (2003) "Twist" (2003) "Black Cherry" (2004)

"Twist" is a song by English electronic music duo Goldfrapp from their second studio album, Black Cherry (2003). It was released on 3 November 2003 as the album's third single. The song received positive reviews from music critics and was a minor success in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 31 on the UK Singles Chart. In the United States, the single reached number 18 on Billboard's Hot Dance Singles Sales chart.

In an interview with New Beats, Alison Goldfrapp described the genesis of the song:

It's a sort of sexual fantasy that I had about a boy who worked at the fairground, who I lusted after. He was in control and I wasn't cause I was sat on the waltzer and he was the one that was spinning it around and—I don't know—it's sort of lust, adolescent, awakening, smells and noise and dirt. That's what "Twist" is about.

Track listings

• CD1

1. "Twist" (Single Mix) – 3:33
2. "Yes Sir" – 3:57
3. "Deer Stop" (Live at Somerset House)* – 4:20

• CD2

1. "Twist" (Jacques Lu Cont's Conversion Perversion Mix) – 6:48
2. "Forever" (Mountaineers Remix) – 3:54
3. "Twist" (Dimitri Tikovoï Remix) – 6:30

• DVD single

1. "Twist" (Live in London – Short film feat. Interview)
2. "Train" (Live in London)* – 5:10
3. "Strict Machine" (Live in London)* – 4:55

• Digital single (2018)

1. "Twist" (Single Mix) – 3:31
2. "Yes Sir" – 3:57
3. "Deer Stop" (Live at Somerset House)* – 4:20
4. "Train" (Live in London)* – 5:10
5. "Strict Machine" (Live at Somerset House)* – 4:55
6. "Twist" (Jacques Lu Cont's Conversion Perversion Mix) – 6:46
7. "Twist" (Jacques Lu Cont's Conversion Perversion Dub) – 6:43
8. "Yes Sir" (Extended Mix) – 8:31
9. "Forever" (Mountaineers Remix) – 3:52
10. "Twist" (Dimitri Tikovoï Remix) – 6:30

• *Recorded at Somerset House, 13 July 2003.

Charts

References

1. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 1 November 2003. p. 29.
2. "Beats & Lust", New Beats, April 2003.
3. Twist (2003, CD1, CD) (UK CD1 inlay). Goldfrapp. Mute Records. 2003. 0724355306722.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
4. Twist (2003, CD2, CD) (UK CD2 inlay). Goldfrapp. Mute Records. 2003. 0724355306920.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
5. Twist (2003, DVD) (UK DVD single inlay). Goldfrapp. Mute Records. 2003. 0724349090798.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
6. "Twist by Goldfrapp on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 20 Jun 2021.
7. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
8. "Goldfrapp: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
9. "Goldfrapp Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved 2 December 2020.

• 2003 singles
• 2003 songs
• Goldfrapp songs
• Mute Records singles
• Songs written by Alison Goldfrapp
• Songs written by Will Gregory