"Twist" is an electronic

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–dance

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 song written by British

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 duo Goldfrapp

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 for their second album

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 Black Cherry (2003). It was produced

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 by Goldfrapp, and received a positive reception from music critics. The song was released as the third single

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 in the winter of 2003 (see 2003 in music

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) and was a minor hit in the United Kingdom

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, charting just outside the top thirty in the UK Singles Chart

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. In the United States

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 the song was a hit on the Billboard Dance Sales chart

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, reaching number eighteen.

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.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Black Cherry". CD1 was available with a limited edition slipcase that could house the two CDs and the DVD.

CD one (CDMUTE311)

1. "Twist" (single mix)
2. "Yes Sir
   Yes Sir, I Can Boogie
   "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" is a 1977 hit single by the Spanish vocal duo Baccara.Written by Frank Dostal and Rolf Soja, and produced by Soja, this typical slice of disco was a major hit across Europe and became the duo's sole number one single in the UK, spending a single week at the top in October 1977...
   
   "
3. "Deer Stop" (live in London)

CD two (LCDMUTE311)

1. "Twist" (Jacques Lu Cont
   Stuart Price
   Stuart Price is a three time Grammy-winning British electronic musician, songwriter, and record producer whose remixing and production skills are in demand by artists including New Order, Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Take That, Missy Elliott, Scissor Sisters, The Killers, Pet Shop Boys, Brandon...
   
   's Conversion Perversion mix)
2. "Forever" (Mountaineers remix)
3. "Twist" (Dimitri Tikovoï remix)

DVD (DVDMUTE311)

1. "Twist" (live in London video combined with interview)¹
2. "Train" (live in London audio)
3. "Strict Machine" (live in London audio)

Download (iMUTE311)

1. "Twist" (Kurtis Mantronik's Twist & Shake mix)

US CD (9230-2)

1. "Twist" (single mix)
2. "Yes Sir"
3. "Deer Stop" (Live at Somerset House 2003)
4. "Twist" (Jacques Lu Cont's Conversion Perversion mix)
5. "Twist" (Dimitri Tikovoï remix)
6. "Twist" (live in London 2003 video)