Twisting by the Pool

"Twisting by the Pool"
Single by Dire Straits
from the album ExtendedancEPlay
B-side
  • "Two Young Lovers"
  • "If I Had You"
Released 1983
Genre Rock and roll
Length 3:28
Label Vertigo
Writer(s) Mark Knopfler
Dire Straits singles chronology
"Private Investigations"
(1982)		 "Twisting by the Pool"
(1983)		 "So Far Away"
(1985)

Twisting by the Pool is a 1983 song by Dire Straits which appears on ExtendedancEPlay. It was released as a single in 1983, peaking at No. 14 on the UK Singles Chart[1] and at No. 12 on the US Billboard Top Tracks chart.[2]

According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Universal Music Publishing Group, the song is set in the time signature of common time, with a tempo of 182 beats per minute. It is composed in the key of A major with Knopfler's vocal range spanning from A3 to E5. The song has a basic sequence of A–D–E as its chord progression.[3]

William Ruhlmann of AllMusic retrospectively praised the song, calling it "the closest thing to exuberant rock & roll this seemingly humorless band had ever attempted."[4]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1983) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6] 6
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[7] 7
Canada (CHUM)[8] 16
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[9] 18
France (IFOP)[10] 29
Germany (Official German Charts)[11] 31
Ireland (IRMA)[12] 13
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[13] 5
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[14] 6
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[15] 1
Norway (VG-lista)[16] 6
Poland (LP3)[17] 8
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[18] 13
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] 11
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[1] 14
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[2] 12

Year-end charts

Chart (1983) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[20] 14
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[21] 66
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[22] 17

Preceded by
"I Don't Wanna Dance" by Eddy Grant		 New Zealand number-one single
20 March 1983 – 17 April 1983 (4 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Let's Dance" by David Bowie

References

  1. 1 2 "Archive Chart: 1983-02-05" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Dire Straits – Chart history" Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs for Dire Straits.
  3. ↑ "Twisting By the Pool By Dire Straits – Digital Guitar Tab". Musicnotes.com. Universal Music Publishing Group. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Dire Straits – Twisting by the Pool". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  5. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Dire Straits – Twisting By The Pool" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "Radio2 top 30: 5 maart 1983" (in Dutch). Top 30. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  8. ↑ CHART NUMBER 1372 – Saturday, April 30, 1983 at the Wayback Machine (archived 29 July 2007). CHUM.
  9. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6251." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  10. ↑ "InfoDisc : Le Détail par Artiste" (in French). InfoDisc. Select "Dire Straits" from the artist drop-down menu. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Dire Straits – Twisting By The Pool". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  12. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Twisting by the Pool". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  13. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Dire Straits - Twisting By The Pool search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  14. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Dire Straits – Twisting By The Pool" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  15. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Dire Straits – Twisting By The Pool". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  16. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Dire Straits – Twisting By The Pool". VG-lista. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  17. ↑ "TWISTING BY THE POOL – Dire Straits" (in Polish). LP3. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  18. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Dire Straits – Twisting By The Pool". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  19. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Dire Straits – Twisting By The Pool". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  20. ↑ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  21. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1983" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  22. ↑ "End of Year Charts 1983". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
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