Twisted (Stevie Nicks & Lindsey Buckingham song)

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"Twisted"
Single by Stevie Nicks & Lindsey Buckingham
from the album Twister
Released1996
Genre Rock
Length4:14
Label Reprise Records
Songwriter(s) Stevie Nicks
Producer(s) Lindsey Buckingham
Stevie Nicks singles chronology
"Blue Denim"
(1994)
"Twisted"
(1996)
"Reconsider Me"
(1998)
Lindsey Buckingham singles chronology
"Don't Look Down"
(1993)
"Twisted"
(1996)
"Show You How"
(2006)

"Twisted" is a song by Stevie Nicks & Lindsey Buckingham from the soundtrack of the 1996 film Twister . While writing the song, Nicks asked Buckingham to produce the song and later called Mick Fleetwood to play drums. Nicks and Buckingham share lead vocals on the song. The soundtrack version of the song features Federico Pol on bass. The track was mixed by Dan Marnien and engineered by Ken Allardyce.

Contents

Enchanted version

A 1996 demo of the song with Nicks featured on most of the instruments was released on the box set Enchanted . [1] Nicks released the demo because she felt it was important to give the original.

Nicks said the following about the song in the Enchanted liner notes in 1998: [2]

When I was asked to do a song for the movie 'Twister', I had my friend Rebecca read the script. She then gave me the "Reader's Digest" condensed version so I could decide whether to do it or not. As she explained it to me, I realized that this really was... MY story. It was about people who had extreme jobs... like chasing tornadoes, or being in a rock band. Anyway... I really handcrafted this song for the movie. Unfortunately, if you saw the movie, you missed the song... and you certainly missed my message. So I decided to give you the original demo, recorded March 10, 1996 on a 4-track Tascam by my assistant extraordinaire, Karen Johnston. I was living in a beach house overlooking Sunset Boulevard and the Pacific Coast Highway, and beyond that, always... the ocean. When I decided to put this in the "box set," I called Jesse Valenzuela and he put some "vibe" mandolin on it. I love this song. I hope this time... you will understand it.

24 Karat Gold: Songs From The Vault

Nicks re-recorded "Twisted" for her 2014 album 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault . [3] This version of the song was produced by Dave Stewart, Stevie Nicks, and Waddy Wachtel. [4]

Nicks said the following about the re-recording of the song: "When songs go into movies you might as well dump them out the window as you're driving by because they never get heard".[ citation needed ]

Charts

Chart (1996)Peak
position
Canadian Singles Chart [5] 43
Canadian Adult Contemporary Singles Chart [6] 41

Personnel

Twister Soundtrack version

Enchanted version

24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault version

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