“Twist and Shout” is a high-energy rock and roll song best known from the 1963 recording by The Beatles, though it was originally written by Phil Medley and Bert Berns and first released by the Top Notes in 1961. The Isley Brothers’ 1962 version gave the song its signature call-and-response style, but The Beatles’ rendition—recorded famously in a single, throat-shredding take by John Lennon—became the definitive and most iconic. Featured on their debut album Please Please Me, the track captures