“Twisted” is a song by American singer Keith Sweat, released as a single in June 1996. It was the first song released from his self-titled fifth album. R&B group Kut Klose and remix rapper Pretty Russ are also featured on the song. The radio version of “Twisted” omits Pretty Russ’ rap before the final chorus, though some urban stations kept the rap verse. A second mix of the song, referred to as the Flavahood Sexual remix, features a different backbeat sampled from Marvin Gaye‘s song “Sexual Healing“. “Flavahood” also saw significant airplay on radio but was never released on an album.
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| Single by Keith Sweat | ||||
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| Released | June 4, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1995[1] | |||
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| Length | 4:30 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
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Commercially, “Twisted” spent three weeks at No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart and peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Sweat’s biggest hit. “Twisted” also peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 40/Rhythm-Crossover chart, staying there for 14 consecutive weeks, the most amongst any song except TLC‘s “No Scrubs“, which spent 15 weeks at the top position. Outside the US, “Twisted” topped the New Zealand Singles Chart for six weeks and became a top-20 hit in Australia and the Netherlands. In 2012, VH1 ranked the song at number 35 on their list of the “40 Greatest R&B Songs of the ’90s”.
