Twisting by the Pool

Twisting by the Pool
singolo discografico
ArtistaDire Straits
Pubblicazionegennaio 1983
Durata3:28
Album di provenienzaExtendedancEPlay
GenereRock and roll
EtichettaVertigo Records
ProduttoreMark Knopfler
Certificazioni
Dischi di platinoCanada (bandiera) Canada[1]
(vendite: 100 000+)
Dire Straits - cronologia
Singolo precedente
(1982)
Singolo successivo
(1984)

Twisting by the Pool è un brano musicale dei Dire Straits, scritto dal chitarrista e cantante Mark Knopfler[2]. Fu l'unico singolo estratto dall'EP ExtendedancEPlay del 1983[2] ed è arrivato in prima posizione in Nuova Zelanda per quattro settimane, in seconda in Australia, in sesta nei Paesi Bassi, Norvegia e nelle Fiandre (in Belgio) ed in settima in Finlandia.

La canzone è stata inserita anche nelle raccolte Money for Nothing e Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits.

Il brano – concepito come uno spensierato omaggio al rock and roll della tradizione americana[2] – fu proposto dal vivo nella tournée Dire Straits 1982/3.

Classifiche

Classifica (1983) Posizione
massima
Australia[3] 2
Belgio (Fiandre)[4] 6
Canada[5] 12
Finlandia[6] 7
Francia[7] 29
Germania[4] 31
Irlanda[8] 13
Norvegia[4] 6
Nuova Zelanda[4] 1
Paesi Bassi[4] 6
Regno Unito[9] 14
Spagna[10] 34
Stati Uniti[11] 53
Stati Uniti (mainstream rock)[11] 12
Svezia[4] 13
Svizzera[4] 11

Note

  1. ^ (EN) Gold/Platinum, su musiccanada.com, Music Canada. URL consultato il 14 febbraio 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Nannini e Ronconi, p. 129.
  3. ^ (EN) David Kent, Australian Chart Book 1970–1992, Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W, 1993, ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g (NL) Dire Straits - Twisting by the Pool, su ultratop.be, Ultratop. URL consultato il 19 maggio 2015.
  5. ^ (EN) Top Albums (PDF), su Collectionscanada.gc.ca, Library and Archives Canada. URL consultato il 19 maggio 2015.
  6. ^ (FI) Timo Pennanen, Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972, 1ª ed., Helsinki, Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava, 2006, ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  7. ^ (FR) Accès direct à ces Artistes, su infodisc.fr. URL consultato il 19 maggio 2015. Selezionare "DIRE STRAITS" e premere "OK".
  8. ^ (EN) Database, su irishcharts.ie, The Irish Chart. URL consultato il 19 maggio 2015 (archiviato dall'url originale il 26 febbraio 2018).
  9. ^ (EN) Official Singles Chart Top 100: 30 January 1983 - 05 February 1983, su officialcharts.com, Official Charts Company. URL consultato il 19 maggio 2015.
  10. ^ (ES) Fernando Salaverri, Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002, 1ª ed., Spagna, Fundación Autor-SGAE, settembre 2005, ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  11. ^ a b (EN) 300978 – Chart history, su Billboard, Penske Media Corporation. URL consultato il 19 maggio 2015. Cliccare sulla freccia all'interno della casella nera per visualizzare la classifica desiderata.

Bibliografia

  • Andrea Del Castello, Mark Knopfler. Il crogiolo dei generi culturali, Lanciano, Move Editore, 2005, ISBN non esistente, ..
  • Colin Irwin, Dire Straits, Bresso, Gruppo Editoriale Futura, 1994, ISBN 1-85797-584-7, ..
  • Giulio Nannini, Mauro Ronconi, Le canzoni dei Dire Straits, Milano, Editori Riuniti, 2003, ISBN 88-359-5319-7, ..
  • (EN) Michael Oldfield, Dire Straits, Londra, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1984, ISBN 0-283-98995-5, ..
  • Giancarlo Passarella, Dire Straits – Solid Rock, Bresso, Music Makers, 2000, ISBN 88-86129-02-5, ..
  • Giancarlo Passarella, Manuali rock: Dire Straits – Storie e interviste, Roma, Arcana editrice, 1994, ISBN 88-7966-042-X, ..
  • Betty Shapiro, Dire Straits – Studio su testi e musiche, Milano, Kaos Edizioni, 1989, ISBN non esistente, ..
  • Alessandra Ziliani, Dire Straits & rock-poesia, Milano, Arti grafiche AGEL, 1982. ISBN non esistente.

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