Twins (Philip Bailey and Little Richard song)

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"Twins (Philip Bailey song)"
Philip Bailey & Little Richard- Twins.jpg
Single by Philip Bailey & Little Richard
from the album Twins Soundtrack
Released1988
Genre Rhythm and blues, soul
Label Epic Records
Songwriter(s) Skip Scarborough, Lorrin Bates
Producer(s) Rhett Lawrence

"Twins" is a song by Philip Bailey & Little Richard released as a single in 1988 by Epic Records. [1] The song reached No. 16 on the Dutch Pop Singles chart and No. 36 on the Belgian Pop Singles chart. [2] [3]

Contents

Overview

Twins was produced by Rhett Lawrence and composed by Skip Scarborough with Lorrin Bates. The song also came off the soundtrack to the 1988 feature film Twins . [1]

Accolades

"Twins" was nominated for a Golden Globe in the category of Best Original Song. [4]

Credits

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References

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