Twisting by the Pool
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{{Infobox song
| name = Twisting by the Pool
| cover = Twistingbythepool.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Dire Straits
| album = ExtendedancEPlay
| B-side =
- "Two Young Lovers"
- "If I Had You"
| released = {{start date|1983|1|14|df=y}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Rock and roll
| length = 3:32
| label = Vertigo
| writer = Mark Knopfler
| producer = Mark Knopfler
| prev_title = Private Investigations
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = Love over Gold (Live Version)
| next_year = 1984
}}
"Twisting by the Pool" is a song by British rock band Dire Straits that appears on ExtendedancEPlay. It was released as a single in 1983, peaking at No. 1 in New Zealand, No. 14 on the UK Singles Chart and at No. 12 on the US Billboard Rock Top Tracks chart.
Composition
According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Universal Music Publishing Group, the song is set in the time signature of common time, with a tempo of 182 beats per minute. It is composed in the key of A major with Knopfler's vocal range spanning from A2 to E4. The song has a basic sequence of A–D–E as its chord progression.{{cite web|title= Twisting By the Pool By Dire Straits – Digital Guitar Tab |date= 22 November 2010 |publisher= Universal Music Publishing Group |via= Musicnotes.com |access-date= 18 June 2014 |url= http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0088333}}
Critical reception
William Ruhlmann of AllMusic retrospectively praised the song, calling it "the closest thing to exuberant rock & roll this seemingly humorless band had ever attempted."{{cite web|first= William |last= Ruhlmann |title= Dire Straits – Twisting by the Pool |website= AllMusic |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/twisting-by-the-pool-mw0000095442 |access-date= 17 April 2014}}
Live performances
The song was performed live as early as 1979 and is featured on the Live at the Rainbow concert recorded in London, December 1979 and released in 2024 as part of the Dire Straits Live 1978-1992 box set.
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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!Chart (1983) !Peak |
| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|first= David |last= Kent |author-link= David Kent (historian) |year= 1993 |title= Australian Chart Book 1970-1992 |publisher= Australian Chart Book |location= St Ives, N.S.W. |isbn= 0-646-11917-6}}
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| {{single chart|Flanders|6|artist=Dire Straits|song=Twisting By The Pool|access-date=18 June 2014}} |
| {{single chart|Canadatopsingles|18|chartid=6251|access-date=18 June 2014}} |
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista){{cite book|first= Timo |last= Pennanen |year= 2006 |title= Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 |edition= 1st |publisher= Tammi |location= Helsinki |isbn= 978-951-1-21053-5 |language= fi}}
|align="center"|7 |
| France (IFOP){{cite web|title= InfoDisc : Le Détail par Artiste |website= InfoDisc |id= Select "Dire Straits" from the artist drop-down menu |access-date= 14 August 2016 |url= http://www.infodisc.fr/Tubes_Artistes_D.php |language= fr}}
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| {{single chart|Ireland2|13|song=Twisting by the Pool|access-date=18 June 2014}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch40|5|year=1983|week=8|access-date=18 June 2014}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch100|6|artist=Dire Straits|song=Twisting By The Pool|access-date=18 June 2014|refname="NL"}} |
| {{single chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Dire Straits|song=Twisting By The Pool|access-date=18 June 2014}} |
| {{single chart|Norway|6|artist=Dire Straits|song=Twisting By The Pool|access-date=18 June 2014}} |
| {{single chart|Sweden|13|artist=Dire Straits|song=Twisting By The Pool|access-date=18 June 2014}} |
| {{single chart|Switzerland|11|artist=Dire Straits|song=Twisting By The Pool|access-date=18 June 2014}} |
| {{single chart|UK|14|date=19830205|access-date=18 June 2014|refname="UK"}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|artist=Dire Straits|12|refname="Rock"}} |
| {{single chart|West Germany|31|artist=Dire Straits|song=Twisting By The Pool|songid=930|access-date=14 August 2016}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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See also
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Dire Straits}}
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Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand