Twisted (Keith Sweat song)

"Twisted"
Single by Keith Sweat
from the album Keith Sweat
Released June 4, 1996
Format CD single, Cassette single
Recorded 1995[1]
Genre Pop, R&B
Length 4:30
Label Elektra
Writer(s) Keith Sweat, Eric McCaine, Athena Cage, Lavonn Battle, Tabitha Duncan, Marvin Gaye, David Ritz, Elliott Brown
Producer(s) Keith Sweat
Eric McCaine
Keith Sweat singles chronology
"Get Up On It"
(1994)		 '"Twisted"
(1996)		 "Nobody"
(1996)
Keith Sweat track listing
"Twisted"
(1)		 "Funky Dope Lovin'"
(2)
Live track listing
"Nobody"
(13)		 "Twisted"
(14)		 (There You Go) Tellin' Me No
(15)

"Twisted" is a single by Keith Sweat released in 1996. It was the first song off his self-titled third album, Keith Sweat. R&B group Kut Klose and rapper Pretty Russ are also featured on the song. It spent three weeks at number-one on the U.S. R&B chart, and peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his biggest pop hit. "Twisted" peaked at number one on the Rhythmic Top 40, staying there for 14 consecutive weeks, the most amongst any song except TLC's smash "No Scrubs, (which spent 15 weeks at the top position on the Rhythmic Top 40).

The radio version of "Twisted" omitted Pretty Russ' rap before the final chorus, though some urban stations kept the rap verse. A second mix of the song, referred to as "Twisted (Flavahood Sexual Remix)", features a different backbeat sampled from Marvin Gaye's hit song, "Sexual Healing". "Flavahood" also saw significant airplay on radio, but was never released on an album.

On 2012, VH1 ranked the song at #35 on their list of the "40 Greatest R&B Songs of the '90s".[2]

Music video

A music video released for the song features Sweat as a homicide detective pursuing a female suspect who assassinated a police commissioner. The video was directed by Paul Hunter.

Keith is a homicide detective first seen at a royal party but the party is interrupted when an unidentified killer shoots a man of Chinese royalty and steals diamonds from him. The killer escapes and is revealed to be a woman. Keith later arrests the woman but steps out of his car and she escapes.

The woman is now on the run and had made her way to the roof of a building but on her way up the ladder she is stopped and Keith is called to the scene. (The music cuts out) Keith orders them not to shoot, but when he turns his back an unidentified cop shoots the woman. (The music is continued) She is left hanging from the ladder, dead. Keith is left looking on in horror when the cops leave. The music video premiered the week of April 16, 1996.

Charts and certifications

Peak positions

Chart (1996) Peak
Position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 9
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[4] 14
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[5] 1
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) 39
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 2
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles & Tracks 1
U.S. Rhythmic Top 40 1

End-of-year charts

Chart (1996) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 10
Chart (1997) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[7] 93

End-of-decade charts

Chart (1990-1999) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8] 89

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[9] Platinum 70,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[10] Platinum 15,000*
United States (RIAA)[11] Platinum 1,600,000[12]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Cover versions

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.stlamerican.com/articles/2008/10/23/entertainment/living_it/livingit02.txt
  2. ↑ "VH1's The 40 Greatest R&B Songs Of The '90s". FreeOnSmash.com. July 5, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Keith Sweat – Twisted". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  4. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Keith Sweat search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
  5. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Keith Sweat – Twisted". Top 40 Singles.
  6. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1996". Retrieved 2010-08-27.
  7. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1997". Retrieved 2010-08-28.
  8. ↑ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
  9. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association.
  10. ↑ "New Zealand single certifications – Keith Sweat – Twisted". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand.
  11. ↑ "American single certifications – Sweat, Keith – Twisted". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
  12. ↑ "Best-Selling Records of 1996". Billboard (BPI Communications Inc.) 109 (3): 61. January 18, 1997. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 7, 2015.

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