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Twisted (Keith Sweat song)

{{Short description|1996 single by Keith Sweat}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Twisted

| cover = Twisted Keith Sweat cover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Keith Sweat

| album = Keith Sweat

| released = {{start date|1996|6|4}}

| recorded = 1995[http://www.stlamerican.com/articles/2008/10/23/entertainment/living_it/livingit02.txt] {{dead link|date=March 2022}}

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

  • R&B{{cite web |url=https://app.discotech.me/articles/best-keith-sweat-songs-of-all-time-top-tracks |title = Best Keith Sweat Songs of All Time – Top 10 Tracks {{!}} Discotech}}
  • pop{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1434735/keith-sweat-discusses-chart-success/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030175821/http://www.mtv.com/news/1434735/keith-sweat-discusses-chart-success/ |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |title=Keith Sweat Discusses Chart Success - MTV|website=MTV}}
  • soul{{Cite web|url=https://www.wlatalent.com/keith-sweat|title=Keith Sweat|website=latalent.com|access-date=March 29, 2022}}

| length = 4:30

| label = Elektra

| writer =

  • Keith Sweat
  • Eric McCaine
  • Athena Cage
  • Lavonn Battle
  • Tabitha Duncan
  • Marvin Gaye
  • David Ritz
  • Elliott Brown

| producer =

  • Keith Sweat
  • Eric McCaine

| prev_title = Get Up on It

| prev_year = 1994

| next_title = Nobody

| next_year = 1996

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|cP4yAnbtDZE|"Twisted"}}}}

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"Twisted" is a song by American singer Keith Sweat, released as a to radio in May 1996 and as a physical single in June 1996. It was the first song released from his self-titled fifth album. R&B group Kut Klose and remix rapper Pretty Russ are also featured on the song. The radio version of "Twisted" omits Pretty Russ' rap before the final chorus, though some urban stations kept the rap verse. A second mix of the song, referred to as the Flavahood Sexual remix, features a different backbeat sampled from Marvin Gaye's song "Sexual Healing". "Flavahood" also saw significant airplay on radio but was never released on an album.

Commercially, "Twisted" spent three weeks at No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart and peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Sweat's biggest hit. "Twisted" also peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 40/Rhythm-Crossover chart, staying there for 14 consecutive weeks, the most amongst any song except TLC's "No Scrubs", which spent 15 weeks at the top position. Outside the US, "Twisted" topped the New Zealand Singles Chart for six weeks and became a top-20 hit in Australia and the Netherlands. In 2012, VH1 ranked the song at number 35 on their list of the "40 Greatest R&B Songs of the '90s".{{cite web|url=http://www.freeonsmash.com/news/2012/07/05/vh1s-the-40-greatest-rb-songs-of-the-90s/|title=VH1's The 40 Greatest R&B Songs Of The '90s|publisher=FreeOnSmash.com|date=July 5, 2012|access-date=July 9, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814071228/http://www.freeonsmash.com/news/2012/07/05/vh1s-the-40-greatest-rb-songs-of-the-90s/|archive-date=August 14, 2013}}

Track listings

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US CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Twisted|others=Keith Sweat|year=1996|type=US CD single liner notes|publisher=Elektra Records|id=66031-2}}

  1. "Twisted" (album version)
  2. "Twisted" (Flavahood Sexual Remix)
  3. "Twisted" (Sweat Shop Party Remix)
  4. Album excerpts: "Chocolate Girl" / "Funky Dope Lovin'" / "Just a Touch"
  5. "Twisted" (album version instrumental)
  6. "Twisted" (a cappella)

US cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=Twisted|others=Keith Sweat|year=1996|type=US cassette single sleeve|publisher=Elektra Records|id=4-64282}}

:A. "Twisted" (radio version)

:B. Album excerpts: "Chocolate Girl" / "Funky Dope Lovin'" / "Just a Touch"

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UK and Australian CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Twisted|others=Keith Sweat|year=1996|type=UK & Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Elektra Records|id=EKR223CD, 7559-66010-2}}

  1. "Twisted" (radio version with rap) – 4:10
  2. "Twisted" (Flavahood Sexual remix) – 5:03
  3. "Twisted" (Sweat Shop Party remix edit w/o rap) – 4:12
  4. "Twisted" (Flavahood Sexual remix edit w/o rap) – 4:01
  5. "Twisted" (Flavahood Sexual instrumental) – 5:03
  6. "Twisted" (a cappella) – 4:33

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Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!Chart (1996–1997)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|9|artist=Keith Sweat|song=Twisted|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Canada (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/keith-sweat/chart-history/cns/|title=Keith Sweat Chart History (Canadian Digital Songs)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 8, 2019}}

|16

{{single chart|Canadadance|21|chartid=9913|rowheader=true|access-date=September 8, 2019}}
scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40){{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2944287#page/n33/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (24.8. – 30.8. '96)|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=42|date=August 24, 1996|access-date=October 2, 2019}}

|35

{{single chart|Dutch40|14|year=1996|week=35|rowheader=true|access-date=September 8, 2019}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|17|artist=Keith Sweat|song=Twisted|rowheader=true|access-date=September 8, 2019}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Keith Sweat|song=Twisted|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|UK|39|date=19960622|rowheader=true|access-date=September 8, 2019}}
{{single chart|UKdance|6|date=19960622|rowheader=true|access-date=March 14, 2023}}
{{single chart|UKrandb|6|date=19960622|rowheader=true|access-date=September 8, 2019}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|2|artist=Keith Sweat|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Billboarddancesales|5|artist=Keith Sweat|rowheader=true|access-date=August 16, 2021}}
{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|1|artist=Keith Sweat|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|7|artist=Keith Sweat|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Billboardrhythmic|1|artist=Keith Sweat|rowheader=true}}

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=Year-end charts=

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!Chart (1996)

!Position

scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1996|title=Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 1996|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=February 28, 2020}}

|55

scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1996&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1996|publisher=MegaCharts|language=nl|access-date=September 8, 2019}}

|95

scope="row"|New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1996-12-31|title=End of Year Charts 1996|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=September 8, 2019}}

|7

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1996|title=Billboard Top 100 – 1996|access-date=August 27, 2010|archive-date=June 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611194337/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1996|url-status=dead}}

|10

scope="row"|US Hot R&B Singles (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1996/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1996|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 15, 2021}}

|5

scope="row"|US Top 40/Mainstream (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/Billboard-Airplay/1996/BBAM-1996-12-27.pdf|title=Most Played Mainstream Top 40 Songs of 1996|magazine=Billboard|volume=4|issue=53|page=30|date=December 27, 1996|access-date=July 8, 2021}}

|45

scope="row"|US Top 40/Rhythm-Crossover (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/Billboard-Airplay/1996/BBAM-1996-12-27.pdf|title=Most Played Rhythmic Top 40 Songs of 1996|magazine=Billboard|volume=4|issue=53|page=32|date=December 27, 1996|access-date=July 8, 2021}}

|1

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!Chart (1997)

!Position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1997/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 1997|publisher=ARIA|access-date=January 20, 2021}}

|43

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1997|title=Billboard Top 100 – 1997|access-date=August 28, 2010|archive-date=June 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611194337/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1997|url-status=dead}}

|93

=Decade-end charts=

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!Chart (1990–1999)

!Position

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA20|title=1999 The Year in Music: Hot 100 Singles of the '90s|magazine=Billboard|volume=111|issue=52|page=YE-20|date=December 25, 1999|access-date=October 15, 2010}}

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=1997|certyear=1997}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Keith Sweat|title=Twisted|award=Platinum|relyear=1996|id=1996-10-11|source=newchart|access-date=November 20, 2024|certyear=1996}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Keith Sweat|title=Twisted|award=Platinum|relyear=1996|certyear=1996|salesamount=1,600,000|salesref={{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA61|title=Best-Selling Records of 1996|magazine=Billboard|publisher=BPI Communications Inc.|volume=109|number=3|page=61|date=January 18, 1997|issn=0006-2510|access-date=May 7, 2015}}}}

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Release history

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scope="row" rowspan="2"|United States

|May 21, 1996

|Rhythmic contemporary radio

|rowspan="4"|Elektra

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1996/R&R-1996-05-17.pdf|title=Selected New Releases|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1146|page=39|date=May 17, 1996|access-date=August 16, 2021}}

June 4, 1996

|CD

|{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Twisted-Keith-Sweat/dp/B00000DTJW|title=Twisted|publisher=Amazon|access-date=August 16, 2021}}

scope="row"|United Kingdom

|June 10, 1996

|{{hlist|12-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}}

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-06-08.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=35|date=June 8, 1996|access-date=August 16, 2021}}

scope="row"|United States

|July 16, 1996

|Contemporary hit radio

|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1996/R&R-1996-07-12.pdf|title=Selected New Releases|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1154|page=36|date=July 12, 1996|access-date=August 18, 2021}}

See also

References

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Category:1996 songs

Category:1996 singles

Category:Hip-hop soul songs

Category:Keith Sweat songs

Category:Music videos directed by Paul Hunter (director)

Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand

Category:Songs written by Athena Cage

Category:Songs written by Keith Sweat

Category:Songs written by Marvin Gaye