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Wilbury Twist
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Wilbury Twist
| cover = Wilbury twist single.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Traveling Wilburys
| album =
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3
| B-side = "New Blue Moon" (instrumental), "Cool Dry Place"
| released = March 25, 1991
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Rock and roll, rockabilly
| length = 2:56
| label = Wilbury Records, Warner Bros.
| writer = George Harrison
Jeff Lynne
Bob Dylan
Tom Petty
| producer = Spike Wilbury, Clayton Wilbury
| prev_title = She's My Baby
| prev_year = 1990
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc =
}}
"'Wilbury Twist'" is a song by the BritishAmerican supergroup the Traveling Wilburys and is the final track on their 1990 album 'Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3'. The song was also released in March 1991 as the second single from that album.
Music video
The original music video featured cameos from many contemporary celebrities including Jimmy Nail, Woody Harrelson, Whoopi Goldberg, Fred Savage, Ben Savage, Kala Savage, Thomas Guzman-Sanchez of Rhythm Tribe, Milli Vanilli, Cheech Marin, John Candy and Eric Idle. The band and special cameos were shot at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles. The DVD video in the 2007 box set 'The Traveling Wilburys Collection' retains only a few introductory shots of John Candy and Eric Idle, otherwise simply showing the band members performing the song.
Track listings
* 7" W0018W / 054391933973
# "Wilbury Twist"
# "New Blue Moon" (instrumental)
* CD W0018CD / 093624004424, 12" W0018T / 093624004400
# "Wilbury Twist"
# "New Blue Moon" (instrumental)
# "Cool Dry Place"
Charts
References
Category:1991 singles
Category:Traveling Wilburys songs
Category:Song recordings produced by George Harrison
Category:Song recordings produced by Jeff Lynne
Category:Songs written by Bob Dylan
Category:Songs written by George Harrison
Category:Songs written by Jeff Lynne
Category:Songs written by Tom Petty
Category:1990 songs
Category:Warner Records singles
Category:Songs about dancing
Category:Twist (dance)
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