Song · They Might Be Giants
“Twisting” by They Might Be Giants
From the album Flood (1990)
“Twisting” by They Might Be Giants appears on 8 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1991 and 2005. It was first released in 1990 on the album Flood. Its best result is #495 on the WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,347 alternative song of all time.
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"Twisting" is a track from They Might Be Giants' 1990 album Flood, written by John Flansburgh and John Linnell and produced by the band themselves. They brought in Alan Bezozi to play drums, Roger Moutenot recorded and mixed it, and Paul Angelli pitched in with additional engineering. It's a short credit list for a song rock radio's countdowns kept calling back for more than a decade.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 495 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) | 500 |
| 1999 | 1514 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1514 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1518 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1516 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1520 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1520 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1519 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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