Chubby Checker - The Twist

[bubs45]

for 1 million points who wrote the twist?

[29chanita08]

xvr!

[DigimonMaster2574]

i know this was the 1 origami yoda talked about be cause it said cmon babe lets do the twist

[DigimonMaster2574]

Thumbs up if u came here because of Origami Yoda

[DJbasedjesus]

swagdaddy

[PostThaMost]

ya, i admit that singing and music in general was better back then, but really? the twist? haha. fun song anyway

[indiomechudo]

la mera verga en salsa mr chubby checker

[koffinkat666]

The state of our countries mental capability is stated by the second top comment not having top position.

[jlolove1122]

its very loud wow it was popular

it also looks like i got to pee dance buT its good it good

[nicolasmauser]

13 people never twisted on their life

[mclennonism]

My second favorite Chubby Checker song! (:

[klintvicedormusic]

So this is how they shuffle in the older days. Very Goooood

[rbyrd1000]

I once planned activities for a nursing home. I tried all kinds of music I thought the older people would like. the response was poor. I went home and got my Chubby Checker music and played it. from that day forward we had a rocking little nursing home.

[masmlr88]

im 23 and I played this song as a joke one night at the local bar and young and old got up and did the twist. Now I play it every sat night, Great song let the twist live on forever

[dog8channels]

@masmlr88 Keep it up 23 doubles up fast.I learned the twist at5, 48 years ago, so you go.

[denisjl100]

went to a rock and roll show once and it was suppose to be a all star cavalcade. well asshole jerry lee lewis didn't show up. well they located chubby in pennsylvania or somewhere. he drove a couple of hours and made it to the show. did a great job.

[TheBadbobrob]

This is like shuffling back than.

[LittleSweety]

This song was no.2 in the world charts 50 years ago #chubby #checker

[beatleboy9020001]

chubby was only 19 when he covered and released this song

[JOLENE2008]

i wanna do the twist baby!? 

[rockin1ify]

Hank ballard did better.

[94livingstonest]

@rockin1ify Yeah man!!! I remember Hank Ballard & The Midnighters doing this song way before Chubby Checker covered it! $.25 cent gotcha 5 tunes from the jukebox in them days.If I hadda dime I'd always select Hank Ballards' Twist and "Down the Road" by

The Cadillacs!

[jlolove1122]

@94livingstonest dude how old are u

300

[jorbeseal]

Dancei muito esse twist, que legal.

[S13noGRIP]

not for nothing the dancing is kinda smooth ..got some rythem & swag to it..

[yedmae1]

How bad is his miming lol :D

[Amigo749]

how can anyone dislike this ?

[MrGordie09]

Brings back jr high school memories

[LaMiradaTheatre]

Chubby will be at La Mirada Theatre March 17, 2012! Come celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Twist with the one and only Chubby Checker!

[miradefrente]

this song is an awesome song



[aELVISgirlFOREVER]

where is this music nowadays?

[eyedontknowyou]

@aELVISgirlFOREVER pretty much gone, most artists care more about the money nowadays

[taylorbrenz]

do the twist.

[HayleyBayleylover]

i saw my dad dance to this video and he ended up hurting himself

lol

[CarvelJFru]

chicks were so hot back then...

[85jtacata]

i think i saw my grandpa in this video haha

[mws19700]

I'm starting to think this might not be a legit live performance.

[briwolfe1]

Dick Clark Saturday Night Show clip. Love the old ABC-TV camera and logo.

[LittleSweety]

This song was 50 years ago no.1 in the world charts #chubby #checker

[PureFunk13]

Nope I'm ACTUALLY watching this in 376 BC on my iStone.

[pepitamolinar]

lets all do the twist

[Dickneeds]

The following story is right from the mouth of Little Joe Cook(Peanuts).. He says he wrote the Twist and gave it to Hank Ballard who did the first verson and then it was later covered by Chubby and the rest is history.  Little JHoe didn't make one penny. What a shame.

[picha4242]

thumbs up watching this in 2012!!!

[DinoRidingGangster]

@picha4242 NO I'M WATCHING THIS IN 300 BCE ON MY iStone. FUCK THESE STUPID 2012 COMMENTS FUCK YOU.

[koffinkat666]

@picha4242 O want to kill you, just for being you,

[EddieLoksters]

I wanna walk into the club one of these days and just do the twist.

[anklepantsmagazine]

M. Night Shyamalan's favorite song.

[TheSleepingbuckle]

@anklepantsmagazine I'm actually am sitting here laughing out loud at your comment, thanks :)

[rkmugen]

I keep thinking how cool it would've been if Fats Domino would've done a piano accompaniment to this song simultaneously while Chubby Checker would've done the vocals.

[folkfan216867]

I went to a chubbby checker concert and he had people come on stage and dance, yeah i did the twist with THE chubby checker

[Triumpmanneken]

50 years ago now !

[AlOrsini1955]

Brings back memories..

[lilwill3104]

wish I could dance that good...

[LittleSweety]

This song was 50 years ago no.1 in the world charts #chubby #checker

[NorabelxNightmare]

this music actually never dies because you have fun dancing to it c; 

[InSenseAround]

Why do white people always clap backward? It's so embarrassing.

[MrCheaththebest]

pantheon?

[redchief16]

Ten people can't do the Twist.

[jldkrank]

Chubby Checker??? Boner Examiner?

[SarahMeyers1000]

i love this song:)

[JimColyer]

He looks like a fat eunuch.

[pitufo2107]

i do that dance everyday lol its fun even got my sister and friends to do it everytime we all walk together down the street we stop on the sidewalk and start doin the twistneveryone looks at us like we are weird but we dont care one time we walked by a house with a bunch of drunk mexicans and started doin it on there driveway and they did it too jejejej very funny seein a drunk mexican do that

[9ks9ks]

@pitufo2107

fuck yeh borracho latino

[the1musiclad]

I'm sitting in my chair doing the Twist.

[berlioz458]

j'adore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!

[RickMakesGoodVideos]

The Wiggle------------LMFAO

The Twist----------------Chubby Checker

The twist needs to come back the wiggle is gay.

[MrJnunnally]

@RickMakesGoodVideos i truly agree with that.

[nostalgicBurst]

my great great aunt does this at every family function

[MrLegoYEAH426]

thumbs up if you were reading the strange case of origami yoda and you saw that they looked up the twist on youtube and you wanted to look it up yourself

[bigsexy3125]

Look at him good in the face, and tell me hes not Muhammad Alis twin!

[Soloparamirar1000]

i like fat boys xD

[ReturnOfJackDawson]

Twist dance stlye originated in African American colonial plantations. Slaves would dance like that.

[glorybra]

@ReturnOfJackDawson How do you know? Was your great grandfather a slave?

[ReturnOfJackDawson]

@glorybra  My great great grandfather was.

[H3AVYM3TA1]

if i get 10 thumbs up i wont



[ECHOMARRY]

This was how my dad danced on my elementary school graduation.

good times!

[denisjl100]

@ECHOMARRY you're lucky my dad kicked my ass for listening to this music. we eventually won him over but in the fifties parents didn't like rock and roll

[Snugglypatchvids]

when i go to prom...id kinda wanna do this

[TheAcidIdiotBox]

wasn't this in the Dick van Dyke show?

[Jamesdong01]

The Twist was used in the strange Case of Origami Yoda I didn't think it was a rea; video until I saw it Can't wait to tell my friends. p.s good song by the way. :)

[gisimon]

Seems like half the girls in this video are chewing gum. 

[Alikah1]

@gisimon Yes. This is a video from THE DICK CLARK SHOW, sponsered by Wrigley's Gum!

[glorybra]

@gisimon Yeah, people chewed gum and smoked cigarettes 50 years ago. They also dressed better and had better manners.

[Torca123]

thumbs up if u watching this in 2011 !

[Francy4116]

wow!!

[xFightingBeaver2]

Next dance I go to, I'm gonna put this, Let's Twist Again, La Bamba, and Twist and Shout on the song request sheet. They won't have any, but hopefully it'll make the DJ feel bad for only having shitty music.

[sarabay5]

considering today's time, Chubby Checker isn't chubby. He looks a normal size to me...:P just saying

[rightwingkid92]

I graduated high school in 2010....at prom, my classmates had sex with their clothes on in the middle of the dance floor....my friends and I did the twist, the mashed potatoes, and the jitter bug...Just goes to show that it is still a pretty well liked dance (by people with GOOD taste in music) :D

[jojodot]

we went thru alot of shoes doing the twist - lol . . . . thanks for the post

[Mr2222deuce]

bouncecouncil From the 50s not 60s...

[RBG02005]

You mean to tell me the WHITEST DANCE on the planet was invented by a black guy?

I'm a 24 year old black guy and I just found this out today, LOL!

[debbiedamooseful]

@RBG02005 OMG! Yes, Chubby gave us "white folk" the best dance on the planet. It happened when I was a kid and I didn't know he was "black". I lived in the south when I was little and I thought black people we just tan....I'd moved to Tennessee from New Hampshire. There was more sunshine there.

[RBG02005]

@debbiedamooseful

Lol, that's awesome. I just found it out randomly. The video for the Twist showed up to the right, and I figured why not and clicked it.

The Twist seems fun and simple. Dances nowadays require way too much effort to do them correctly :-)

[debbiedamooseful]

@RBG02005 The Twist is fun (and simple if you're under 50 years old......I'm not, LOL). When I was a kid (back to that again, sorry), I was in Twist contest. I came in second....got beat out by a white midget! His name was Johnny and he was a best friend. When he won my whole class jumped for joy! Try the Twist, it's fun and easy. Then try the Fly (Chubby again). It's even easier. Keep in touch.

[hotrodtrucker88]

sing it big daddy!!!!!!!!

[262milwaukee]

you ought to see my granny at 75! She can really bust a move to this song

[justin20111000]

i wanna get and old car and blast this and see how many people would dance

[355cloudy]

even us old white people loves it

[horrorcatali]

I'd much rather do the twist live then go to a Bieber or Rebecca Black concert..

[emoscreemer12]

the twist needs to come back

[insanealienpunk]

@emoscreemer12 look up lonely boy by the black keys.

[Flexy319]

@emoscreemer12 it never went away!!

[debbiedamooseful]

@emoscreemer12 No kidding.....we could all loose weight!

[debbiedamooseful]

@emoscreemer12 For me it never left..........and I'm 61 years old!

[yourit311]

@emoscreemer12 /watch?v=a_426RiwST8  it is slowly but surely

[wrush2011]

More evidence to prove that white people can't clap... 2 & 4 people, 2 & 4!

[InIJah]

too much fried chicken before the performance. I've made the same mistake. Dude is having a major workout right now

[NAYellowjackets]

think about it.young white kids liking young black music. this is true today as it was when i grew up in the 80's and my parents before me. now with young folks today. music of all kinds sucks today.

[TimIronYuri]

Just one song and the world turned upside down! Hit of all time.

[stin1234321]

we got to dance to this in class

[nirob]

wow watching him right now in volusia county fair!!!!!!

[suntanima]

Thats the devil music

[debbiedamooseful]

@suntanima Why is that? I grew up with Chubby. I almost won a Twist contest...........got beat out by a disabeled friend. I was happy about it then and I still am. The contest proved to him that he fit in with the rest of us. Why do you think devil?

[suntanima]

@debbiedamooseful That's awesome! I was just kidding about it being the devil's music but that's what most of the older generations thought of it.

[denisjl100]

@suntanima give yourself a shake

[MrKrazykev13]

@suntanima hahah (the water boy) right?

[suntanima]

@MrKrazykev13 hahs yea

[crazyromanian1]

This could be the answer to our obesity problem in our country. We need to get out and start doing the Twist again!!!!!

[debbiedamooseful]

@crazyromanian1 Let's Twist Again!

[crazyromanian1]

@debbiedamooseful 9 out of 10 surgeons say that hip replacement surgery among baby boomers was due to the Twist..ha. ha. Those were the days!!!!!

[Nascarrr48]

if i get 10 thumbs up, then i will randomly do this in the middle of a busy street

[fatrob1711]

@Nascarrr48 pics or it didn't happen!!

[Nascarrr48]

@Nascarrr48 Lol..i did it..check my channel for it...lol

[debbiedamooseful]

@Nascarrr48 So did you do it?

[sniperspywalker]

@Nascarrr48 Now u have to do this 7 times :D

[Nascarrr48]

@sniperspywalker lmao

[KernalWilliams]

@Nascarrr48 lol, do a flash mob

[Nascarrr48]

@KernalWilliams lol...thats a good idea...juss needa get bunch people that will do it with me...and i did the dance in the street...check my channel...lol

[SpecialDetermence]

@Nascarrr48 now you need to do it 10 times :D

[MissKaren1958]

@Nascarrr48 I'll do it with you on a New York City street, lmao

[Nascarrr48]

@MissKaren1958 lmaoo

[RKBearPrductions]

@Nascarrr48 if I get 10 thumbs up I will find where this prick lives and roundhouse kid him in the face for trying to get the top comment like a 9 year old kid....

(P.S: Im 14 and don't really want the top comment.. :)

[Nascarrr48]

@RKBearPrductions ur the prick...i actually did it...check my channel...im 15 and i dont talk shit about people....stop trying to make yourself look mature because you just proved you arent

[longboarder964life]

@RKBearPrductions fuk a popsicle

[natetheguitarkid]

what an usual looking fellow. good song

[ben33603]

The Twist in the 60s was one of the most fun times. Everybody was twisting in LA

Every bar was a twist club. How funny.

[gogitta25]

lol my grandmother say this song was played in every night club in the 60's

[johnnychaos91185]

I'm 26 years old and this song is actually a big part of my childhood. lol.Just as much as any Nirvana song. Being a lil kid ridin in the back of mom and dad's car listining to oldies Kool 97.7 radio!

[Drag0n2000]

0:32 me recuerda un baile de World of Warcraft xD

[WWEChampion16]

Even the Beatles got into the craze with "Twist and Shout".

[TheGrimreepa666]

you know im only fourteen and i like this music way better than the crap they put on the radio i mean atleast this style of music has cnaging lyrics, not the same thing OVER AND OVER AGAIN, gotta love the old days!!!!!!!!!!

[nancyspharler1]

lmao! they play this song at my work!(:

[littlepeopleism]

Couldn't believe he was on Dancing With The Stars the other night & was fabulous!

[Josieman543]

@littlepeopleism wait really? i dont watch it.

[bhabooshka]

you all should see his appearance on the opie and anthony show

[johncluxton]

6 people are angry because they can't do the Twist.

[fatimakf]

thumps if chubby checkers performance in dancing with the stars made u watch this <3

[OldTelivisionRocks]

Question: So there is a dick van dyke show titled the twizzle, was this a spoof off of the twist?

[Bremen25]

Good Lord, look at Dick Clark!

[mbm41796]

6 people twisted their leg doing the twist

[MastaSwallows]

why is everyone in the audience white and chubby checker the only black.....

[RejectedManiac]

Doesn't anyone notice that's Dick Clark hosting? I noticed right away!

[WWEChampion16]

They were showing this on the screen when Chubby Checker was performing The Twist on Dancing with the Stars.

[ChillThePenguin]

The music sounds like a radio is playing it.

[debbiedamooseful]

@ChillThePenguin Probably....this is a video from a very old TV show.

[ChillThePenguin]

@debbiedamooseful I know.

[PERUTECHNO]

increible luego quien diria que aparecen los beatles mas rebeldes, duros, esa misma gente no sabian l oque vendria, ahi estaban todos sentaditos todo era orden y con los betales surgio el desorden y todos estaban parados moviendose agitandose

[Jiddy12345]

Happy birthday Chubby!

[abairpatthebear]

God if these guys could see how dancing is now... Bumping and grinding would kill these guys!

[CorrozyUFIAN]

omg =_=

[Delila310]

this was just the beginning

[bouncecouncil]

1:06 Its funny how people of the 60s can clap off beat and still be in unison.